Emergent Biosolutions Expands Presence In Germany

Acquires Vivacs GmbH Along with Rights to Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara (MVA) Strain and Monoclonal Vector Technology Platform (MVAtorTM)

GAITHERSBURG, MD., August 03, 2006—Emergent BioSolutions Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Vivacs GmbH, a privately held biotechnology company based in Munich, Germany. Financial details of the transaction were [...]

Emergent Biosolutions And Hpa Announce Botulinum Vaccine Collaboration

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Botulism Ranks In Cdc’S Category “A” Threat List For Bioweapons

Gaithersburg, MD and London, England—Emergent BioSolutions and the Britishbased Health Protection Agency (HPA) today announced a two-year collaboration for the development of vaccines to prevent botulism.
These two leaders in biodefense vaccines have long-established capabilities in the prevention of botulism dating to the 1950s. In [...]