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Niaid / Barda Awards Elusys a $12 Million Contract to Further Develop Anthim, the Company's Anthrax Therapeutic
Date:9/25/2007

PINE BROOK, N.J., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Elusys Therapeutics, Inc. (Elusys), a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing antibody-based therapies for the treatment of life-threatening infectious diseases, today announced it has been awarded a contract for $12 million for advanced development of Anthim(TM), the company's late-stage anthrax therapeutic. This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. HHSN272200700035C. To date, Elusys has received more than $32 million from NIAID/BARDA and the Department of Defense in support of Anthim and the company's Heteropolymer Antibody(TM) technology.

Elizabeth Posillico, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Elusys, commented on the award, "Elusys is encouraged by the continued support from the U.S. Government and we look forward to extending our collaboration with NIAID/BARDA. We are confident that Elusys has developed a highly effective and valuable anthrax therapeutic for procurement under Project BioShield for addition to the U.S. Government's Strategic National Stockpile."

Dr. Posillico continued, "Inhalation of anthrax spores rapidly leads to death if patients are not treated immediately with specific antibiotics. Typically, victims of inhalation anthrax experience only vague symptoms until it is too late, when they are in toxemia, leaving antibiotics largely ineffective. Anthrax vaccines are also ineffective unless victims are immunized well in advance of exposure. Anthim represents a 'just in time anthrax therapeutic,' that in relevant models has demonstrated complete protection against an anthrax spore challenge with a single prophylactic dose, and has shown significant protection when administered up to two days after a lethal spore challenge,
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