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Homeland Security

Humanetics Expects $3.8M for Medical Rad Countermeasures

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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

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Humanetics Corp., a privately held Minnesota-based pharmaceutical company, says Congress included an additional $3.8 million in the FY '08 Defense Appropriations Act that is earmarked for the company to do continued development, clinical testing, regulatory approval, manufacturing and commercialization of a number of medical radiation countermeasures. Humanetics' lead drug candidate, BIO 300, is undergoing large animal efficacy and human safety trials. The company is also working with several pre-clinical lead candidates that are showing promising early results, it says. With…

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