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Bavarian Nordic A/S, a global vaccine company with a mission to improve health and save lives through innovative vaccines, announced a new order valued at USD 22.5 million from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) for the company’s mpox and smallpox vaccine, MVA-BN.
This order, awarded under the existing 10 years contract framework established with Public Health Agency of Canada in 2022, will ensure manufacturing of bulk vaccine product in 2026, with filling and supply of the final drug product to occur later.
With this award, Bavarian Nordic has now secured orders in its Public Preparedness business in 2026 for approximately DKK 1,400 million, an increase of DKK 100 million compared to latest communication. The full-year guidance for this business in 2026 remains unchanged at DKK 1,800-2,000 million.
“Public preparedness has remained a high priority in Canada for years, and we are proud to continue to support the government’s commitment to protecting its citizens against serious health threats, like mpox and smallpox,” said Paul Chaplin, president & chief executive officer of Bavarian Nordic. “It is our aim to build and strengthen collaborations like this, as we have also done for decades with the US government through BARDA, and more recently with the European Union through HERA, to facilitate a stronger public health response as a critical part of the defense against viral threats globally.”
MVA-BN or Modified Vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic is the only non-replicating mpox vaccine approved in the US, Switzerland, Singapore and Mexico (marketed as Jynneos), Canada (marketed as Imvamune), and the European Union /EAA and United Kingdom (marketed as Imvanex). Originally developed as a smallpox vaccine in collaboration with the US government to ensure the supply of a smallpox vaccine for the entire population, including immunocompromised individuals who are not recommended vaccination with traditional replicating smallpox vaccines, MVA-BN has been indicated for use in the general population in individuals considered at risk for smallpox or mpox infection.
Bavarian Nordic is a preferred supplier of mpox and smallpox vaccines to governments to enhance public health preparedness and have a leading portfolio of travel vaccines.
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