Ology Bioservices Wins $8.4 Million Defense Department Award to Produce Anti-Ebola Medical Countermeasure (BioFlorida)

UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alumn Ology Bioservices, Inc., a biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), announced that it was awarded an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) to support the Joint Project Manager Medical Countermeasure Systems (JPM-MCS), a component of the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO CBRND) for advanced biologics manufacturing services-specifically, to manufacture an anti-Ebola monoclonal antibody (mAb). The award was made possible through collaborative funding between JPEO CBRND and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

The antibody, designated mAb114, was developed at the Vaccine Research Center (VRC), part of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) with the National Institutes of Health, in part through funding previously provided by DARPA. The VRC is a collaborator with JPM-MCS, DARPA, and Ology Bioservices on this program. Including optional work, the agreement has a value of $8.4 million.

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