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BARDA awards funding to speed development of Zika vaccine
BARDA awards funding to speed development of Zika vaccine
HHS announced a $43.18 million contract to develop an inactivated vaccine candidate to prevent Zika virus infection.Under the contract with Sanofi Pasteur, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) of HHS's Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response will provide funding and technical assistance to support the advanced development of a candidate Zika vaccine whose development was launched at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.Sanofi Pasteur's advanced development will include further process development, scale up, production of clinical trial material, and two Phase I/II clinical trials that are expected to begin in the first half of 2018.
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Sanofi gets $43 million U.S. funding to spur Zika vaccine development
Sanofi gets $43 million U.S. funding to spur Zika vaccine development
A logo is seen in front of the entrance at the headquarters French drugmaker Sanofi in Paris October 30, 2014.REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File PhotoSanofi SA said on Monday the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) approved $43.18 million in funding to accelerate the development of a Zika vaccine, as efforts to prevent the infection gather momentum.The funding from the HHS' Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) will be used for mid-stage trials, expected to begin in the first half of 2018, and for manufacturing, the French drugmaker said.
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Florida to solicit research for a Zika vaccine and diagnostic testing
Florida to solicit research for a Zika vaccine and diagnostic testing
Buy Photo Thomas Miller, a mosquito surveillance investigator with the Lee County Mosquito Control District, examines several species of mosquitoes, including an Aedes aegypti that can carry the Zika virus, at the district's laboratories in Lehigh Acres.(Photo: Ricardo Rolon / The News-Press)Buy PhotoA state biomedical council has developed a plan to solicit research for vaccine development and new diagnostic tests against Zika using $25 million in state funding.Rick Scott last week authorized the $25 million for research purposes.
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