Archive for December, 2009

Fuad el-Hibri, king of anthrax, wins an award from Ernst & Young

Marie-JosГ© Daoud
Awarded the Ernst and Young prize for Entrepreneur of the year 2009 in the Technology category for the Greater Washington region last June, Fuad El-Hibri is the CEO of Emergent Biosolutions, an American company that supplies the anthrax vaccine to the American government. He is in line for the national E&Y 2009 prize, which [...]

December 17, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Biosolutions, Department of Health and Human Services, El-Hibri, Emergent BioSolutions, fuad el-hibri  No Comments

Emergent BioSolutions reacts to BARDA’s Request for Proposal cancellation

by Nick Rees on December 8, 2009
Fuad El-Hibri
The Office of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority has advised Emergent BioSolutions that while BARDA’s Request for Proposal has been canceled, Emergent is encouraged to submit a proposal for the office’s Broad Agency Announcement.
BARDA canceled the RFP for the procurement for rPA vaccines after [...]

December 15, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: BARDA, Biosolutions, CEO, Department of Health and Human Services, Emergent BioSolutions, Maryland, fuad el-hibri  No Comments

Bad News Clouds Two Bio Defense Stocks

Written by Staff and Wire Reports
Tuesday, 08 December 2009 01:28
Key news developments will affect shares of these two companies who help meet the critical needs of the United States and its allies by developing and commercializing medical countermeasures against biological and chemical weapons.
The two companies which waited until late after hours on Monday to announce [...]

December 15, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: BARDA, Department of Health and Human Services, El-Hibri, Emergent BioSolutions, Management, biotechnology, fuad el-hibri  No Comments