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U.S. NIH awards $4.6 million challenge grant for R&D of intranasal anthrax vaccine

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, November 6th, 2005

LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals announced that it has been awarded a $4.6 million challenge grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the preclinical advancement of an intranasal vaccine against anthrax.

"Securing this level of a competitive NIH award validates our anthrax vaccine approach and allows us to quickly move forward in our preclinical development," said Dr. Charles Richardson, LigoCyte senior VP of research and development.

LigoCyte's vaccine programs, aimed against potential agents of biowarfare, continue to be funded by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) through appropriations supported by Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT).

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