NEWS - U.S. to Buy 75M Doses of Anthrax Vaccine

[Bluebear]

Booga booga booga!

WASHINGTON - The government said Thursday it is purchasing 75 million doses of a new generation anthrax vaccine under an $877.5 million contract — the first awarded through a federal program to develop and stockpile antidotes to biological and chemical weapons.

The five-year contract with VaxGen Inc. will provide enough vaccine to treat roughly 25 million people. The company expects to begin delivery by 2006. According to the contract, the first 25 million vaccine doses would be delivered within two years and the balance within three years, said Lance K. Gordon, the company's president.

The doses will be added to U.S. reserves to protect against a terrorist attack using anthrax spores.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041105/ap_on_he_me/anthrax_vaccine

[Nordic]

1. VaxGen stock up 15.26% today! Hm, wonder who owns it!?

Can you say "Dept. of Homeland Security personnel?"

Smiling all the way to the bank, those crazy bureaucrats!

Symbol: VXGN

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2. I'm surprised we didn't buy just 59 million doses.