EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Computer Sciences Corporation today announced that DVC LLC, a CSC company, has been awarded approximately $19.7 million in grants and contract modifications from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a component of the National Institutes of Health.
The new grants and contract modifications are in addition to the award of an $11 million grant to CSC from the NIAID in September 2003.
Under the terms of these new awards, DVC will continue the advanced development of vaccines for tularemia, botulism and Venezuelan equine encephalitis. The company will perform stability testing and manufacture a "current good manufacturing practices" pilot batch of live tularemia vaccine. DVC also will conduct a phase 2 clinical trial for its Venezuelan equine encephalitis vaccine candidate and continue development of a stable multivalent botulinum vaccine candidate.
NIAID is a component of the National Institutes of Health, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIAID conducts and supports research that strives to understand, treat and ultimately prevent the myriad of infectious, immunologic and allergic diseases that threaten hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
DVC is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and licensure of safe and efficacious biodefense vaccines and therapeutics. DVC is part of CSC's Enforcement, Security and Intelligence organization, which CSC created in 2002 to support programs enhancing U.S. security.
About CSC
Founded in 1959, Computer Sciences Corporation is a leading global information technology (IT) services company. CSC's mission is to provide customers in industry and government with solutions crafted to meet their specific challenges and enable them to profit from the advanced use of technology.
With approximately 91,000 employees, CSC provides innovative solutions for customers around the world by applying leading technologies and CSC's own advanced capabilities. These include systems design and integration; IT and business process outsourcing; applications software development; Web and application hosting; and management consulting. Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., CSC reported revenue of $15.3 billion for the 12 months ended Oct. 1, 2004. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.csc.com/.
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