Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation Provides Update on Collaboration With U.S. Government's TMT Program

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 6, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Nasdaq:TKMR) (TSX:TKM), a leading developer of RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, today announced that it has received a temporary stop-work order from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) with respect to Tekmira's TKM-Ebola program. Other contractors have received similar notices as the DoD is under recently imposed funding constraints.