Tekmira Pharmaceuticals, NewLink Genetics Stocks Up After Ebola Outbreak

The Ebola virus still sweeping across West Africa has already taken at least 1,350 lives and is costing the affected countries dearly. But on Wall Street, biotech companies such as Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp. (TSE:TKM) (NASDAQ:TKMR) and NewLink Genetics Corp (NASDAQ: NLNK), which are currently working on Ebola research, have seen stock prices jump as investors bet on a possible cure for the largest Ebola outbreak in history.