VaxGen gets $878 million US contract
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The federal government awarded an $878 million anthrax vaccine contract to a Brisbane biotech company Thursday, ordering a stockpile of 75 million doses to guard against terrorist attacks.
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American Oriental Bioengineering makes an acquisition.
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NEW YORK, December 6  - ID Biomedical Corp (IDBE.NAS) announced today that it has signed a ten-year US distribution agreement for its Fluviral treatment, expected to generate $2.5 billion in sales and offset the shortage of flu vaccines
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The U.S. Department of Homeland   Security said on Wednesday it awarded $1.35 billion in   contracts to three companies to develop a system to screen for   radioactive matter that might be hidden in cargo.
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Shares of ID Biomedical jumped after the Canadian drug maker reported Monday that it signed long-term agreements with the three largest flu vaccine wholesalers in the United States following the current flu season&#39;s vaccine shortage.
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WASHINGTON Nov 4, 2004 - The government said Thursday it is purchasing 75 million doses of a new generation anthrax vaccine under an $877.
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Biotechnology company Clinical Data Inc. said it is selling its Dutch diagnostics business to France's ELITech Group for $15 million to focus on its core business. Newton-based Clinical Data said it will hold about $4.5 million in cash from Vital Scientific BV, netting $19.5 million on the transaction. Clinical Data said the $4.5 million was from cash on the company's ...
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Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said Tuesday the US will immediately buy 1.2 million doses of the vaccine, called Fluarix, from Germany, and more could be on the way.
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By Tom Spoth, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Feb. 11--In February 2004, a company in Burlington received a $2.5 million contract from the U.S. Army.
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Human Genome Sciences could see more than $180 million from a new deal with drug maker GlaxoSmithKline. Glaxo has acquired exclusive rights to an experimental drug called Albugon, which Human Genome Sciences
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc  has signed a  drug discovery deal with U.S. biotech firm ChemoCentryx  potentially worth up to $1.5 billion in milestone payments and  research funding to the privately owned group.
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This contract manufacturer is flexing its muscles.
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The US government has awarded a $13 million contract to Aventis Pasteur Inc. to manufacture and store 2 million doses of avian influenza H5N1 vaccine.
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Drug maker GlaxoSmithKline, which has co-US headquarters in Philadelphia and Research Triangle Park, has acquired exclusive rights to a potential diabetes treatment in a deal that could be worth more than $180 million.
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U.S. health officials on Tuesday approved the importation of up to 4 million doses of influenza vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline  , bringing the U.S. total to 65 million vaccines for this flu season.
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Technology consultant Computer Sciences Corp. on Monday said it received a 10-year, $1.35 billion contract to manage technology services for Ascension Health, one of the nation&#39;s largest nonprofit health systems.
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The US government has awarded VaxGen a contract to supply 75 million doses of anthrax vaccine for civilian defense. The contract is valued at $877.