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2nd UPDATE: Acambis Rises On US Government Smallpox Vaccine Deal  -  Feb 14, 2008
CNNMoney.comColonel Randall Anderson , director of the US Army's military vaccine agency, said: "The military needs the smallpox vaccine to inoculate troops against

US switches to Acambisâ€™ smallpox vaccine  -  Feb 14, 2008
Pharma Times (subscription),ACAM2000 is a second-generation smallpox vaccine and derived from a clone of Wyethâ€™s Dryvax, which the US Food and Drug Administration licensed back in 1931

Acambis' smallpox drug sole vaccine for US Defense  -  Feb 14, 2008
ShareCast,LONDON (SHARECAST) - Acambis said the US Department of Defense will switch to the pharmaceutical firmâ€™s ACAM2000 as its only smallpox vaccine.

Acambis says US DoD transitioning to its ACAM2000 as sole smallpox ...  -  Feb 14, 2008
Interactive Investor,LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Acambis PLC said the US Department of Defense (DoD) is transitioning to the company's ACAM2000 as its only smallpox vaccine.

News snippets: Camrivox raises Â£1.2m; NXT licences South African ...  -  Feb 18, 2008
Silicon Fen Business Report,Acambis plc welcomed a US Department of Defense announcement that it is now transitioning to Acambis' ACAM2000 as its only smallpox vaccine.

US military switching to new smallpox vaccine  -  Feb 8, 2008
CIDRAP,Feb 8, 2008 (CIDRAP News) â€“ After vaccinating more than a million personnel with the old-fashioned type of smallpox vaccine grown on the skin of calves,

Defense Department Stocks Shelves with Newest Smallpox Vaccine  -  Feb 6, 2008
Media Newswire (press release),5, 2008 th The Defense Department has begun its transition to the next generation of smallpox vaccine. The new ACAM2000 vaccine first hit the shelves at the

UI researcher works to prevent smallpox  -  Feb 11, 2008
Radio Iowa,Volunteers are needed to test a new type of smallpox vaccine. Dr. Pat Winokur, a U-of-I professor of internal medicine, says it's an important research

TechMARK movers: Tadpole plunges  -  Feb 14, 2008
ShareCast,Acambis advanced on news that the US Department of Defense will switch to the pharmaceutical firmâ€™s ACAM2000 as its only smallpox vaccine.

Man from India talks about brain tumor  -  Feb 8, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle,Savla hopes the vaccine leads to something like the smallpox vaccine, which eradicated the disease. In India, generations of families often live together.

New Battleground For Viruses And Immune Cells Discovered  -  Feb 6, 2008
Science Daily (press release)...and then infected the animals with vaccinia virus, the virus used to make smallpox vaccine, engineered to express a brilliantly colored protein.

What are the clinical features of monkeypox?  -  Feb 8, 2008
TamilStar.com,Smallpox vaccine has been reported to reduce the risk of monkeypox among previously vaccinated persons in Africa. CDC is assessing the potential role of

What is monkeypox?  -  Feb 8, 2008
TamilStar.com,Other members of this group of viruses that cause infections in humans include variola (smallpox), vaccinia (used for smallpox vaccine), and cowpox viruses.

Diplomatic crisis looms as French bugs 'discovered in UK Defence ...  -  Feb 16, 2008
This is London,He sold his biotech group Powder-Ject for Â£542million in 2003, a year after it was controversially awarded a Â£32million Government smallpox vaccine contract

UK Stocks Including Barclays, Royal Bank Advance; Rio Drops  -  Jan 22, 2008
BloombergAcambis Plc (ACM LN), the main supplier of smallpox vaccine for US stockpiles, declined 5.25 pence, or 4.1 percent, to 121.5 after it was downgraded to

UPDATE 1-Bavarian says smallpox vaccine trial successful  -  Nov 29, 2007
ReutersCO: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday a Phase II trial of its Imvamune smallpox vaccine was successful and it would start a Phase III trial next

Bavarian Nordic says smallpox vaccine Imvamune successful in phase ...  -  Nov 29, 2007
Forbes,Financial) - Danish pharmaceutical company Bavarian Nordic AS reported positive results from a phase II clinical trial of its smallpox vaccine Imvamune.

China's second HIV/AIDS vaccine undergoes first phase of clinical ...  -  Dec 4, 2007
Xinhua,..."We use the smallpox vaccine as the carrier of this new AIDS vaccine. We put the HIV virus gene into the smallpox vaccine and let it produce antibodies

Bavarian Nordic Receives $25 Million Milestone Payment From HHS ...  -  Dec 20, 2007
FOX NewsIn June 2007, HHS awarded Bavarian Nordic a BioShield contract to manufacture and deliver IMVAMUNE(R), a next-generation smallpox vaccine candidate,

Bavarian Nordic Discusses Smallpox Vaccine Results  -  Nov 30, 2007
FDA news (subscription),...completed a placebo-controlled Phase II trial in 745 healthy subjects who received one or two doses of Imvamune, a third-generation smallpox vaccine.

