Human Genome Sciences News

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Former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, who has served as a bio-warfare adviser to the president, the Pentagon, and the Department of Homeland Security, urged the government to stockpile an anti-anthrax drug while serving as a director for the company that supplied it, according to a report published Sunday.

Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he called a major threat to national security.

On Thursday, May 2, Virginia Bio, the premier statewide non-profit trade association representing the life sciences industry in the Commonwealth of Virginia, will recognize 20 exemplary contributions to bioscience research and commercialization as part of the organization's 20th anniversary celebration.

The Biotechnology Industry Organization has elected Rachel King, president and CEO of Gaithersburg-based GlycoMimetics Inc., as its new chairwoman.