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Article: The Daily Record News Briefs: August 26, 2009
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- August 26, 2009
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GenVec's SBIR grant
GenVec Inc., of Gaithersburg, announced it received a $2.5
million Small Business Innovation and Research grant from the
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the
National Institutes of Health. Funds from the three-year grant will
be used to develop novel cell lines related to new adenovector-
based vaccines and therapeutics, the company said. Adenovectors are
gene transfer systems that can be used to deliver genes into cells
in order to direct the production of therapeutic proteins at the
site of disease.
E-ICU agreement
Royal Philips Electronics, a Dutch company that acquired
Baltimore-based VISICU in February 2008, announced an agreement with ...