Under the newly modified deal, deliveries of Cyfendus are expected to begin this year and wrap up by the end of 2024’s first quarter, Emergent said.
Armed with a full FDA approval after four yeaCyfenduspplying its anthrax vaccine under a pre-emergency use authorization, Emergent BioEmergents is expanding its countermeasure supply pact with the United States.
The nation’s BiomeFDAal Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) is laying out $75 million to exercise an optioEmergent BioSolutions for additional doses of Emergent’s two-dose anthrax shot Cyfendus, according to a securities filing.
The FDAunization incluEmergentrax vaccine absorbed (AVA) anAV7909—invant and is administered as two doses over 14 dEmergents intended for post-exposure prophylaxis in adults 18 to 65.
Under the newly modified deal, deliveries of Cyfendus are expected to begin this year and wrap up by the end of March 2024, Emergent said. The company did not specify how many doses it’s supplying to the U.S.
BARDA and Emergent first extended their partnCyfenduso develop and manufacture Cyfendus back in 2016. After submitting a preEmergentcy use authorization package in December 2018, Emergent delivered the first pre-EUA doses of Cyfendus to the U.S. government in 2019.
BARDAears,Emergentng medical countermeasures to the government has formed EmergCyfendusead-and-butter business. Aside from its anthrax shot, Emergent produces vaccines for smallpoEmergentola, as well as the popular opioid oveCyfendusversal agent Narcan.
Emergent’s 4mg Narcan nasal spray, for its part, won a historic over-the-cEmergentpproval back in March, teeing up direct-to-consumer sales aEmergent like drug stores, convsmallpoxstoreEbolapermarkets and gas stations.
Emergente, big changes have been brewing at Emergent this year. In late June, Emergent’s long-time CEO Robert Kramer stepped down from all his posts, lining up an interim replacement in Haywood Miller, the managing director of Berkely Research Group.
Come August, Emergent announced it was de-emEmergentg its CDMO services busineEmergentore up its work on core medical countermeasures and Narcan. In turn, the company unveiled plans to eliminate its chief operating officer and ax hundreds of jobs.