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Ebola teaches tough lessons about rapid research

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08 June 2015 The original version of this story did not explicitly state that the US Food and Drug Administration was not consulted about or involved in the design of the Oxford University brincidofovir study; it has advocated generally for the conduct of randomized clinical trials to study drugs against Ebola virus disease. The text has been updated to reflect this.

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