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Archive: November, 2021

Biden Administration Secures 10 Million Courses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 Oral Antiviral Medicine as Additional Tool to Reduce Hospitalizations and Save Lives
November 18, 2021 — As part of its ongoing efforts to curb the pandemic, reduce hospitalizations, and save lives, the Biden Administration has secured 10 million treatment courses of Pfizer’s promising COVID-19 oral antiviral drug, contingent on emergency use authorization (EUA) or approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)... MORE

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JPM CBRN Medical Announces RPP in Support of Vaccine Acceleration Program
November 15, 2021 — The Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Defense’s (JPEO-CBRND) Joint Project Manager for CBRN Medical (JPM CBRN Medical), in collaboration with the JPEO-CBRND’s Joint Project Lead for CBRN Defense Enabling Biotechnologies (JPL CBRND EB), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), released a request for prototype proposal (RPP) on November 10, 2021, soliciting offers for mRNA vaccine development through December 13, 2021. These offers will include mRNA vaccine design, non-clinical testing, and clinical testing against priority biological threats. ... MORE

JPEO-CBRND Team and Partners Win Five Defense Acquisition Workforce Awards
November 12, 2021 — The Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND) celebrates its teammates and partners who collectively won five 2021 Defense Acquisition Workforce Awards for their work at the organization... MORE

Winners from the 2021 Defense Acquisition Workforce Award include LTC John Nuckols, Dr. Kevin Wingerd, JPEO-CBRND, U.S. Air Force, COVID-19 USTRANSCOM JUON TC-0003 Response, and U.S. Army, Operation Warp Speed and the JPEO-CBRND Medical Repurposing Team.

CB Defense Today with guest Dr. Jason Roos
November 9, 2021 — CB Defense Today is a quarterly recorded interview, where CBC Director, Dr. Eric L. Moore talks with other leaders across the CB Defense Enterprise. This September Dr. Moore’s guest was Joint Program Executive Officer for CBRND, Dr. Jason Roos. The two discussed the valuable partnership between CBC and JPEO for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense, pandemic preparedness in the chemical biological defense space, and improving warfighter protection and decontamination in the field based on future operating environments... MORE

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Newly Confirmed Assistant Secretary of Defense, Other DOD Officials Make Inaugural Visit to JPEO-CBRND
November 5, 2021 — Ms. Deborah Rosenblum, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs (ASD(NCB)) and several other DOD officials visited the headquarters of the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Defense (JPEO-CBRND) at the Aberdeen Proving Ground - Edgewood, Md., on Monday, October 25, 2021. This was Ms. Rosenblum’s first visit to JPEO-CBRND after her Senate confirmation vote on July 29, 2021. ... MORE

DOD Awards Dynavax $22 Million for Plague Vaccine Clinical Trial
November 3, 2021 — The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) awarded Dynavax Technologies Corporation with an agreement worth approximately $22 million over two and a half years, to execute a clinical trial combining the DOD’s recombinant plague (rF1V) vaccine with its own CpG 1018® adjuvant. Under the agreement, Dynavax will conduct a Phase II clinical trial in 2022. ... MORE

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