¶ Emergent BioSolutions
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Emergent BioSolutions, formerly BioPort, is an American biopharmaceutical company based in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
¶ History
Emergent BioSolutions was founded on September 5, 1998 by Fuad El-Hibri under the name BioPort, for the sole purpose of acquiring the newly-privatized Michigan Biologic Products Institute (MBPI).[1][2]
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In December 2003, the company underwent a corporate restructure and continued operations under the name Emergent BioSolutions beginning in June 2004.[3] Jerome Hauer, former acting assistant secretary of the Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness at the United States Department of Health and Human Services, joined the company's board of directors in May 2004.[4]
On July 14, 2017, Emergent BioSolutions announced it had struck a deal with Sanofi to acquire ACAM2000, the only smallpox vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) at the time.[5]
On October 16, 2018, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced a $36 million grant to Emergent and Profectus BioSciences to develop and manufacture a vaccine against Lassa virus, in collaboration with the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH).[6][7]
Several representatives from Emergent attended BARDA Industry Day 2018 from October 29-30 in Washington, D.C.[8]
¶ COVID-19
On April 23, 2020, Emergent BioSolutions announced it had entered a $135 million agreement with Johnson & Johnson to "provide contract development and manufacturing services" for the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine.[9]
In June 2020, AstraZeneca and Emergent partnered to manufacture their COVID-19 vaccine product.[10][11]
On July 6, 2020, Emergent BioSolutions announced an additional five-year contract with Johnson & Johnson, building on the prior agreement.[12] After the first two years, Emergent would "provide a flexible capacity deployment model to support additional drug substance batches annually."[13]
Some 10-15 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine were discarded at Emergent's plant in Baltimore, Maryland due to suspected contamination. This was followed in March 2021 when Emergeent discarded up to 15 million doses of Janssen and AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccines after mixing up ingredients between the two. The mistake was attributed to "human error."[14]
In April 2021, the FDA requested that Emergent "suspend manufacture of new drug substance and quarantine existing material manufactured" at the plant.[15]
Emergent sponsored the World Vaccine Congress Washington 2022 from April 18-21 in Washington, D.C.[16]
¶ Organization
Emergent BioSolutions is a member of:
- Ad Standards[17]
- Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed)[18]
- Alliance for Biosecurity[19]
- Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)[20]
- Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA)[21]
- GBCHealth[22]
- Global Health Security Agenda Consortium[23]
- Innovative Medicines Canada[24]
- Medical CBRN Defense Consortium (MCDC)[25]
- Pandemic Action Network[26]
Emergent has provided notable funding to:
- Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation[27]
- Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense[28]
- CDC Foundation[29]
- Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA)[30]
- Diabetes Canada[31]
- SickKids Foundation[32]
Additionally, Stanley Plotkin reported in 2015 that he had received "personal fees" from Emergent BioSolutions.[33]
Emergent is a client of the Pharmaceutical Advertising Advisory Board (PAAB).[34]
¶ Personnel
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Emma Wheatley | VP Legal Affairs and Deputy General Counsel (former)[35] | Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)[36] |
¶ External links
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Liu, A. (2017, July 18). Sanofi offloads smallpox vaccine business to Emergent BioSolutions in $125M deal. Fierce Pharma. https://web.archive.org/web/20170718181654/https://www.fiercepharma.com/vaccines/emergent-biosolutions-buys-sanofi-s-smallpox-vaccine-for-125m ↩︎
Grant, R., Christodoulou, M., Moynihan, M., Burrows, R. G., & Kieffer, L. (2018, August 16). CEPI Awards Contract Worth up to $36 million to Profectus BioSciences and Emergent BioSolutions to Develop Lassa Virus Vaccine. Emergent BioSolutions. https://web.archive.org/web/20230722185423/https://www.emergentbiosolutions.com/press/news-release-details-cepi-awards-contract-worth-36-million-profectus-biosciences-and/ ↩︎
Our portfolio. CEPI. Retrieved October 21, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221021070613/https://cepi.net/research_dev/our-portfolio/ ↩︎
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Neri, M. B., & Burrows, R. G. (2020, April 23). Emergent BioSolutions Signs Agreement to be U.S. Manufacturing Partner for Johnson & Johnson’s Lead Vaccine Candidate for COVID-19. Emergent BioSolutions. https://archive.ph/2023.06.14-015555/https://investors.emergentbiosolutions.com/news-releases/news-release-details/emergent-biosolutions-signs-agreement-be-us-manufacturing?field_nir_news_date_value[min]= ↩︎
Blankenship, K. (2020, June 11). AstraZeneca, Emergent BioSolutions sign $87M deal to produce U.S. supply of COVID-19 vaccine. FiercePharma. http://archive.today/2022.05.12-232222/https://www.fiercepharma.com/manufacturing/astrazeneca-emergent-biosolutions-sign-87m-deal-to-produce-u-s-supply-covid-vaccine ↩︎
Neri, M. B. (2020, June 11). Emergent BioSolutions Signs Agreement to be U.S. Manufacturing Partner for AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate. Emergent BioSolutions. http://archive.today/2022.05.12-231724/https://investors.emergentbiosolutions.com/news-releases/news-release-details/emergent-biosolutions-signs-agreement-be-us-manufacturing-0?field_nir_news_date_value[min]= ↩︎
Knapp, A. (2021, March 1). Little-Known Publicly Traded Company Given Massive Deal To Manufacture One-Shot Covid-19 Vaccine. Forbes. http://archive.today/2022.05.12-231258/https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2021/03/01/little-known-publicly-traded-company-given-massive-deal-to-manufacture-one-shot-covid-19-vaccine/?sh=95c20f232171 ↩︎
Neri, M. B., & Burrows, R. G. (2020, July 6). Emergent BioSolutions Signs Five-Year Agreement for Large-Scale Drug Substance Manufacturing for Johnson & Johnson’s Lead COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate. Emergent BioSolutions. http://archive.today/2023.06.14-014540/https://www.emergentbiosolutions.com/press/news-release-details-emergent-biosolutions-signs-five-year-agreement-large-scale-drug/ ↩︎
LaFraniere, S., & Weiland, N. (2021, March 31). Factory Mix-Up Ruins Up to 15 Million Vaccine Doses From Johnson & Johnson. The New York Times. https://web.archive.org/web/20210418220356/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/us/politics/johnson-johnson-coronavirus-vaccine.html ↩︎
Dunleavy, K. (2021, April 19). FDA orders shutdown at Emergent’s troubled plant 2 weeks after handing J&J the keys. Fierce Pharma. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419145104/https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/at-request-fda-emergent-s-troubled-baltimore-plant-suspends-j-j-vaccine-production ↩︎
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