Aeolus Pharmaceuticals Inc. Awarded Contract Fully Valued at $118 Million from BARDA to Develop Treatment for Lung Acute Radiation Syndrome

MISSION VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aeolus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC: AOLS), a biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of broad spectrum catalytic antioxidant compounds that reduce oxidative stress, inflammation, and subsequent tissue damage-signaling cascades resulting from radiation exposure, today announced that the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has awarded Aeolus a contract for the advanced development of AEOL 10150 as a medical countermeasure (MCM) against the pulmonary sub-syndrome of acute radiation syndrome (ARS).
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