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NOVAVAX Announces Contract Award from U.S. Department of Homeland Security

(MarketWatch) Department of Homeland Security to develop a virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine countermeasure to protect the United States from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a highly contagious viral disease of livestock and a potential threat to US agriculture. …

October 6, 2011
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Countermeasures
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U.S. Signs Contract For 44.75M Anthrax Vaccine Doses

Maryland-based biotechnology firm Emergent BioSolutions on Monday said it had received a $1.25 billion contract to provide the U.S. government with 44.75 million doses of an anthrax vaccine (see GSN, June 1). BioThrax is the only anthrax vaccine licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. “Emergent is proud to be able to contribute to Read More »

October 5, 2011
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Public Health, and Research
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Researchers from Boston University receive grant to develop improved virus detection system

(Boston University Medical Center) A team of researchers from Boston University’s School of Medicine and College of Engineering have been awarded a five-year, $4.8 million National Institutes of Health grant to develop a low-cost, multiplexed virus detection platform. Based on technologies developed with seed funding from Boston University’s Photonics Center, the resulting diagnostic platform should Read More »

October 5, 2011
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Public Health, and Research
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Ten Years After Anthrax Attacks, Public Health Laboratory System Eroding due …

(MarketWatch) SILVER SPRING, MD — On the tenth anniversary of the anthrax attacks that followed 9/11, the US laboratory network that tested over 125000 samples for the deadly bacterium is eroding. Proud of the thorough and …

October 5, 2011
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, and Public Health
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APHIS Proposed Rules

(Federal Register) SUMMARY: In accordance with the Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002, we are proposing to amend and republish the list of select agents and toxins that have the potential to pose a severe threat to animal or plant health, or to animal or plant products. The Act requires the biennial review and republication Read More »