Guest guest Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 A Spending Priority http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-vaccinespend.artapr10,0,4997147.story?coll=\ hc-headlines-local April 10, 2006 Two of the first three BioShield contracts were awarded to manufacturers of anthrax vaccines: VaxGen Inc. of Brisbane, Calif., was awarded $877.5 million for 75 million doses of a vaccine still under study. BioPort Corp. of Lansing, Mich., was awarded $122.7 million for manufacture and delivery of 5 million doses of Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed, a licensed vaccine. A spokesman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said negotiations are underway for the purchase of additional vaccine from BioPort. The BioShield spending is not the only money paying for development of anthrax vaccines. In 2003, Avecia of Manchester, England, was awarded a $71.3 million contract for clinical trials of an anthrax vaccine, yet to be licensed, and production of 3 million doses. The award was granted by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Last fall, LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Bozeman, Mont., was awarded a $4.6 million challenge grant for an intranasal vaccine against anthrax. The award came from the National Institutes of Health. Randi Airola 517-819-5926 " This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it. " - Abraham Lincoln " They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. " - lin " Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger. " -- Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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