Medical Countermeasures

DoD launches MD5 National Security Technology Accelerator to address disaster relief challenges

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) recently launched the MD5 National Security Technology Accelerator to create solutions for humanitarian issues…

8 years ago

Soligenix invited to present results from GI ARS program at Radiation Research Society meeting

Soligenix, Inc. was recently invited to the annual Radiation Research Society meeting to present preliminary results from its gastrointestinal acute…

8 years ago

NIAID Ebola study shows promise in ZMapp treatment

According to a recent clinical trial conducted by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), ZMapp was found…

8 years ago

Senators urge Obama administration to clarify position on Haiti in wake of cholera epidemic

A bipartisan coalition of U.S. senators recently urged the Obama administration in a letter to clarify their position on the…

8 years ago

Vaccine researchers share steps needed to develop safe and effective Zika virus vaccine

A group of international vaccine experts recently shared a series of requirements for the development of a safe and effective…

8 years ago

Soligenix invited to NORD conference to present preliminary Dusquetide, RiVax results

Soligenix, Inc. was invited to the National Organization for Rare Disorders’ (NORD) Rare Diseases and Orphan Products Breakthrough Summit on…

8 years ago

HHS, BioProtection Systems collaborate to advance Ebola vaccine

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response recently entered into…

8 years ago

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc., releases update on BioThrax procurement contract with CDC

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc., released an update on Friday of the status of its 2011 procurement contract for BioThrax with the…

8 years ago

DNA vaccine shows promise against combating Zika virus

A team of researchers from the National Institutes of Health and other research institutions recently developed a DNA vaccine to…

8 years ago

HHS, Emergent BioSolutions enter into contract for anthrax vaccine development

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) recently…

8 years ago

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc., signs multi-year contract for next-gen anthrax vaccine candidate

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc., announced on Friday that it has signed a multi-year contract for the advanced development and delivery of…

8 years ago

Aeolus publishes promising data on AEOL 10150 as sulfur mustard gas exposure countermeasure

Aeolus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., published additional data demonstrating the efficacy of AEOL 10150 as a medical countermeasure to sulfur mustard gas…

8 years ago

Elusys Therapeutics publishes clinical trial data supporting approval for anthrax treatment

Elusys Therapeutics, Inc., published data on Thursday on more than 450 healthy adult subjects from five clinical trials used to…

8 years ago

INTERPOL secretary general discusses combating terrorism with Central African Police Chiefs Committee

Secretary General of INTERPOL Jürgen Stock recently spoke at a meeting of security ministers from countries in the Central African…

8 years ago

CMS finalizes new rule to strengthen emergency preparedness for facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid

The Centers for Medical and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule on Thursday to establish consistent emergency preparedness requirements for…

8 years ago

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals announces positive data for delayed Ebola virus disease treatment

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc., released positive results on Wednesday from a proof-of-concept study of its broad spectrum antiviral, BCX4430, for the…

8 years ago

Aeolus Pharmaceuticals confirms efficacy of sulfur mustard gas exposure treatment

Aeolus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., recently released data confirming the efficacy of AEOL 10150 as a medical countermeasure against sulfur mustard gas…

8 years ago

HHS awards $19.8 million for development of Zika virus vaccine

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) recently…

8 years ago

RAND’s Gerstein: U.S. needs biodefense strategy to protect against terror threats

The U.S. government has become “somewhat complacent” in preparing for potential bioterrorist attacks and needs to implement a national biodefense…

8 years ago

Bill calling for new national biodefense strategy awaits Senate floor action

Legislation that would require the United States to develop a national biodefense strategy to help prevent and respond to a…

8 years ago

NCATS research team identifies compounds for potential treatment against Zika virus

A research team at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) recently identified compounds that could be used to…

8 years ago

NIAID researchers develop system to replicate norovirus in intestinal cells

Researchers supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) recently developed a novel system to grow norovirus…

8 years ago

FDA approves sBLA for Biothrax manufacture at Emergent BioSolutions’ Building 55

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.’s supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for the manufacture…

8 years ago

CDC exercises contract option with Emergent BioSolutions, Inc., for supply of vaccinia immune globulin for SNS

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) exercised a contract option with Emergent BioSolutions, Inc., on Tuesday valued…

8 years ago

ClinicalRM, Mapp Biopharmaceuticals team up to fight Ebola

ClinicalRM recently expanded access protocol with ZMapp, an investigational treatment for Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Africa and the United…

8 years ago

SIGA Technologies receives approval to complete enrollment for TPOXX study

SIGA Technologies, Inc., received approval on Tuesday from its data safety monitoring board (DSMB) to complete enrollment in the second…

8 years ago

Rubio renews push to protect military members from Zika virus

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) renewed his push on Thursday to reintroduce legislation that would provide additional protections from the…

8 years ago

Altimmune, BARDA set for clinical trial of single-dose anthrax vaccine

Altimmune, Inc., and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) are set to advance the first clinical trial later…

8 years ago

HHS awards $5.1 million to InBios for new Zika virus diagnostic test

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) awarded…

8 years ago

Bavarian Nordic announces Phase 1 trial for yellow fever vaccine

Bavarian Nordic A/S initiated its Phase 1 clinical trial of MVA-BN YF on Tuesday to protect against yellow fever virus.…

8 years ago

Rubio urges president’s action on critical Zika funding

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Wednesday urged President Obama to use unspent funds from other programs to combat the…

8 years ago

BARDA, NIAID provide additional funding for Soligenix’s acute radiation syndrome medical countermeasure

The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) provided additional…

8 years ago

Alliance for Biosecurity applauds passage of public health emergency response bill by committee

The Alliance for Biosecurity applauded the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Friday for passing the Strengthening Public Health Emergency…

8 years ago

Soligenix presents positive preliminary results for heat-stable Ebola vaccine formulation

Soligenix released positive preliminary proof-of-concept results on Monday from its collaboration with Axel Lehrer to develop a heat-stable subunit Ebola…

8 years ago

House Energy and Commerce Committee passes medical countermeasure bill authored by Brooks, Eshoo

The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed a bill on Thursday introduced by U.S. Reps. Susan Brooks (R-IN) and Anna…

8 years ago

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