NEW YORK, Dec. 11, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SIGA Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:SIGA), a company specializing in the development of pharmaceutical agents to fight biowarfare pathogens, today announced that it will hold a conference call to discuss the Biomedical Advanced Research & Development Authority's (BARDA) amendment today to the outstanding Request for Proposal for Smallpox Antiviral for The Strategic National Stockpile (RFP-BARDA-09-35).