Smallpox Vaccine Contract Fulfillent Triggers $25M Payment to ...  -  Nov 29, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),The fee is part of a contract to manufacture and deliver 20 million doses of the company's ImvamuneÂ® smallpox vaccine. Bavarian Nordic received an advance

China makes breakthrough in HIV vaccine research  -  Dec 2, 2007
CCTV,AIDS expert Shao Yiming from Nat'l Disease Prevention & Control Center said, "We use smallpox vaccine as the carrier of this new AIDS vaccine.

Bavarian Nordic gets 25 mln usd milestone payment from US govt  -  Dec 20, 2007
Hemscott,...it has received a 25 mln usd milestone payment from the US government under its contract to manufacture and deliver 20 mln doses of smallpox vaccine.

Bavarian Nordic Reports Positive Data From First EUA Enabling ...  -  Nov 29, 2007
ReutersBavarian Nordic Reports Positive Data From First EUA Enabling Study WithIMVAMUNE(R) Smallpox Vaccine CandidateWASHINGTON DC,

Bavarian Nordic Receives $25 Million Milestone Payment From HHS ...  -  Nov 30, 2007
ReutersThe contract calls for theregistration of IMVAMUNE(R) as a safe and effective smallpox vaccine inhealthy people, but in the event of a smallpox outbreak the

Is US Prepared for Biological Attacks and Epidemics?  -  Nov 30, 2007
Kansas City infoZine,The first milestone contract was awarded in the summer for a second-generation smallpox vaccine. The length of the process, which usually takes eight to 12

Bavarian Nordic Reports Positive Data from First EUA Enabling ...  -  Nov 29, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),...placebo-controlled Phase II trial in 745 healthy subjects who received either one or two doses of IMVAMUNE(R) next-generation smallpox vaccine candidate

Bavarian Nordic Achieves $25M Milestone from the HHS  -  Dec 20, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),In June, the HHS contracted the firm to manufacture and deliver 20 million doses of its smallpox vaccine in a deal potentially worth $1.6 billion.

Drugs & Biotechnology  -  Dec 20, 2007
Forbes,Omrix develops biosurgical and passive immunity products, such as sealants used in surgery and treatment for smallpox vaccine-related complications.

Bavarian Nordic Receives USD 25 Million Milestone Payment from the ...  -  Dec 20, 2007
FOX News...payment of USD 25 million as allowed under the RFP-3 contract to manufacture and deliver 20 million doses of the company's IMVAMUNE(R) smallpox vaccine.

Danish shares close higher, led up by Vestas Wind Systems ...  -  Nov 29, 2007
CNNMoney.comThe company also reported positive results from a phase II clinical trial of its smallpox vaccine Imvamune. The trial, together with other phase II studies

China Biopharma Investing in Review  -  Dec 10, 2007
Seeking Alpha,Unlike previous attempts to discover an HIV/AIDS vaccine, this one uses a smallpox vaccine as the carrier. Meanwhile, China Biopharma (CBPC.

Medical marvels could be forgotten  -  Dec 3, 2007
ic Wales,The fact we are more aware of Frasier and Dr Kildare than Edward Jenner, the first doctor to introduce the smallpox vaccine, is unfortunately a sad

Today in History - Dec. 13  -  Dec 12, 2007
The Associated PressPresident Bush announced he would take the smallpox vaccine along with US military forces, but was not recommending the potentially risky inoculation for

Bavarian Nordic gets 25 mln usd milestone payment from US govt  -  Nov 29, 2007
ABCmoney.co.uk,...payment from the US government as it has fulfilled a number of objectives in its contract to deliver 20 mln doses of smallpox vaccine Imvamune.

Pfizer giving 45 paintings to UM  -  Nov 29, 2007
MLive.com,...miles conducting research to complete the series - which covers moments in time such as the discovery of X-rays and the first use of a smallpox vaccine.

A Major Gift of Art and History: UM Receives 45 Significant ...  -  Nov 30, 2007
Earthtimes,Thom's subjects range from the ancient Greek temples of Asclepius, the demigod of medicine, to the first use of a smallpox vaccine by Edward Jenner,

Danish shares slightly lower midmorning led by AP Moller Maersk  -  Nov 29, 2007
ABCmoney.co.uk,Bavarian Nordic AS added 4.00 dkr to 321.00 after it reported positive results from a phase II clinical trial of its smallpox vaccine Imvamune.

