Nigerian Researchers Submit Drugs to Fight Ebola

A pharmaceutical research centre in Abuja, Ben Amodu Firms and
Research Center, Saturday said it has submitted drug samples to the
Federal Government that have the efficacy to tackle Ebola virus.

The Chairman of the Centre, Pharmacist Ben Amodu, said the centre had
produced drugs for the treatment of haemorrhagic fevers, which could
also be used for Ebola virus.

He said the drugs have been submitted to the committee set up by the
minister of health recently on Ebola adding that

"We gave the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and
Control (NAFDAC) and World Health Organization (WHO) samples of the
drugs but the WHO later phoned and said they were not supposed to
verify Ebola drugs. I gave samples to the committee set by the
Minister of Health on Ebola virus and I hope that due process will be
followed in

He said the Centre was into research of neglected tropical diseases,
adding that the drugs

He said, "We got the drugs that cure Leishmaniasis and they have been
previewed. We invented a drug, DAABS 2 which also cures Dangue fever
which is viral Hemorrhagic fever and as you know Ebola is also a viral
Hemorrhagic fever. Their symptoms include fever, intense weakness of
the body system, vomiting, diarrhea, headache and internal and
external bleeding. If you remove the bleeding aspect the disease
becomes typhoid and

"The International Organisation for Scientific Research based in US,
Japan and India have also previewed us for the management of hepatitis
A,B,C,D,E and F, of which we have treated so many people. We have a
drug that stops bleeding, including those from cervical cancer and
uncontrolled menstrual flow. Our drug called SAABMAL was tested by the
World Health Organization to have 97 per cent effectiveness in all
forms of fever symptoms, including

"Another drug, TAABS 2 also has effects on fever while SAAB 6 has very
strong Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties as confirmed by
National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development
(NIPRD). Also one other drug SAAB is a very good immune booster"

Culled from Daily Times.