U.S. Government Exercises Contract Options Valued At $18.9 Million For Emergent BioSolutions' Vaccinia Immune Globulin Intravenous Program

ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) announced today that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has exercised options under contract 200-2012-52242 for the supply of Vaccinia Immune Globulin Intravenous (VIGIV) into the U.S. Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). VIGIV is a therapeutic licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of complications due to smallpox vaccination. The contract options, valued at $18.9 million over three years, provide for work required to maintain FDA licensure of VIGIV and to collect plasma for future manufacturing.

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