ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE: EBS) announced today that two medical countermeasures included in its anthrax franchise -- BioThrax® (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed) and Anthrax Immune Globulin (AIG) -- have been included as covered countermeasures under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) pursuant to a declaration issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In issuing this declaration, the Secretary of HHS determined that there is a credible risk that the threat of exposure to anthrax and the resulting disease constitutes a public health emergency. The declaration will remain in effect until December 31, 2015. BioThrax is the only vaccine licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the prevention of anthrax infection.
