¶ Alchem Laboratories
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Alchem Laboratories is an American pharmaceutical research company based in Alachua, Florida.
¶ History
On January 4, 2020, Alchem's Chief Medical Officer Robert Malone received a call from Michael Callahan informing him about the emerging SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in Wuhan, China.[1] By this time, Malone was working with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)'s Discovery of Medical Countermeasures Against Novel Entities (DOMANE) program, through which Malone began investigating famotidine as a possible treatment against COVID-19.[2][3] On April 14, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) awarded Alchem Laboratories a $20.7 million contract the conduct a clinical trial on the drug.
¶ Organization
Alchem is a member of the Medical CBRN Defense Consortium.[4]
¶ Personnel
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| James Talton | President and CEO[5] | Nanopharmaceutics, Discovery Cure Institute, University of Florida Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Nanotherapeutics |
| Robert Malone | Chief Medical Officer (former)[1:1] | - |
¶ Partners
Alchen is partnered with:[6][7][8][9]
- Andarix Pharmaceuticals
- Atossa Therapeutics
- Brickell Biotech
- Cato Research
- Cerenis Therapeutics
- Discovery Cure Institute (DCI)
- Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology (ICP)
- Eurofins
- Flucel
- Gemphire Therapeutics
- IIT Research Institute (IITRI)
- Molecular Forecaster
- Mountain Valley MD
- MRIGlobal
- Nanopharmaceutics
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Nelson Labs
- Northwell Health
- Oragenics
- Pace Labs
- Praxis Bioresearch
- Southern Research
- Thermo Fisher Scientific
- TRACON Pharmaceuticals
- UF Innovate | Accelerate @ Sid Martin Biotech
- United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA)
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Univar Solutions
¶ External links
Lardner, R., & Dearen, J. (2020, July 23). Pepcid as a virus remedy? Trump admin’s $21M gamble fizzled. Washington Post. http://archive.today/2022.01.05-225516/https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/trump-admin-21m-gambit-for-pepcid-as-a-covid-remedy-fizzles/2020/07/23/84ab4aa0-cd08-11ea-99b0-8426e26d203b_story.html ↩︎ ↩︎
Borrell, B. (2020). New York clinical trial quietly tests heartburn remedy against coronavirus. Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abc4739 ↩︎
Halford, B. (2020, June 15). Can Pepcid treat COVID-19? Chemical & Engineering News. https://web.archive.org/web/20200711060533/https://cen.acs.org/pharmaceuticals/Pepcid-treat-COVID-19/98/i25 ↩︎
Current Members. MCDC. Retrieved January 3, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.01.03-195328/https://www.medcbrn.org/current-members/ ↩︎
Team. Alchem Laboratories Corporation. Retrieved July 12, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.07.12-160220/https://www.alchem.com/team ↩︎
Partners. Alchem Laboratories Corporation. Retrieved July 6, 2018, from http://archive.today/2018.07.06-054221/http://www.alchem.com/partners ↩︎
Partners. Alchem Laboratories. Retrieved June 3, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20200603050647/http://www.alchem.com/partners ↩︎
Partners. Alchem Laboratories. Retrieved June 12, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20210612192714/http://www.alchem.com/partners ↩︎
Partners. Alchem Laboratories Corporation. Retrieved March 2, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230302203724/https://www.alchem.com/partners ↩︎