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PharmAthene Presents Update on SparVax(TM) rPA Anthrax Vaccine Program

(Press Release) SparVax(TM) is being developed to meet the government’s need for an improved second generation anthrax vaccine that is safe, convenient, more cost-effective, and capable of providing rapid manufacturing scale-up in response to a national security emergency. New data based on a recent analysis of previous human clinical trial immunogenicity data and non-clinical animal Read More »

April 13, 2012
| Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, and Research
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Dutch Export Controls Prevent Publication of Avian Influenza Data

(Global Security Newswire) The Netherlands’ export controls are preventing the international dissemination of a Dutch study that increased transmissibility of the avian flu virus, National Public Radio reported on Monday. Scientists at the Erasmus University Medical Center produced a version of the bird flu that can be more easily passed among mammals.

April 12, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Group outlines botulinum toxin treatment

(UPI.com) A U.S. working group made recommendations for medical and public health professionals if botulinum toxin is used as a biological weapon against civilians. Dr. Stephen S. Arnon of the Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program and colleagues at the California Department of Health Services, Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies, Johns Hopkins University Schools of Read More »

April 12, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Bioterrorism, Public Health, and Research
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Kansas biodefense facility should proceed, Agriculture Secretary Vilsack says

(Kansas.com) U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Tuesday that construction of the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility near Kansas State University should move forward and not be considered a “parochial” issue relevant only to Kansas. After a Landon Lecture Tuesday, Vilsack said having the proposed $650 million research facility was important to ensure the United Read More »

April 12, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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NRC study to examine scientific options for NBAF

(Feedstuffs) Possible alternatives to the controversial National Bio & Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) will come under study by a new blue-ribbon panel at the National Research Council (NRC) beginning during the committee’s first public meeting on April 13. The committee is charged with conducting a new study to examine the “needs and possible scientific alternatives for Read More »