Over $80M BARDA Prize to Create New H5N1 Vaccines to Prepare for “Future” Bird Flu Pandemic
The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has launched an $80+ million multi-stage competition for “vaccine developers and researchers, biotech companies, and other innovators” to develop vaccines for pandemic influenza A, or A(H5) bird flu, which includes highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1). The name of the competition is Single Shield Prize, and it “calls […]