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- Sanofi Pasteur Inc. 1000 Research Pkwy., Meriden, CT 06450 - 7159
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Protein Sciences Corporation, founded in 1983, is a privately held vaccine company with headquarters in Meriden, Connecticut. PSC's mission is to save lives and improve health.

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U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research & Development Authority (BARDA) Awards Protein Sciences Multi-Million Dollar Contract for Pandemic Preparedness

September 11, 2016

Protein Sciences Corporation announced today that the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has awarded the Company a contract that is part of the Authority's medical countermeasures against pandemic influenza and influenza strains with pandemic potential (contract number HHSO100201600005I). Protein Sciences will perform the contract using its proprietary platform technology for producing vaccines that according to the Food and Drug Administration has revolutionized influenza vaccine manufacturing and stands to receive up to $610 million through 2021 if BARDA exercises all options. The Company's Flublok� (seasonal) and Panblok� (pandemic) influenza vaccines can be made with unprecedented speed, safety and precision. The new contract with BARDA taps into this technology and ensures the Country will be prepared with sufficient supplies of vaccine in a timely manner should an influenza pandemic strike. The contract will finance preparation of starting materials for multiple potential pandemics that could shave a month or more off the time when the Company will have a vaccine available.

Protein Sciences President and CEO Dr. Manon Cox said, "We are very pleased to extend our relationship with BARDA and support them in their mission to provide �More, Faster, Better' vaccines in the face of a pandemic." She added, "Prior support from BARDA was critical in the development and scale-up of our technology, which is now the only platform that is used to manufacture an FDA-approved vaccine (i.e., Flublok) and can address a pandemic in time."

Click here to learn more about Protein Sciences technology or click here to learn more about Flublok.

 
 

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