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Emergent BioSolutions Receives Delivery Order up to $21.5 Million to Supply BioThrax® (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed) to the U.S. Department of War in 2026
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Jan. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today Emergent BioSolutions (NYSE: EBS) announced it has received a delivery order valued at up to $21.5 million from the U.S. Department of War to supply BioThrax® (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed) in 2026. This order is under Emergent’s existing indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract (W911SR24D0001), led by the Capability Program Executive Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (CPE CBRND), previously the Joint Prog
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