GlaxoSmithKline Ebola Vaccine Found Safe in Early Tests

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GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s Ebola vaccine produced responses from the immune system and didn’t raise safety concerns in a study with 20 healthy adults, completing an initial step toward making it widely available.

The participants in the early-stage clinical trial in Maryland all produced antibodies, according to a preliminary report published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Two participants developed brief fevers within a day of vaccinations, but there were no serious adverse effects.