ROCKVILLE, Md., May 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. government has ordered more vaccine from Emergent BioSolutions Inc. of Maryland to counter exposure to anthrax.
Emergent BioSolutions said the modification to its contract -- increasing the order of its BioThrax vaccine to 17.92 million doses from 14.5 million, increases the value of its contract to as much as $101 million.