Government Expands Trial With IMVAMUNE(R) Smallpox Vaccine in ...  -  Oct 10, 2007
Trading Markets (press release),This is an important step in our efforts to develop a safe next-generation smallpox vaccine for the entire population, and it builds further on our

Donâ€™t be in denial about vaccine benefits  -  Sep 30, 2007
KPCnews.com,The risk of the smallpox vaccine was greater than the chance of coming down with the disease. Unfortunately, the smallpox story does not end there.

Bavarian Nordic gets $50 mln milestone payment  -  Oct 7, 2007
Reuters...had received a milestone payment of $50 million from US authorities under its contract to manufacture and deliver 20 million doses of smallpox vaccine.

Bavarian Nordic meets milestones  -  Oct 9, 2007
BiopharmaReporter.com,Under the contract, Bavarian Nordic is to manufacture and deliver 20 million doses of its smallpox vaccine, Imvamune, to the US Strategic National Stockpile

Acambis Selects Cognos 8 BI To Improve Resource Allocation  -  Oct 3, 2007
MySolutionInfo (press release),Recognized internationally as the leading producer of smallpox vaccines, Acambis has manufactured its investigational smallpox vaccine, ACAM2000,

Bavarian Nordic Receives $50 Million Advance Payment from HHS for ...  -  Oct 9, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),In June 2007, HHS awarded Bavarian Nordic a Bioshield contract to manufacture and deliver IMVAMUNE, a next-generation smallpox vaccine to the strategic

Acambis upbeat on US contract  -  Sep 25, 2007
ShareCast,...current market expectation of around $30m of revenues this year from an, as yet not awarded, ACM2000 smallpox vaccine contract from the US government.

LOMBARDI: Crackerjack  -  Sep 26, 2007
Marquette Tribune,I sat down at the breakfast table and read the New York Times article entitled "A nation challenged: Immunization; Vast uncertainty on smallpox vaccine.

GeoVax Labs, Inc. Comments on Discontinuance of Merck's HIV ...  -  Sep 24, 2007
CNNMoney.com5) GeoVax vaccines use an attenuated smallpox vaccine to provide pulses of HIV proteins (antigen) to stimulate protective anti-AIDS vaccine responses.

Bavarian Nordic Receives USD 50 Million Advance Payment From the ...  -  Oct 8, 2007
netPR.pl (komunikaty prasowe),...of USD 50 million as allowed under the RFP-3 contract to manufacture and deliver 20 million doses of the company's, IMVAMUNE(R) smallpox vaccine.

Bavarian Nordic gets 50 mln usd advance payment from US govt  -  Oct 8, 2007
Forbes,...payment from the US government as it has fulfilled a number of milestones under its contract to deliver 20 mln doses of its IMVAMUNE smallpox vaccine.

Bavarian Nordic Receives Advance Payment From US Government  -  Oct 9, 2007
FDA news (subscription),...from US authorities to invoice an advance payment of $50 million to manufacture and deliver 20 million doses of the companyâ€™s Imvamune smallpox vaccine.

I AM AMERICA (And So Can You!)  -  Oct 7, 2007
New York Times,...(The smallpox vaccine â€œmay have saved a few thousand lives, but it also destroyed the magic amulet industry.â€?) The â€œSex and Datingâ€? chapter also heavily

Danish shares slightly lower midmorning, Bavarian Nordic higher  -  Sep 28, 2007
CNNMoney.comThe brokerage highlighted the commercial potential of Bavarian Nordic's smallpox vaccine IMVAMUNE and its portfolio of projects for HIV treatment,

Acambis, Pipex, Sainsbury, Greencore: UK, Irish Stock Preview  -  Sep 24, 2007
BloombergAcambis Plc (ACM LN): The main supplier of smallpox vaccine for US emergency stockpiles is reporting earnings. The shares advanced 1.75 pence,

Correction: Bavarian Nordic Receives  -  Oct 8, 2007
Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung),...payment of USD 50 million as allowed under theRFP-3 contract to manufacture and deliver 20 million doses of thecompany's, IMVAMUNEÂ® smallpox vaccine.

Bavarian Nordic Appoints Nicolai Buhl Andersen as Executive Vice ...  -  Oct 4, 2007
Trading Markets (press release),...an important milestone for the company as it does not only strengthen our ongoing sales efforts for our third generation smallpox vaccine, IMVAMUNE(R),

The almanac  -  Oct 3, 2007
United Press International...secretary of Health and Human Services, told a US Senate committee that the government was planning to stockpile 40 million doses of smallpox vaccine.

Medicine has developed in ways founders couldn't imagine  -  Sep 29, 2007
TriCities.com,And the smallpox vaccine was developed. BUT THE medical practices of the time did not rival the medical advances of today. Magnetic resonance imaging

Diabetes Wake-up Call after Years of Neglect in Asia  -  Oct 19, 2007
The Seoul Times,Dr. McKean made his own smallpox vaccine and quinine pills for malaria and opened the Thailand's first facility for leprosy patients.

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