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FilmArray® Community of Interest Biosurveillance Portal: Enhancing Communication Among Users
December 4, 2017 — Across the U.S. Joint Services, there is a continued need for efficient diagnostic equipment that can quickly identify biological warfare agents (BWAs). Diagnostic medical devices are crucial for early diagnosis of exposure to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats.Furthermore, diagnostics play a critical role in a layered... MORE

MCS Instrumental in EUA Approval of Nerve Agent Autoinjector
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MCS Charters New Product Office for Platform Technology Development
November 1, 2017 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FREDERICK, MD, October 30, 2017 – The Joint Project Management Office for Medical Countermeasure Systems (JPM-MCS) announced the creation of a new office that focuses on developing novel platform technologies to improve Department of Defense efficiencies in medical countermeasure (MCM) development.For years, the... MORE

A Test of Medical Readiness
September 28, 2017 — PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN ONLINE VERSION OF ARMY AL&T MAGAZINE AT (HTTP://ASC.ARMY.MIL/WEB/NEWS-ALT-OND17-A-TEST-FOR-MEDICAL-READINESS/), PRINTED COPY PUBLISHED OCTOBER OF 2017. U.S. military efforts in biological warfare defense readiness prove themselves with Ebola response.The 2014-2016 outbreak of Ebola virus disease triggered an unprecedented... MORE

News Release: Biological Select Agents and Toxins Surrogate Solution
June 19, 2017 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – FREDERICK, MD. – The Defense Biological Product Assurance Office (DBPAO), a component of the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense, is pleased to announce the development of a Biological Select Agents and Toxins (BSAT) surrogate solution that will mitigate the risks associated with shipment and... MORE

Nanotherapeutics Opens $138 Million Plant near Progress Park
June 2, 2017 — ALACHUA, FL - Several speakers invoked lessons learned from the Pearl Harbor bombing 75 years ago to the day as they marked the opening of a manufacturing plant that will make vaccines and drug treatments to protect soldiers from chemical and biological threats. About 130 people attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday for Nanotherapeutics'... MORE

JPM-NBC CA STEAM Support
January 23, 2017 — The Joint Project Manager for Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Contamination Avoidance (JPM-NBC CA) supported its first Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics (STEAM) activity with two teams that participated in the 23 April 2016 Junior Solar Sprint (JSS) Competition at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), MD. The JSS is an Army Educational... MORE

JPEO-CBD ChemBio Protective Suit PROOF Challenge
January 23, 2017 — The JPEO-CBRND's Chemical Biological (CB) Protective Suit Proof Challenge competition (PROOF: The ChemBio Suit Design Challenge) opened online Aug 19, 2016, and held its kickoff event in Boston, MA, on Aug 25, 2016. The purpose of this Proof Challenge is to attract innovative ideas and technologies, including those outside traditional defense... MORE

Joint Effects Model (JEM) Deployment to the National Guard
January 23, 2017 — The Joint Effects Model (JEM) Program Management Office (PMO) received an Acquisition Decision Memorandum on 28 September 2016 authorizing the full fielding of JEM 2.0 to the National Guard Bureau Weapon of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams (WMD-CST), Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Package... MORE

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