The Ebola virus outbreak in Western Africa dominated much of the stories in 2014. The highly communicable virus spreads rapidly and kills more than half of those who get infected, resulting in major panics across multiple continents. While the vast majority of the dead are in Africa, health employees did bring the pathogen home to other countries and continents.
For all the problems and focus on doomsday scenarios on what the pathogen could do, there are basically dome commercial benefits of Ebola virus break outs. The economic benefits largely breakdown between non-profit or state groups and for-profit biotechnology corporations.
Central authority or aid organizations like the Red Cross or the CDC tend to see increases in funding in events like these. The economic advantages to them are direct and help out those on the ground suffering or aiding and containing an outburst.
This containment keeps economic disruption when funding is adequate to turn the tide of an outburst.
The longer term business benefits of Ebola virus outbreaks are biotech corporations working on vaccines or drugs that might improve survival rates of those infected by Ebola. One such firm is Tekmira, which has been given blessings by the FDA to broaden testing on in its experimental Ebola drug for bigger scale medical tests.
Sarepta Therapeutics, Nanoviricides and BioCryst Pharmaceuticals are other biotech outfits that could see increased business in the future if their own Ebola drugs and medicines turn out to be of price.
While the 2014 Ebola breakout is first to have captured global attention as much as it probably did, it was hardly the first outbreak. Others have occurred, and more will happen in times to come. Any business that has an Ebola drug or vaccine on the market that proves effective can be certain to see a rise in business in the future.
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