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Emergent Lands $535M HHS Smallpox Preparedness Support Contract


Jeff Brody

Emergent BioSolutions (NYSE: EBS) has received a potential 10-year, $535M contract to supply the Department of Health and Human Services with intravenous medications designed to treat patients experiencing adverse events following smallpox vaccination.

The company said Monday it will provide Vaccinia Immune Globulin Intravenous products that HHS intends to include in the U.S. Strategic National Stockpile as part of public health preparedness efforts.

HHS’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response awarded the contract with a $23M base value and includes nine-year option periods.

œVIGIV is the only product licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of complications due to smallpox vaccination,” said Robert Kramer, president and CEO at Emergent BioSolutions.

The company will use government-provided plasma to produce VIGIV doses during the first year of contract and continue production efforts with the firm’s own plasma supply.

Emergent completed VIGIV deliveries to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under a one-year, $26M contract awarded in February of last year.

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