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NewLink, Merck, Department of Health and Human Services infectious news

October 26, 2015 7:00 AM UTC

HHS’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) exercised an option under a 2014 contract with NewLink to develop rVSV-ZEBOV-GP Ebola vaccine. NewLink said BARDA awarded NewLink $30 million under the initial 2014 contract, and the option will provide an additional $18 million to fund scale-up of the manufacturing process for the vaccine. ...