Immunization

Bavarian Nordic Delivers 1 Million Doses of First Vaccine Developed Under U.S. Biopreparedness Program to the Strategic National Stockpile

Published in Pharma Investments, Ventures and Law Weekly, August 1st, 2010

Bavarian Nordic A/S (Nasdaq OMX: BAVA) announced that it has delivered 1 million doses of its smallpox vaccine IMVAMUNE® to the U.S. Strategic National Stockpile for use in the event of a smallpox bioterrorism attack on the U.S.

IMVAMUNE® is the first vaccine successfully developed under Project BioShield, a U.S. program created by Congress in 2004 to develop and purchase medicines and vaccines to protect the American public from bioterrorism attacks. Bioterrorism experts are concerned about the possibility of an attack on the U.S. that exposes the population to the smallpox virus.

IMVAMUNE® was clinically developed and manufactured...

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Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures and Law Weekly (2010-08-01)

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