Emergent BioSolutions says it will donate 50,000 doses of its ACAM2000 smallpox vaccine to help against the mpox outbreak in Africa. According to Emergent, the FDA is presently reviewing a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) to expand ACAM2000’s indication to include mpox immunization. The company expects the FDA to complete its review in the third…
U.S. government makes an additional 442,000 monkeypox vaccine doses available
Officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have announced plans to provide up to 442,000 doses of the Jynneos vaccine from Bavarian Nordic A/S (OMX:BAVA) available across the country. In May, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) said it had a contract with Bavarian Nordic worth up to $119 million to convert…
U.S. gears up monkeypox vaccination campaign
Federal officials have announced that the clinics across the country would vaccinate individuals with presumed exposure to the monkeypox virus. Earlier, the U.S. had reserved the vaccine for individuals who had confirmed exposure to the virus. The U.S. has confirmed a preference for the Jynneos vaccine from Bavarian Nordic A/S (OMX:BAVA). In May, Bavarian Nordic entered…