When Investment for Medical Countermeasures against Rare, but Dangerous Agents Becomes Cost Effective – The Ebola Case Cost Research Article: Economics surrounding the Ebola Outbreak (short version) Introduction: There are countless chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) agents that are proficient enough to harm individuals. Examples include viruses (e.g. influenza) and bacteria which [...]

When Investment for Medical Countermeasures against Rare, but Dangerous Agents Becomes Cost Effective – The Ebola Case Cost Research Article: Economics surrounding the Ebola Outbreak (short version) Introduction: There are countless chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) agents that are proficient enough to harm individuals. Examples include viruses (eg influenza) and bacteria which are [...]

Medical Countermeasures: Challenging the Status Quo Policy Status Article: CBRN Medical Countermeasures Introduction: The medical countermeasures (MCMs) chapter of the CBRNe World Directory 2013 included a focus on the history of MCMs, required market characteristics to stimulate its availability, and various positions of international institutions and public figureheads concerning the need for relevant [...]

Doctor and the Medics: Mark Johnson on the International Availability of Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Mark Johnson on the international availability of medical countermeasures (MCM). Introduction: Ratification of the 1925 Geneva Protocol, which prohibits the use of chemical and biological weapons, symbolised a broad determination not to engage in offensive war strategies that deploy weapons [...]

Europe Lacks Medical Countermeasures for Responding to a CBR Terrorist Attack Mark Lawrence Johnson creates awareness concering lack of CBRN Medical Countermeasure preparedness. Introduction: Over the last years, the threat that terrorists could resort to using weapons of mass destruction (WMD) such as chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) agents in Europe has been credibly [...]

Statement of MJ Lawrence Consulting: Seventh Review Conference of the States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention 2011 Statement of MJ Lawrence Consulting to the SEVENTH REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THE STATES PARTIES TO THE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION Introduction: Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, and distinguished delegates. Thank you for this opportunity to make a [...]

Euro-View: Mark Johnson on CBR Medical Countermeasures Mark Lawrence Johnson creates awareness concering lack of CBRN Medical Countermeasure preparedness. Introduction: Over the last years, the threat that terrorists could resort to using weapons of mass destruction (WMD) such as chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) agents in Europe has been credibly asserted by institutions such [...]