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Article: VaxGen Responds to Media Report Regarding Proposed Congressional Investigation of Anthrax Vaccine Contract.

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April 6, 2006
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BRISBANE, Calif., April 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VaxGen, Inc. (Pink Sheets: VXGN.PK) issued the following statement today from its President and Chief Executive, Lance K. Gordon, Ph.D., in response to a proposed investigation into the company's anthrax vaccine contract by Congressman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), which was reported in an Associated Press article.

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"We were surprised by Congressman Rogers' call for an investigation of our Project BioShield anthrax vaccine contract, because: 

 
   --  The Department of Health and Human Service's (HHS) award in November 
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