Anthrax
2009

Drug Gives Anthrax Protection in Animal Studies
Newsday
July 9, 2009
"A series of studies show an experimental drug helped monkeys and rabbits survive anthrax, suggesting the drug could be useful in case of another anthrax attack. In 2001, five people died after inhaling anthrax germs they'd gotten through the U.S. mail. Doctors now use antibiotics to prevent or treat anthrax, and there also is an anthrax vaccine. The experimental drug works a different way - by blocking deadly anthrax toxin from entering cells. Researchers say it could be combined with antibiotics. The company that developed the experimental drug under federal contract has already delivered 20,000 doses to the government for emergency use..."
FDA Assessing Feasibility of Using Nanotechnology Test to Detect Anthrax Following a Bioterrorist Attack
FDA News Release
March 17, 2009
"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has completed a "proof-of-concept" study of a test that quickly and accurately detects the presence of even the smallest amount of the deadly anthrax toxin. "The FDA findings could form the basis of a test that allows earlier diagnosis of anthrax infection than currently possible," said Indira Hewlett, Ph.D., the senior author of the study and chief of the Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Office of Blood Research and Review, at the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER). 'The earlier those infected with anthrax can be treated, the better.' A proof-of-concept study is an initial investigation that aims to determine if a new scientific idea or concept holds promise for further development. A report on the results of this study appears in the March issue of Clinical and Vaccine Immunology..."
2008
Rockville Biotech Buys Rival's Anthrax Vaccine
Washington Post
May 5, 2008
"The effort to protect the country from another anthrax attack will take an unexpected turn today when Rockville firm Emergent BioSolutions plans to announce that it has bought for $2 million an anthrax vaccine from a California company that federal health officials dropped in 2006..."
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