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ARS Highlights Alternatives to Antibiotics for Animal Agriculture

(Food Safety News) As concerns grow about antibiotic-resistant pathogens in our food, environment, and hospitals, the Agricultural Research Service is trying to figure out the best alternatives for food animal producers, who have long relied on these miracle drugs for combating diseases and boosting feed efficiency. Though antibiotic resistance is a known consequence of antibiotic Read More »

June 5, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Emergent BioSolutions Secures $8.43M to Test Anthrax Vaccine in Postexposure Setting

(Genetic Engineering News) Emergent BioSolutions will conduct a noninterference study, which will be used to support a postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) indication for anthrax vaccine BioThrax® under an agreement with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA). This agreement provides the company with up to $8.43 million in additional funding.

June 5, 2012
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Canada to Fund Antiterrorism Research Initatives

(Global Security Newswire) Canada on Wednesday announced it would provide more than $1 million for six new investigatory efforts under an antiterrorism initiative announced last June. The prorgrams would be the initial activities to receive financial backing under the $9.7 million Kanishka Project established in observance of the deadly 1985 bombing of an Air India Read More »

June 4, 2012
| Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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New animal disease facility stalled by budget, politics

(Reuters) The site of a proposed facility to fight animal diseases, including those which could be spread by bioterrorists, is little more than a parking lot today because of safety and budget concerns. Construction of an ambitious National Bio and Agro-Defense Center in this Kansas university town is on hold due to the federal budget Read More »

June 4, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Court orders Siga to share

(Corvallis Gazette Times) Ruling cuts into profits from $33 million biodefense deal. A Corvallis tech company will have to share the windfall from a hefty federal contract with a rival pharmaceutical firm, but the two still are haggling over details of the payout. The Delaware Court of Chancery has issued a final judgment ordering Siga Read More »