Tag: contract
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Consortium Funds Semiconductor Research in Emirates
Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), a university-research consortium in Durham, North Carolina, announced seven research contracts will be awarded to four universities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The new contracts continue the joint effort between SRC and the Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC) in the UAE begun last year on semiconductor sciences and technologies. The…
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University, Company Partner on Contraband Nuclear Detector
Researchers at University of New Hampshire in Durham and Michigan Aerospace Corporation in Ann Arbor have received a contract from the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency to build an instrument to accurately detect illicit radioactive materials from a safe distance. The one-year contract of $303,000 calls for a realistic field test of the device in…
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Lab to Advise Battery Company on Technology Management
Dow Kokam in Midland, Michigan and Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee are collaborating on enhancements to the company’s capabilities to develop and commercialize advanced lithium ion batteries. Dow Kokam is a joint venture of Dow Chemical Company, TK Advanced Battery LLC, and Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault, founded in 2009 that develops advanced batteries for…
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Energy Dept Funding Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cost Models
The U.S. Department of Energy is funding four projects to better determine the costs of making fuel cells and hydrogen storage systems. The awards, totaling $7 million over five years, will cover studies to provide data that help the department focus future research and development funding on fuel cell components and manufacturing processes. The Energy…
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Army Seeking Energy Harvesters for Foot Soldiers and Squads
The U.S. Army’s Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center in Natick, Massachusetts wants ideas for energy sources that soldiers can carry around to power the sensors and other electronic devices needed to carry out their missions. The deadline for concept papers on this topic is 31 August. The Natick center notes that the soldiers will…
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Contracts Awarded for GI Tract Radiation Syndrome Drugs
The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) awarded two contracts for further research and development of drugs to treat gastrointestinal (GI) tract injuries associated with acute radiation syndrome. BARDA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contracts are part of BARDA’s program to develop tools and drugs to…
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BARDA Gets SIGA Smallpox Antiviral Drug, Protest Withdrawn
SIGA Technologies Inc. in New York says the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will acquire 1.7 million courses of SIGA’s smallpox antiviral drug ST-246. SIGA competitor Chimerix Inc. of Durham, North Carolina dropped its protest of Barda’s sole-source contract award in May to SIGA.…
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BARDA Contract Awarded for Antiviral Influenza Drug
The U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) awarded a contract to Biota Scientific Management Pty in Melbourne, Australia for an antiviral drug to combat influenza. The contract for advanced development and testing of the drug is valued at $231 million over five years. The drug, CS-8958, is a long-acting neuraminidase inhibitor, which prevents…
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Contracts Awarded for New Flu Vaccine Technologies
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded contracts to two companies to help make flu vaccines available quickly for seasonal outbreaks and pandemics. The contracts total $215 million from HHS’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority. HHS awarded one contract to Novavax Inc., of Rockville, Maryland, for $97 million over the first…
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Contract Awarded for Smallpox Countermeasure Drug Candidate
Chimerix Inc., a pharmaceutical company in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, was awarded a contract by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to develop the company’s antiviral drug candidate, CMX001 as a medical countermeasure in the event of a smallpox release. The contract has a total potential value of $81 million. CMX001 is…