This picture taken on Aug 19 Adidas Superstar 2 Lace Nere Saldi , 2014 shows quarantine officers inspecting the Alpha Friendship, a bulk carrier registered in Greece that carries ores from the Pepel port in Sierra Leone, one of the Ebola-hit area in Western Africa, as the ship berths in the quarantine anchorage waiting for its entry in the port at Qingdao, in East China's Shandong province. [PhotoAgencies] SHANGHAI - A Chinese drug maker is seeking fast-track approval for a drug that it says can cure Ebola, as China joins the race to help treat a deadly outbreak of a disease that has spread from Africa to the United States and Europe.
Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group Ltd has signed a tie-up with Chinese research Academy of Military Medical Sciences (AMMS) last week to help push the drug called JK-05 through the approval process in China and bring it to market. The drug Donne Adidas Superstar Blu Bianche Saldi , developed by the academy, is currently approved for emergency military use only.
"We believe that we can file to the Chinese Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) before the end of the year," Sihuan's chairman Che Fengsheng said during an investor call last week.
"They are looking at this very seriously... and we could get on the 'green light' track," he added.
Sihuan's drug is only one contender among a number of experimental cures worldwide to treat Ebola, although if successful it would be a huge boon for China's developing pharmaceutical sector and the country's soft power in Africa, an increasingly important partner for the world's No 2 economy.
The current outbreak Adidas Superstar 2 Bianche Rosse Saldi , the worst on record of the disease, has killed more than 4,000 people, mostly in West Africa.
Tested on mice
China's Ebola cure bid still lags some way behind US-developed ZMapp and TKM-Ebola, but Sihuan management said the drug has proven effective during animal testing on mice.
The drug, which AMMS has been studying and developing already for five years Adidas Superstar Slip On Trainer Bianche Saldi , is similar to Japanese flu drug favipiravir, developed by Fujifilm Holdings Corp, which has been used effectively to treat patients with Ebola.
ZMapp and TKM-Ebola have been tested on monkeys, which give a closer immune response to that of humans, and have been used to treat human patients with the disease.
JK-05 has not yet undergone clinical trials, but Sihuan management said the firm was actively working towards clinical tests of the drug Adidas Superstar Slip On Trainer Nere Saldi , which could be shorter than normally required. The drug has also shown promise against diseases such as influenza and yellow fever.
Chinese doctor Wang Hongquan, credited with inventing the drug, said on the investors call that JK-05 would first be used to treat Chinese nationals working in Africa with the disease, but treating non-Chinese would require further international approvals.
JK-05 could also be used if Ebola spreads to China.
"We can't rule out the possibility that it will spread to Asia. Particularly in China now we have lots of connections with different international cities and many people coming and going across our borders," he said on the call.
SUVA, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Samoa Airways will make herinternational debut to Auckland, New Zealand from FaleoloInternational Airport in the capital of Samoa on Nov. 14, 2017.
Confirming this on Thursday, Lautafi Fio Purcell Donne Adidas Superstar Lotus Print Fiori Saldi , ministerresponsible for Polynesian Airlines, said on the Samoan Observernews website that "as advertised, Samoa Airways will have sixflights a week between Auckland and Faleolo and twice a weekbetween Faleolo and Sydney."
The 737-800 leased from Iceland Air is scheduled to arrive onNov.12 with the following day set aside for the christeningformalities before Samoa Airways makes her inaugural flight.
The initial lease agreement with Iceland Air was a wet leasethat included pilots and stewards for the aircraft, Purcell said,adding that the tentative plan is for a wet lease on the long runwhich will see Samoa Airways outfitting the airlines with their ownpilots and supporting staff.
The aircraft with a seating capacity for 172 including eightpassengers in the business class will also have its logo painted onit when she arrives.
Samoa hopes to lease or acquire a 777-Mac aircraft by 2019 toexpand Samoa Airways services to other destinations such asMelbourne and Brisbane in Australia.
In May, the Samoan government announced it was terminating theVirgin Samoa joint-venture between Virgin Australia and the countrythat was first established in 2005 Donne Adidas Superstar Russian Bloom Print Fiori Nere Saldi , and the decision was reportedlydue to concerns over high fares.
A memorandum of understanding with Fiji Airways was signed inJuly to help establish Samoa Airways, with the current domesticcarrier Polynesian Airlines to be part of the new venture.
Fiji Airways would continue to focus on Fiji-Samoa flights whileSamoa Airways would focus on routes to New Zealand and Australia.Enditem
NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Oil prices settled mixed Thursdayas ministers from the Organization of the Petroleum ExportingCountries (OPEC), Russia and other producers are scheduled to meetin Vienna Friday.
At Friday's meeting, those ministers will consider extendingoutput cuts that began in January. OPEC and its allies have agreedto reduce output by about 1.8 million barrels per day until March2018 in an attempt to empty inventories.
Kuwaiti Oil Minister Essam al-Marzouq said on Thursday thatcompliance with OPEC-led oil output cuts was "very good" and above100 percent, according to Reuters.