Category: Bavarian Nordic

Bavarian Nordic Signs Up US Firm for Packaging Monkeypox Vaccine

Danish biotech firm Bavarian Nordic said on Thursday it has signed up a U.S.-based manufacturer to package its Jynneos monkeypox vaccine and the production is expected to begin later this year. The company aims to finish the technology transfer in three months to Michigan-based Grand River Aseptic. More than 13,500 cases of the disease, which…


Monkeypox Vax Maker Bavarian Nordic ‘No Longer Certain’ It Can Meet Demand as Cases Surge: Report

Monkeypox vaccine maker Bavarian Nordic has warned it may not be able to meet demand as cases of the virus continue to surge across the globe. “It’s a very dynamic market situation,” Rolf Sass Sorensen, a vice president at the firm, told Bloomberg on Wednesday. “Demand keeps rising, and it’s no longer certain that we can…


US Adds 2.5 Million Bavarian Nordic Monkeypox Vaccine Doses, Expects More in July

The U.S. government has ordered an additional 2.5 million doses of Bavarian Nordic’s vaccine for use against monkeypox and expects more later this month to fight an outbreak of the viral disease. So far, 1,470 cases of monkeypox, which can cause flu-like symptoms and skin lesions, have been identified in the country, mostly among men…


EU Signs Deal With Bavarian Nordic for Supply of 110,000 Monkeypox Vaccines

BRUSSELS—The European Union signed on Tuesday an agreement with Bavarian Nordic for the supply of about 110,000 doses of vaccines against monkeypox, the EU Commission and the company said. The vaccines will be bought with EU funds and delivered to EU states, EU health commissioner Stella Kyriakides said. Doses are to be delivered in proportion…


Biden Admin Orders 500,000 More Monkeypox Vaccines

The Biden administration has ordered an additional 500,000 more doses of the Jynneos vaccine for monkeypox, marking a big step up in the government’s response amid rising cases in the United States and around the world. Denmark-based biotech group Bavarian Nordic, the manufacturer of the vaccines, said that the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)…


Biden Admin Places $119 Million Order for Vaccines After Single Case of Monkeypox Reported in US

The Biden administration has placed an order for millions of doses of a vaccine intended to protect against smallpox and monkeypox, after the first case of monkeypox in the United States this year was confirmed in Massachusetts on May 18. Monkeypox, a viral disease typically limited to Africa, has been reported in several countries with more than…