Anthrax Vaccine Maker Announces Md. Facility
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BioPort Corp. of Lansing, Mich., yesterday dedicated a 150,000-square-foot facility in Frederick that is designed to produce 100 million anthrax vaccine doses when it becomes fully operational in two years.
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VaxGen, which shifted its focus to bioterrorism treatments after failures in HIV research, has won an $877 million contract to supply the United States government with anthrax vaccine.
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A small Rockville biotech company, started by a former government scientist 10 years ago to take on the global problem of tuberculosis, plans to announce today a significant step forward for a drug at the center of its business.
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Federal researchers yesterday began human testing of the first US vaccine against the deadly SARS virus, using a novel technology developed by a San Diego biotechnology company.
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VaxGen Inc. will make a new and improved version of the anthrax vaccine for use in case of a biological attack, the US government said on Thursday.
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A research team has been awarded a &#36;3.5 million federal grant to use a molecular detective technique to study and potentially improve the military's anthrax vaccine.
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SEC upgrades investigation into vaccine manufacturer.
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TORONTO (CP) - Officials of the US Food and Drug Administration will inspect the Ste-Foy, Que., flu vaccine production plant of ID Biomedical next week in a bid to approve the company&#39;s surplus vaccine for importation to the United States.
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Synthetically produced antibodies that target a component of the anthrax toxin may reduce illness and death due anthrax exposure, even after shock has set in, rat studies indicate.
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TORONTO (CP) - MDS Sciex said Monday it will open a new plant in Singapore to manufacture some of its scientific instruments, which are used by researchers working on drug development.
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By Tricia Bishop, The Baltimore Sun  Dec. 13--Columbia-based Martek Biosciences Corp.
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The Gaithersburg-based biotech firm MedImmune Inc. will resume production of its nasal-spray influenza vaccine and deliver an additional million doses by early January, the company and federal officials announced yesterday.
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WASHINGTON Seventy-five (m) million doses of the next generation anthrax vaccine are to be made for the government by a California biotech company.
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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Monday announced a $3.5 million federal grant to a Seattle research team for a study that could lead to an improved military anthrax vaccine, the Associated Press reported.
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ID Biomedical has been working for a year to expand its vaccine manufacturing plant in Quebec. The Canadian company hopes to supply about 38 million flu shots annually to the United States in the future.
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The Northern California biotechnology company VaxGen yesterday received an $877.5 million contract to provide the federal government with a new anthrax vaccine.
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Indonesian authorities have confirmed that anthrax cause the deaths of six patients who had eaten the meat from a sick goat. 300,000 vaccines have been distributed as a measure to stop the spread of the disease.