Tangen awarded 2nd phase re anthrax contract

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) awarded Tangen Biosciences, Inc. the second phase of a contract to develop a field-deployable Anthrax diagnostic assay and expand the research to an antimicrobial resistance diagnostic assay.

The BARDA contract with Tangen Biosciences is, potentially, a 3.5-year project, which is expected to advance and expand the ability to combat the threat of Bacillus anthracis by utilizing the TangenDxTM Molecular Diagnostic System. more