Anthrax Vaccine

U.S. HHS buys 5 million additional doses of AVA anthrax vaccine from BioPort

Published in Vaccine Weekly, May 31st, 2006

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the $120 million purchase of 5 million additional doses of Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed (AVA), a licensed anthrax vaccine, from the BioPort Corporation of Lansing, Mich. This action modifies an existing HHS contract with BioPort that was awarded in May 2005.

This supply of AVA anthrax vaccine is in addition to the 5 million doses of AVA anthrax vaccine purchased last year from BioPort. It will be placed in the nation's Strategic National Stockpile where it will be available for use in the event of a bioterror anthrax incident. Together with an already substantial supply of antibiotics, which is the nation's...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2006-05-31)

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