Numerate awarded contract for rapidly designed drugs to fight bioagents

Published on September 10, 2010 by Tina Redlup

Officials with Numerate Inc. have announced that they were recently awarded a three year contract with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to adapt their drug design platform to rapidly design drugs to be used against biowarfare agents. Read More

SAIC receives contract to support ECBC

Published on March 5, 2010 by Nick Rees

The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command has awarded Science Applications International Corporation with a contract to support the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center and other customers with CBRNE support services. Read More

DoD to fund research into anti-botulism drugs

Published on March 5, 2010 by Nick Rees

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University’s Institute of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery have been selected to receive research funds to develop anti-botulism drugs. Read More

Ties to Democratic Party by PharmAthene questioned

Published on February 26, 2010 by Nick Rees

Fox News has reported on the Obama administration’s steering of as much as $150 million in federal funding for an anthrax vaccine to a biodefense firm that holds strong Democratic Party ties. Read More

Experts question PharmAthene’s government contract extension

Published on February 24, 2010 by Nick Rees

In a move touted as by many experts as questionable at best, PharmAthene has seen millions of dollars added to a 2003 contract without competing for it. Read More

- NIH grants to aid study of smallpox

Published on January 5, 2010 by Rita Uplend

UIC given no to open new biolab

Published on December 23, 2009 by Daniel Purt

- Oklahoma State University to receive funds to develop National Bio-Security Plan

Published on December 21, 2009 by Nick Rees

Maine to receive more than $3 million to aid bioterror research

Published on December 21, 2009 by Paul Tinder

Researchers given contract to expand pathogen database

Published on December 11, 2009 by Ted Purlain

Grant awarded to Idaho Technologies to create military evaluation for its respiratory panel

Published on December 3, 2009 by Nick Rees