U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases is doing the important testing work, but the novel drug is GS-5734 / Remdesivir from Gilead Sciences.

https://www.gilead.com/purpose/advancing-global-health/ebola

Right, thank you for the clarification, I should have been specific about that.

Near 100% successful in preventing death specifically? Are there other health issues for survivors?

I'm curious to learn more about how well we can ramp up production and distribution of such drugs in the event of a fast-moving pandemic. With Ebola you have 1-2 weeks after symptoms before death is likely. You have a few more weeks after exposure, but you might not know you're exposed and I would assume the treatment needs time and can't save you at the last minute. If everyone around was clamoring for treatment, could you get your hands on it that fast?

Sorry, I don’t know much about large-scale production of that type of compound, it’s not my field. But, I would question the premise, in that Ebola is not a likely candidate for a fast-moving pandemic.

... well now I'm curious to what the likely candidates are :) This is one of those topics I could just sit and learn about all day, I think it's fascinating. If you or someone else in your research group were willing to do an AMA, I would thoroughly enjoy that.

Could you elaborate on those challenges?

For one thing, some of the burial practices and rituals in the region pose significant risks of communicating Ebola. And, when health workers recommend suspending those practices, those recommendations are not well-received.

The doctors and medical staff are mostly white, while the people they are treating are mostly black. To the ignorant, this would appear like an attempt at a genocide or recolonization.

Is that actually the case on the ground, some type of "the doctors are actually the ones making us sick" scenario?

That's absolutely the case: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/congo-s-ebola-response-th...

Is it effective for all current strains and future mutations of Ebola?

It appears to be effective against a range of viruses:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remdesivir

But of course there's no guarantee, it's not really a great question when it comes to biology.

There are vaccines being tested on people in DRC right now. Is there any data coming back on those? I dont care much about macaques.

As I mentioned, macaques are in this case a pretty good predictor for efficacy in humans. I don’t have data on the human trials though.

Fortunately, you aren't in the medical field, and no ones life relies on what you "care" about.