US HHS replenishes nation's supply of anthrax antitoxin

20 September 2013

The USA’s supply of anthrax antitoxin will be maintained until 2018 under Project BioShield contracts issued by the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR).

Project BioShield is the chief mechanism through which the US government supports the advanced development and procurement of new medical countermeasures – drugs, vaccines, diagnostics and medical supplies – to protect health against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats.

Through the Project BioShield Act of 2004, ASPR’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has supported the development and procurement of two anthrax antitoxins to treat people with anthrax disease and an anthrax vaccine, as well as drugs or medical products to protect health against smallpox, botulism, and radiation injury.

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