As monkeypox cases are investigated in North America and Europe, Bavarian Nordic A/S (OMX:BAVA) has secured a contract worth potentially $119 million with Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to convert bulk vaccine into freeze-dried doses of Jynneos vaccine. Jynneos was FDA approved for both smallpox and monkeypox in 2019. Smallpox and monkeypox are broadly…
Tpoxx is effective against human smallpox disease
Tpoxx (tecovirimat) from SIGA Technologies is a unique small-molecule drug. In 2018, it became the first drug to win an FDA indication for smallpox. While smallpox was eradicated around 1980s, governments across the world have worried that the variola virus that causes the disease could provide the basis for bioweapons. The U.S. maintains a stockpile…