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CEPI, Emergent and Profectus Enter Vaccine Mfg. pact

CEPI awards contract worth up to $36 million to develop Lassa virus vaccine

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By: Tim Wright

Editor-in-Chief, Contract Pharma

CEPI (the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations) has unveiled a new collaboration with Profectus BioSciences and Emergent BioSolutions under which they will receive up to $36 million to advance the development and manufacture of a vaccine against the Lassa virus-an estimated 100,000 to 300,000 cases of Lassa virus infection occur each year, according to the U.S. CDC. Under the terms of the Framework Partnering Agreement for the collaboration among the three parties, Profectus will r...

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