Influenza
NIH Funds Vaccine Research for Needle-free and Self-Administered Protection Against Pandemic Influenza
Published in Virus Weekly, February 26th, 2008
Rocky Mountain Biosystems, Inc.(R) (RMBI), a Denver area biomedical technology company, announced receipt of a grant award of approximately $600,000 over two years from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop its Self-Administered Vaccination Electromechanical (SAVE) technology for influenza vaccination. In the event of a pandemic, this needle-free system could be rapidly disseminated to provide protection against a deadly influenza outbreak, such as H5N1 influenza or bird flu. RMBI's technology has the potential to improve vaccine effectiveness to protect against a range of agents, including potential bioterror...
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Source: Virus Weekly (2008-02-26)
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