Two accidents at the Army's flagship biodefense laboratory potentially exposed nine workers to harmful biological agents in the last two years, according to occupational hazard reports.

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The Army Corps of Engineers says completion of the Army's new flagship biodefense laboratory building at Fort Detrick in Frederick has been pushed back two years to 2017.

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Annapolis-based PharmAthene Inc., a biodefense company developing medical countermeasures against biological and chemical threats, announced Thursday it intends to merge with Seattle-based Theraclone Sciences Inc., a privately held developer of targeted antibody drugs.

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PharmAthene Inc., of Annapolis, a biodefense company developing medical countermeasures against biological and chemical threats, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has lifted a nearly-10-month hold placed on a proposed Phase II study of SparVax, allowing a clinical trial of the next-generation anthrax vaccine to proceed.

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Annapolis-based PharmAthene Inc. may be entitled to at least $100 million in damages after the Delaware Supreme Court held that Siga Technologies Inc. acted in bad faith in backing out of a proposed licensing agreement for its smallpox treatment medication to be used in response to a biochemical attack.

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HAGERSTOWN — Maryland’s two U.S. senators urged the Army on Friday to strengthen its safety planning for a biodefense animal laboratory at Fort Detrick in Frederick after a National Academy of Sciences panel found flaws in a risk assessment for ...

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