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Agenus, Inc., announces agreement to develop Ebola and Marburg vaccine

Agenus, Inc., has announced a licensing agreement with Integrated BioTherapeutics, Inc., to use the QS-21 Stimulon Read More

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Paragon Bioservices announces contract for Marburg vaccine

Paragon Bioservices announced this week that it has been awarded $4.99 million dollars by the U.S. Army to assist the USAMRIID in developing vaccines against such diseases as Ebola Sudan, Ebola Zaire and Marburg virus. Read More

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New drugs show effectiveness against Marburg, Ebola

Officials with the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases and AVI BioPharma announced that they have created a drug that showed effectiveness in combating the Marburg and Ebola viruses. Read More

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AVI BioPharma awarded contract to fight Marburg, Ebola

The U.S. Department of Defense Chemical and Biological Defense Program, part of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, has awarded AVI BioPharma, Inc., a new contract for the development of Marburg and Ebola virus therapeutic candidates. Read More

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New drug can prevent outbreaks of Marbug in monkeys

The National Institute of Health announced that a drug supported by the federal agency has shown it is capable of preventing outbreaks of Marbug hemorrhagic fever – similar to the Ebola virus – in test monkeys. Read More

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Hopes rise for Marbug and Ebola vaccines

The Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research has begun tests on an experimental vaccine against the deadly Ebola and Marburg viruses. Read More

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Grant given to fund research into Ebola and Marburg

Dutch pharmaceutical firm Crucell has awarded a significant contract to Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research to develop a vaccine for potential bioterror weapons Ebola and Marburg.
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Primate research center granted stimulus funds for Marburg and Ebola vaccine study

Federal stimulus money has been granted to the New England Primate Research Center for investigations and a contract tied to developing a vaccine for the Marburg and Ebola viruses. Read More

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