Crossject and the U.S. Department of Defense Relaunch Joint Research on Needle-free Autoinjectors, Extending Their Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
December 09 2024 - 12:30AM
Dijon, France, December 09, 2024, 07:30 CET
– Crossject (ISIN: FR0011716265; Euronext: ALCJ), a specialty
pharma company developing the award-winning needle-free ZENEO®
autoinjector to deliver life-saving medicines in emergency
situations, and the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), have
relaunched their cooperative research on needle-free autoinjectors,
signing an extension of their Cooperative Research and Development
Agreement (CRADA) from October 2019. As part of the agreement, the
DOD will evaluate an upgraded version of the company’s proprietary
needle-free autoinjector ZENEO®.
“We are glad to extend our agreement with the DOD’s Joint
Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and
Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND). Our innovative autoinjector Zeneo®
can offer military personnel and untrained first responders an
immediate, reliable, and easy-to-use tool for administering a
life-saving treatment in the most extreme and hazardous
conditions,” said Patrick Alexandre, Chief Executive Officer of
Crossject.
About Crossject Crossject SA (Euronext:
ALCJ; www.crossject.com) is an emerging specialty
pharmaceuticals company developing medicines for emergency
situations harnessing its award-winning needle-free auto-injector
ZENEO® platform. Crossject is in advanced regulatory development
for ZEPIZURE®, an epileptic rescue therapy, for which it has a $60
million contract* with the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and
Development Authority (BARDA). The Company’s versatile ZENEO®
platform is designed to enable patients or untrained caregivers to
easily and instantly deliver a broad range of emergency medicines
via intramuscular injection on bare skin or even through clothing.
The Company’s other products in development include mainly
solutions for allergic shocks and adrenal insufficiencies, as well
as therapies and other emergency indications.* Contract no:
75A50122C00031 with the Department of Health and Human Services;
Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response; Biomedical
Advanced Research and Development Authority.
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and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the United
States Army or of the Department of Defense. Reference herein to
any specific commercial products, process, or service by trade
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imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the U.S.
government and shall not be used for advertising or product
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