Bavarian Nordic has announced that they have been engaged by Public Health England (PHE) and the Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to supply its IMVANEX smallpox vaccine in response to new cases of monkeypox in the UK. Two related cases were confirmed and admitted to a hospital in Liverpool.
Kromek is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a new c. $6m contract by the DARPA for Phase II of its development of a biological threat detection system that senses, analyses and identifies airborne pathogens. Kromek will deliver the contract over the next 28-month period, commencing immediately.
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A recent multidisciplinary exercise at the National Training Centre CBRN involved a special player, none other than Spot! The scenario was an attack on a metro station in which not only firearms were used, but also possible CBRN agents were deployed. The exercise involved the CBRN Responseenheid, EODD, RIVM and LTFO...
Teledyne FLIR, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, today announced the launch of the identiFINDER® R700 Backpack Radiation Detector, an advanced mobile system that offers unparalleled capability for broad-area radiological monitoring missions. The company also announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has placed the first order for the device as...
Recently we have seen reports of cases of avian and swine influenzas showing up in humans. This of course does happen from time to time, but we presently seem to have a bit of a rash of cases.
H5N6 avian influenza case reported in Chengdu, Sichuan Province
Officials with...
The claim to the 'world's most advanced respirator' has just lost a contender. 3M/Scott are no longer producing the First Responder Respirator (FRR) the export version of the UK MoD's General Service Respirator (confusingly the maintenance and resupply of this has been an Avon responsibility since 2019). CBRNe World had...
IonSense (Saugus, MA), a leading provider of Open Air/Ambient Ionization sources, systems and integrated solutions for the $5B Mass Spectrometry marketplace, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeffrey Zonderman as President and Chief Executive Officer.
The appointment is key to the company’s strategy for accelerated growth in applied markets...
SmiNet, Sweden’s infectious diseases database, was temporarily shut down last week by the country’s public health agency, Folkhälsomyndigheten, following several attempted cyber intrusions. The Thursday shutdown interrupted the reporting of COVID-19 statistics.
The public health agency reports that it was able to restore the database on Friday. As...
Teledyne FLIR announced it has won a contract to develop the first mass-wearable chemical detector for U.S. troops under the Pentagon’s Compact Vapor Chemical Agent Detector (CVCAD) program. The company received $4.0 million in initial funding.
Currently, troops lack the protection of an individually worn sensor. They rely on mostly...
From DEVCOM CBC
A new qualifying standard for military grade carbon used in gas masks and protective filters has been developed by a partnership of experts in chemical and biological protection, eliminating U.S. reliance on a single source for this critical material.
Experts at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command...
Thermo Scientific 1064Defender Raman Analyzer
Perform narcotics identification and chemical identification safely and quickly with the Thermo Scientific 1064Defender Raman Analyzer. The handheld 1064Defender analyzer is a truly flexible tool to meet your agency’s chemical identification needs. By offering user configurable scan profiles and libraries, the 1064Defender Raman Analyzer...
The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) and CHEMTREC are pleased to announce that in honor of CHEMTREC’s 50th anniversary, five U.S. volunteer fire departments will each receive $10,000 through the 2021 CHEMTREC HELP (Hazmat Emergencies Local Preparedness) Awards.
CHEMTREC is the world’s leading source of 24/7 call center support and...
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