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U.S. funds multiple vaccine device

(UPI) A $3.5 million grant is being given a U.S. public/private partnership for advancing development of a new device to simultaneously deliver multiple vaccines. Receiving the grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc., which is collaborating with the chief scientist at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Read More »

April 12, 2013
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Currently Approved Drugs Found Active Against Bioterror Threats in Laboratory … – Lab Manager Magazine

DigitalJournal.comCurrently Approved Drugs Found Active Against Bioterror Threats in Laboratory …Lab Manager MagazineThe pathogens included emerging diseases and potential bioterror threats ranging from anthrax to the Marburg and Ebola viruses. In testing a library of 1,012 Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs, commonly used for treatment of every-day ailments …Currently used drugs might help against terror Read More »

April 12, 2013
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IDRI and Medicago to Present Data on H5N1 Vaccine at the World Vaccine

(InfectionControlToday) The Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI), a Seattle-based non-profit research organization that is a leading developer of adjuvants used in vaccines combating infectious disease, and Medicago Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing highly effective and competitive vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and virus-like particles (VLPs), announce that they will be presenting positive Read More »

April 10, 2013
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U.S. funds multiple vaccine device – UPI.com

U.S. funds multiple vaccine deviceUPI.com"This collaboration builds on Inovio's strong relationship with Dr. Connie Schmaljohn and her team at USAMRIID in which Inovio is bringing medical innovation to several biodefense efforts. "Moreover, the advancements from this project will enable rapid …and more »

April 10, 2013
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Local scientists developing tests for vaccines against bioterror threats

(OrlandoSentinel) In their cold, sterile labs near Orlando, some local scientists are creating a hot commodity — biological replicas of the human immune system — that could play a role in saving the planet from a pandemic. That’s one of the goals, at least, of the work at Sanofi Pasteur VaxDesign Corp., the Central Florida Read More »