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  • SRI Awarded National Cancer Institute Drug Support Contract; Toufan Parman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SRI Awarded National Cancer Institute Drug Support Contract; Toufan Parman Comments

    SRI International will provide preclinical treatment development support for the National Cancer Institute’s Prevent Cancer Drug Development Program under a potential $9 million contract. NCI’s Prevent initiative aims to advance the development of biomarkers and drug candidates designed to prevent cancer and transition them from preclinical phase to clinical trials, SRI said Monday. Toufan Parman, […] More

  • HHS R&D Arm, AstraZeneca Form Antibiotic Development Partnership; Robin Robinson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS R&D Arm, AstraZeneca Form Antibiotic Development Partnership; Robin Robinson Comments

    AstraZeneca and the Department of Health and Human Services have signed a partnership agreement on the development of antibiotics for drug-resistant infections and potential bioterrorism threats. HHS said Wednesday the public-private partnership also includes a cost-sharing deal in which the department’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority will contribute up to $170 million over a five-year period. “This agreement demonstrates our […] More

  • FDA Seeks Small Business Sources for Safety Reporting Portal Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FDA Seeks Small Business Sources for Safety Reporting Portal Services

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is conducting market research on the availability of potential sources of operations, maintenance, development modernization and enhancement services for the agency’s Safety Reporting Portal system. In a notice posted Sunday on FedBizOpps, FDA said it targets small business sources such as those under the 8(a) Business Development Program and Historically Underutilized Business Zone […] More

  • Marty Toomajian: Battelle, ExThera Partner to Develop Sepsis Treatment Device - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marty Toomajian: Battelle, ExThera Partner to Develop Sepsis Treatment Device

    Battelle, ExThera Medical and NxStage Medical have collaborated to develop a medical device for treating sepsis under a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Battelle will work to review the safety and efficacy aspects of ExThera’s Seraph Microbind Affinity Blood Filter as part of the Dialysis-Like Therapeutics device program, Battelle said Wednesday. “Battelle […] More

  • NIH Allergy Institute Taps Emergent BioSolutions for Anthrax Vaccine Dry Formulation; Adam Havey Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIH Allergy Institute Taps Emergent BioSolutions for Anthrax Vaccine Dry Formulation; Adam Havey Comments

    Emergent BioSolutions has landed a five-year, $29 million contract with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to make a dry formulation of the NuThrax anthrax vaccine candidate in an effort to facilitate shipping and storage at normal temperatures. The company said Monday the contract covers manufacturing, non-clinical processes and application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Investigational New Drug status. “We […] More

  • Siemens Mobile C-Arm Gets FDA Clearance; Laurie Fisher Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens Mobile C-Arm Gets FDA Clearance; Laurie Fisher Comments

    Siemens‘ healthcare unit has received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for the company’s mobile C-arm system, which is built with features designed to aid surgical teams during procedures or operations. The company said Wednesday the Cios Alpha works to generate high-resolution and high-contrast images, has a 25-kilowatt power output and flat-panel detector and has radiographic collimators. Laurie Fisher, VP for X-ray products […] More

  • FDA Clears Verizon Mobile Health Platform for Apple iOS; Julie Kling Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FDA Clears Verizon Mobile Health Platform for Apple iOS; Julie Kling Comments

    Verizon has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to run the company’s remote health-monitoring technology on the iOS mobile operating system run by Apple devices such as iPhones and iPads. The company said Tuesday the Converged Health Management platform is built to help reduce hospital readmissions by helping clinicians, healthcare providers and […] More