Date: Sep 09, 2010 Source: Business Wire (
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MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Snowdon, Inc., today announced that it has been awarded a new three-year contract from the Department of Defense (DoD) Program, Transformational Medical Technologies (TMT) for the discovery and preclinical development of novel medical treatments to combat biowarfare pathogens. Snowdon may receive up to $8.2 million in support of development efforts under this new Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) contract.
Snowdon is partnering with two centers of excellence at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School (UMDNJ-NJMS). The Center for Emerging Pathogens in the Department of Medicine, under the direction of Dr. Nancy Connell, will test Snowdon's drug candidates on specific biowarfare pathogens. The Center maintains high-level biosafety containment facilities for this purpose. Snowdon will also be assisted by the newly opened Regional Biocontainment Laboratory of UMDNJ under the direction of Dr. David Perlin, Director of the Public Health Research Institute (PHRI).
Snowdon has recently expanded its research and development space and facilities in the Princeton Research Center (Monmouth Junction, NJ) and has hired additional scientific staff and technical personnel. This DTRA contract will complement Snowdon's ongoing activities in the development of novel treatments for pain, nervous system disorders, and other infectious diseases.
