Anthrax News

All of the animals in the study that received 16 mg/kg once-a-day of Restanza within 24 hours after exposure to anthrax survived while none of the animals that received placebo survived.

Revealed: WWII's secret sewing needle bomb "During World War II, British scientists developed a new and extremely lethal secret weapon: a bomb which released a cloud of sewing needles, tipped with deadly poison.

If this had been an actual anthrax emergency, you would have been instructed where to get your hands on actual antibiotics.

What ever happened to Human Genome Sciences , the commercially focused biopharmaceutical company whose shares once traded in the $80 to $100 price per share range? Well, despite having been beaten badly since then, it's still here and bidding actively to make a strong comeback.

PharmAthene, Inc. , a biodefense company developing medical countermeasures against biological and chemical threats, today announced that it has submitted a proposal to the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority in response to a Broad Agency Announcement for advanced research and development of medical countermeasures for chemical, ...

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While the United States has not been attacked by an extremist armed with anthrax since 2001, at least three companies have not lost sight of the fact that manufacturing the anthrax vaccine is still good business.

VISAKHAPATNAM: Lack of protected water supply and transport facilities, along with the perennial problem of malnutrition in the Visakha Agency area have once again been exposed when two deaths due to diarrhoea and two due to heat wave and exhaustion have been reported during the last few days.

The exercise will run from 9 till 2pm and will include all villages in Morrow County .

Main Category: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Also Included In: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Elusys Therapeutics, Inc.

Anthrax is one of the oldest recorded diseases, mentioned in the biblical book of Exodus and among classical Greek and Roman authors.

VISAKHAPATNAM: Testing of smears of nine samples out of the 11 collected by a team from Andhra Medical College from some villages in Visakha Agency area gave positive result for cutaneous anthrax.

Impax Laboratories, Inc. confirms that it has provided notice to the patent and New Drug Application holders that it has submitted an Abbreviated New Drug Application for doxycyline hyclate delayed-release tablets 150 mg, generic of Doryx, to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration .

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. announced today that the Phase I/II clinical trial for its Anthrax Immune Globulin therapeutic candidate has commenced with the initial treatment given to the first subject.

Anthrax's [sic] movement throughout history "Scientists are suggesting that the deadly bacteria anthrax [sic] has ancient links to North America.

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. has begun the first phase of human clinical trials of its anthrax treatment, tapping into federal funding to do so.

Human Genome Sciences is waiting to inhale -- revenue, that is. The company released fourth-quarter results yesterday, but it's this year that should give investors something to look forward to.

Researchers at the University of Warwick have found how a citric acid-based Achilles heel used by a pathogen that attacks the popular African Violet house plant could be exploited not just to save African ...

By Anthony Bugembe FIVE people have died after eating meat believed to be infected with anthrax in Katunguru sub-county in Bushenyi district, the health ministry has said.

Human Genome Sciences Inc. said it has started shipping its first product, a drug that treats victims of anthrax inhalation, to the federal government in return for $150 million this quarter in what will be the ...