Pharmaceutical Companies See Stocks Jump After News Of First Ebola Case In US

Stocks of pharmaceutical companies such as Tekmira, GlaxoSmithKline and Sarepta Therapeutics rose significantly on Tuesday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first case of Ebola in the United States at a hospital in Dallas, Texas. These firms, many of which have been working on Ebola research, thanks to millions of dollars of…