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Published online 30 June 2009 | 460, 21 (2009) | doi:10.1038/460021a

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Lawsuit puts flu-vaccine contract in doubt

Biotech company sued by creditors.

A US office tasked with readying the country for influenza pandemics received an unpleasant surprise last week, when creditors filed a lawsuit intended to force one of its new grantees into bankruptcy.

The lawsuit was filed the day before the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) in Washington DC announced it had awarded a US$35-million contract to Protein Sciences, a biotechnology company in Meriden, Connecticut.

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