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Lessons Learned on Organization by Col. Randall Larsen

No one in history has successfully led a more complex organization than General Eisenhower during the liberation of Europe in 1944-45. That is why I have such high regard for his dictum: “The right organization will not guarantee success, but the wrong organization will guarantee failure. Even as a very junior officer in Vietnam in Read More »

May 4, 2011
| Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, and Policy & Initiatives
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30 Organizations Issue Recommendations For Congress, Administration And FDA To Find Innovative Ways To Spur A New Era Of Global Health Breakthroughs

A coalition of 30 leading global health organizations that work on vaccines, drugs, and other tools and technologies that save lives today released a list of recommendations for US policymakers and regulators, calling for acceleration of scientific innovations and streamlining the approval of safe and affordable inventions in order to save more lives around the Read More »

May 4, 2011
| Filed under North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Texas Biomed seeks vaccine for Ebola

SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS – Scientists in San Antonio and Georgia have been awarded $5.4 million from the federal government to develop a promising experimental vaccine against the deadly Ebola and Marburg hemorrhagic viruses. The vaccine, which uses noninfectious bits of the virus to trigger immunity, has proved both safe and effective in rats. Researchers now Read More »

May 3, 2011
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, and Countermeasures
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U.S. Government Expands BioThrax Procurement Contract to 17.92M Doses from 14.5M

BUSINESS WIRE–Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) announced today that it has signed a modification to its current procurement contract (200-2009-30162) with the U.S. government to supply an additional 3.42 million doses of BioThrax® (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed). BioThrax is the only vaccine licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to protect against anthrax infection. “Emergent Read More »

May 3, 2011
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, and Public Health
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Bacteria Marker May Track Anthrax, Deter Corporate Theft

(Bloomberg) — Microorganisms may soon carry bar codes or labels created by the U.S. government, making it easier to locate bioterrorists and more difficult for companies to steal a competitor’s work. The federal Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, a developer of the Internet and stealth fighter jets, plans to pay teams of researchers to design Read More »