  The federal government will  be awarding a $500 million contract to Bavarian Nordic A/S (Kvistgård, Denmark, 

) to  deliver 20 million doses of an advanced smallpox vaccine. The government  already has a stockpile of vaccine that could be used to immunize every  American in the event of a smallpox attack by terrorists. However, as the  existing vaccine sometimes causes serious side effects, the Department of  Health and Human Services (HHS) is asking the European company to make enough  of its vaccine to immunize about 10 million Americans, such as patients on  chemotherapy or people with HIV/AIDS. The company said the contract could be  worth $1.6 billion.

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The federal government will be awarding a $500 million contract to Bavarian Nordic A/S (Kvistgård, Denmark, www.bavarian-nordic.com) to deliver 20 million doses of an advanced smallpox vaccine.