Eastern Virginia Medical School of
Norfolk received a $24 million grant to study the
effectiveness
of a vaginal gel for women in reducing the incidence
of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases in Third
World countries. The grant, given by the U.S. Agency
for International Development and the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation, will test the gel Ushercell manufactured
by Polydex Pharmacueticals Ltd. of Toronto. (The
Virginian-Pilot)
Flight Explorer Inc., an Alexandria-based provider
of Internet-based global flight tracking information,
was chosen by Hawaiian Airlines of Honolulu to provide
monitoring services for its flight operations between
Hawaii and the U.S. mainland, as well as around the
Pacific Basin. (PRNewswire)
The Martin Agency, an
advertising agency headquartered in Richmond, received
the advertising account for Delta
Faucets produced the Delta Faucet Co. of Carmel, Ind.
Martin lost out on the account, with annual billings
of $15 million, in 2004 to Arnold Worldwide of Boston.
No reason was given for Delta's change of agencies. (Richmond
Times-Dispatch)
Virginia signed an agreement
making Fluor Enterprises Inc. of Aliso Viejo, Calif.,
prime contractor on construction
of four new high-occupancy traffic lanes along a 14-mile
stretch of I-495's Capital Beltway. Environmental impact
studies are expected by December with financial close
of the project in late 2006. Construction is expected
to take 55 months after the close. (PRNewswire)
