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Bavarian Nordic’s IMVANEX(r) Smallpox Vaccine Receives Positive Opinion From European Regulatory Authorities

(TheWallStreetJournal) Bavarian Nordic A/S (OMX:BAVA) announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive opinion recommending the granting of a marketing authorization for IMVANEX(r) for active immunization against smallpox disease for the general adult population, including people with immunodeficiencies (people diagnosed with Read More »

June 3, 2013
| Filed under Europe, North America, Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, International, Public Health, and Research
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Notable Contracts: DTRA Award to Institute for Systems Biology

(GlobalBiodefense) The Department of Defense this week announced a notable contract award related to the field of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) defense or life science research of interest for potential applications in biodefense: Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, Wash., is being awarded a $7,665,557 cost-type contract for research into pre-symptomatic detection of post-operative Read More »

June 3, 2013
| Filed under North America, Biological Weapons, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Double dose of antiviral drug offers no added benefit in severe influenza

(EurekAlert) Giving double doses of the antiviral drug oseltamivir, or Tamiflu, offers no clinical or virological advantages over a standard dose for patients admitted to hospital with severe influenza infection, according to a randomised trial published today and funded by the Wellcome Trust, US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Singapore National Read More »

May 31, 2013
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Public Health, and Research
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FDA Lifts Clinical Hold On PharmAthene’s SparVax(R) Anthrax Vaccine Program

(TheWallStreetJournal) PharmAthene, Inc. (NYSE MKT: PIP), a biodefense company developing medical countermeasures against biological and chemical threats, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted the clinical hold previously placed on a proposed Phase II study of SparVax(R) , a next generation recombinant anthrax vaccine. “We are very pleased by the Read More »

May 31, 2013
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, Public Health, and Research
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China confirms foot-and-mouth disease cases

(ThePeninsula) Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) announced Thursday that foot-and-mouth disease infections have been confirmed in cattle in west China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. The ministry said eight cattle started showing signs of the disease on May 24 in a village near the regional capital of Lhasa, according to Xinhua news agency. The National Foot-and-Mouth Disease Read More »