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Tests Show HGS’ ABthrax Improves Survival Rates

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The results of two animal studies show that the drug ABthrax improves survival rates in by up to 64 percent when administered after animals were symptomatic for anthrax disease as a result of inhalation exposure to massively lethal doses of anthrax spores, according to Human Genome Sciences, Inc. [HGSI], the developer of ABthrax. HGS says the results demonstrated a survival benefit in two animal species, which meets the requirement for establishing efficacy of new drugs used to counter bio-terrorism. "These…

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