SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Impel NeuroPharma, a medical device company whose technology is designed to enable pharmaceutical drugs to bypass the blood-brain barrier and enter the central nervous system (CNS), today announced that it was selected to receive a Phase II Small Business Investigational Research (SBIR) grant from the Department of Defense’s Chemical and Biological Defense SBIR Program entitled, “Blood Brain Barrier Drug Delivery of Therapeutics for Chemical Warfare Agents.” The grant includes funding for up to $750,000 for the years 2011 and 2012.
