The Zika virus might be scaring most of us, but it's exciting drug companies.
The World Health Organization reports that 15 pharmaceutical firms are engaged in a race to develop a vaccine to treat the mysterious illness that has left babies in Brazil disfigured and has pregnant women in Latin America and the United States worried.
A WHO official told the Wall Street Journal that it will be at least a year and a half before large-scale clinical trials can be underway. She was referring only to the two drugs that are considered as being in more advanced stages of development.
Recommended For You
Complete your profile to continue reading and get FREE access to BenefitsPRO, part of your ALM digital membership.
Your access to unlimited BenefitsPRO content isn’t changing.
Once you are an ALM digital member, you’ll receive:
- Breaking benefits news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
- Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
- Critical converage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
Already have an account? Sign In Now
© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
