Emergent BioSolutions Secures Additional Funding from Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to Pursue Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Indication for BioThrax

ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE: EBS) announced today that it has reached an agreement with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to conduct a non-interference study to be used to support a Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) indication for BioThrax® (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed). This agreement provides the company with up to $8.43 million in additional funding. The non-interference trial, targeted to commence in the fourth quarter of 2012, is expected to involve 120 healthy volunteers and is designed to demonstrate non-interference of BioThrax when administered in conjunction with antibiotics. Approval of a PEP indication would enable BioThrax to be used in combination with antibiotics in people suspected to have been exposed to anthrax spores. Currently, BioThrax only has a pre-exposure prophylaxis indication.