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Emergent BioSolutions Hosts Symposium for Biomedical Research Scholars
ROCKVILLE, Md.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) today hosted aLooking Beyond the Bench,a a symposium organized for doctoral students enrolled in the NIH-Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program. The symposium featured Emergent executives, who, based on their extensive experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, provided insight on potential career paths awaiting biomedical researchers. The speakers highlighted examples of how a scientific background would interrelate with such disciplines as Grants and Contracts, Clinical Development, Intellectual Property, and Product Development.
"The Alliance is most grateful for Mr. El-Hibri's private sector perspectives which have helped to shape the values, culture, goals and metrics of success of the Scholars Program"
The NIH-Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program (Scholars Program) was created in 2001 to revolutionize the way in which the most talented biomedical PhD and MD/PhD students are trained. Every pedagogical and logistical element of the Scholars Program was designed to produce scientists who will generate high-impact, breakthrough results at the speed at which science, government and industry must move to meet the demandinghealthcare needs of a global population. The Scholars Program trains more "prestige" scholars (Rhodes, Marshall, Churchill, Gates, Howard Hughes Medical, Fulbright, and Goldwater) than any other program in the world. To date, the Scholars Program has produced 45 doctoral graduates and currently has 113 scholars enrolled.
aEmergent is pleased to welcome the future leaders in scientific research and discovery, who are already engaged in and contributing to public health improvement by exhibiting academic excellence,a said Fuad El-Hibri, chairman and chief executive officer of Emergent BioSolutions and member of the Alliance Board of Trustees. aWe congratulate them for their exceptional talent, which brought them to the scholars program and which will guide them to its completion.a
aThe Alliance is most grateful for Mr. El-Hibri's private sector perspectives which have helped to shape the values, culture, goals and metrics of success of the Scholars Program,a said Ann Marie Drucker, Alliance President.
Over 35 scholars participated in the symposium and laboratory tour that was held at Emergenta™s product development facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
About Emergent BioSolutions Inc.
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development, manufacture and commercialization of vaccines and antibody therapies that assist the bodya™s immune system to prevent or treat disease. Emergenta™s marketed product, BioThrax® (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed), is the only vaccine approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the prevention of anthrax infection. Emergenta™s product pipeline targets infectious diseases and includes programs focused on anthrax, tuberculosis, typhoid, flu and chlamydia. Additional information may be found at [ www.emergentbiosolutions.com ].
About the International Biomedical Research Alliance
The International Biomedical Research Alliance (Alliance) was created in 2005 as a private, not-for-profit (501(c)(3) providing expertise and resources to assure the NIH-Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Programa™s financial viability and unwavering adherence to absolute standards of excellence, continuous innovation and dedication to accelerated discovery for generations to come.In pursuit of its mission, the Alliance provides philanthropic, scientific and industry resources dedicated to developing the NIH-Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program into the pre-eminent biomedical training pathway for leaders in the life sciences.
