The US Department of Defense(DoD)has extended the period of a temporary stop-work order with respect to Tekmira Pharmaceuticals TKM-Ebola program.
Tekmira is expecting to receive notification from DoD,regarding stop-work order contract termination or further expansion by 30 September 2012.
The company is developing TKM-Ebola under a contract awarded by the US Government's Transformational Medical Technologies Program.
Tekmira received a temporary stop work order on 6 August 2012 with respect to its TKM-Ebola program due to recently imposed funding constraints at the DoD.
Source:
http://drugdelivery.pharmaceutical-business-review.com/news/us-dod-extends-tekmira-temporary-stop-work-order-030812
