Posted on 11/23/2009 4:08:33 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
20 November, 2009
The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) in the US has awarded a US$40m contract to Bavarian Nordic of Denmark to develop a freeze-dried version of its Imvamune smallpox vaccine.
The funds will be used to validate the freeze-dried manufacturing process and the associated pre-clinical and clinical studies to support the development of this version of the vaccine. The funding represents 33% of the total contract value, followed by four additional years of optional funding, which will be triggered by the completion of pre-determined technical milestones.
The freeze-dried development activities will be performed in parallel to the licensure activities of the current liquid-frozen Imvamune formulation under the existing RFP-3 contract.
With the new contract, the US Government has to-date awarded Bavarian Nordic more than US$680m for the development of Imvamune in liquid-frozen and freeze-dried formulations.
Bavarian Nordic says the freeze-dried version offers a potential increased shelf-life compared with the liquid-frozen formulation.
40 million just to Validate ? Sheese i’m in the wrong buisness !!!
The government shouldn’t be awarding anyone except an American company with a contract. Especially when we are in a recession/depression. The idiocy of what our government is doing is just beyond imagination. I truly can’t even get my mind around just how evil/stupid/corrupt the government has become.
Just not worth it unless they are indemnified which won't happen anytime soon.
BN has the experience infrastructure and capacity to do this work, and has for years, to Fed.
They better get paid before delivery!
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