Sanaria Inc., a Rockville, Maryland privately held company, announced the receipt of two multi-year Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health. The grants will enhance the development of its whole parasite Malaria Vaccine. The Phase II grant is to establish multiple strains of the parasite that can be used to assess the effectiveness of Sanaria's Malaria Vaccine.

In a move that promises to expand the types of malaria vaccine candidates in clinical development, the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) today announced a new partnership with Sanaria Inc., a Maryland company, to accelerate development of a unique malaria vaccine candidate.

Sanaria Inc., a Rockville, Maryland privately held company focused on development of an attenuated whole parasite Malaria Vaccine, announced the receipt of a multi-year Phase II Small Business Innovation Research Grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health.

Sanaria Inc., a Rockville, Maryland privately held company focused on development of an attenuated whole parasite Malaria Vaccine announced the receipt of a $4.09 million research and development award from the United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity Group in Fort Detrick, Maryland.

tephen L. Hoffman, M.D., Founder, Chief Executive and Scientific Officer of Sanaria Inc., Rockville, Maryland has been elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies of Sciences.

The Institute for OneWorld Health, the first nonprofit pharmaceutical company in the U.S., announced today it has received a $1.4 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support development of a vaccine for the prevention and treatment of malaria, including for infants and children in the developing world.