Ebola Outbreak Spreads as Eli Lilly Invests $4 Billion in Vaccine Deals
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Amy Feldman
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Summary
This article covers multiple health and investment topics in a newsletter format. Key points include: the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed over 220 people with more than 1,000 infected and has spread to Uganda; the WHO head has expressed concern about the spreading disease; and Eli Lilly has made a $4 billion bet on vaccine deals. The piece also mentions the Midas list of health investors and is part of the InnovationRx newsletter series.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledIn less than two weeks since the Africa Center for Disease Control confirmed an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, more than 220 people have been killed by the disease.
The total number of people infected has now topped 1,000, and the disease has spread to neighboring Uganda.
On Monday, the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the disease was spreading.
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