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Biodefense Headlines – 30 November 2023

News Scan November 30, 2023

News highlights on health security threats and countermeasures curated by Global Biodefense This week’s selections include the largest ever outbreak of mpox in the DRC; launch of National Wastewater Surveillance Program dashboard; low uptake of COVID-19 boosters and flu vaccines;…

Experimental Ebola Treatment Helps Even After Disease Symptoms Appear

Notable Contracts: Agentase, Harris Corp, Fresenius Kabi

DARPA Develops Robots for Disaster Response

Plant-Based Vaccine Leader Medicago Acquired for $375M

DARPA BAA – Living Foundries 1000 Molecules Program

White House Releases National Bioeconomy Blueprint

Notable Biodefense Contracts: AnaptysBio to Develop Anti-Ricin Antibodies

Notable Biodefense Contracts: UNC Awarded $18M for Diagnostics Platform

DARPA Program Aims to Revolutionize High-Throughput Biothreat Assessment

DARPA Seeks Innovative Biodefense, Counter-WMD Proposals

Methods for Explosive Detection at Standoff (MEDS)

Notable Biodefense Contracts: DARPA Award to UMBC

Notable Biodefense Contracts: DARPA Awards to Battelle, Harvard

DARPA Increases Funding to Caltech for Diagnostics on Demand

Advancing Biodosimetry for Radiation Exposure Triage and Treatment

DoD Critical Reagents Improved by DARPA Antibody Program

FLIR’s Agentase Receives $7.9M DARPA Award

DARPA Supports Research on Pollen for Oral Vaccine Delivery

Advancing Transient Passive Immunity for Biothreats

DARPA Advances Dissolving Transient Medical Devices

Biodefense Headlines – 30 November 2023