{"id":9406,"date":"2025-05-07T12:57:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T17:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=9406"},"modified":"2025-05-07T12:57:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T17:57:56","slug":"us-government-exercises-144m-option-for-smallpox-mpox-vaccine-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2025\/05\/07\/us-government-exercises-144m-option-for-smallpox-mpox-vaccine-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"US government exercises $144m option for smallpox\/mpox vaccine contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pharmaceutical-technology.com\/news\/us-government-exercises-144m-option-for-smallpox-mpox-vaccine-contract\/\">Pharmaceutical Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The options are for the freeze-dried version of Bavarian Nordic\u2019s Jynneos, a formulation that allows easier stockpiling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amid a US measles outbreak the US government has placed a $143.6m order for Bavarian Nordic\u2019s smallpox\/mpox jab Jynneos to bolster its infectious disease preparedness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The order is part of a ten-year contract awarded to vaccine-developer Bavarian Nordic by the US government\u2019s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA). The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pharmaceutical-technology.com\/news\/bavarian-nordic-mpox-vaccine-manufacture\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"agreement between the pair&nbsp;, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">agreement between the pair&nbsp;<\/a>includes options valued at $299m for the fill and finish of freeze-dried vaccines. Deliveries under the new contract options are planned for 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The additional options exercised by BARDA support the manufacturing and supply of freeze-dried Jynneos by conversion of bulk vaccine, as well as supplemental payments for all doses procured under the freeze-dried contract. The latter was triggered after the freeze-dried formulation\u2019s extended shelf life was demonstrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pharmaceutical-technology.com\/news\/us-government-exercises-144m-option-for-smallpox-mpox-vaccine-contract\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pharmaceutical Technology The options are for the freeze-dried version of Bavarian Nordic\u2019s Jynneos, a formulation that allows easier stockpiling. Amid a US measles outbreak the US government has placed a $143.6m order for Bavarian Nordic\u2019s smallpox\/mpox jab Jynneos to bolster its infectious disease preparedness. The order is part of a ten-year contract awarded to vaccine-developer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monkeypox","category-vaccine-headlines"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9407,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9406\/revisions\/9407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}