Sanofi wins $226 million contract to boost US vaccine supply

10 December 2019
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The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is boosting capacity to produce recombinant influenza vaccine in the USA.

The HHS said it was issuing a six-year, $226 million contract to fund a public-private partnership between the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) and French drugmaker Sanofi (Euronext: SAN).

Sanofi will retrofit vaccine manufacturing facilities in Swiftwater, Pennsylvania, doubling its US-based recombinant protein-based flu vaccine manufacturing capacity.

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