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Chem-Bio Surveillance System Under Development in India

(Global Security Newswire) A surveillance technology being developed in India is intended to provide advance alert of a biological or chemical strike, the New Indian Express reported on Thursday. The project at India’s Defense Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory would incorporate nano-size systems and is intended to aid in biological and chemical defense, according to V.K. Read More »

June 22, 2012
| Filed under South Asia, Biotechnology, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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New U.S. Organizations to Support Bioterrorism Medical Preparations

(Global Security Newswire) Several organizations launched in the United States on Monday are intended to harness government and independent resources in preparing and producing medical products for treating deliberate and natural disease outbreaks, the Health and Human Services Department said. The Centers for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing would supply the nation’s “first major Read More »

June 21, 2012
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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United States launches three biodefence centres

(Nature News Blog) The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today awarded contracts for the creation of three new centres tasked with responding to the threat of future pandemics and biological attacks. To be based in Maryland, North Carolina and Texas, the three centres are comprised of academic and industry consortia whose role Read More »

June 20, 2012
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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NIAID Issues Contract For Advanced Work on Smallpox-Marburg Virus Vaccine

(Global Security Newswire) The U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has issued a contract to a Danish biotechnology firm to finance advanced research of experimental vaccines that could be used against both the Marburg and smallpox viruses. “This new contract will support the advanced development of candidate vaccine components and technologies that accelerate Read More »

June 20, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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BARDA, Emergent BioSolutions Forge Pact to Set Up Biodefense Response Facility

(Genetic Engineering News) Emergent BioSolutions and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) are establishing a Center for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing. The center will facilitate advanced development of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) medical countermeasures, ensure domestic pandemic influenza vaccine manufacturing surge capacity, share facility construction costs, and provide workforce Read More »