PharmAthene's $78 million government contract extension creates 30 local jobs
By ELISHA SAUERS, Staff Writer
By ELISHA SAUERS, Staff Writer
Capital Gazette Communications
Published
02/28/10
About a week ago, the FBI closed its investigation on the 2001 anthrax-contaminated letters case, which has fueled many skeptics' distrust of the agency, and perhaps even more paranoia about the illusive biological weapon.
And just five days after, an Annapolis-based company, which is clinically testing a second-generation anthrax vaccine, was awarded an extension on a government contract to further its development - with the hope that its product could eventually prevent more unnecessary civilian deaths as the result of another anthrax attack.
The nation's Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority granted...
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Congratulations PharmAthene - 2010-03-01 22:00:48
It's great to see that our tech industry is viable here in Maryland, in this case bio-tech. Congrats!
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