A photograph reveals the corporate’s emblem on the headquarters of Danish biotechnology firm Bavarian Nordic in Hellerup, north of Copenhagen.
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Shares of Danish biotech firm Bavarian Nordic jumped greater than 12% in early offers on Thursday after it reported stronger-than-expected earnings and introduced a bumper vaccine order from an unnamed European nation amid the ongoing mpox outbreak.
Bavarian Nordic reported second quarter revenues of 1.43 billion Danish krone ($213 million) and working revenue of 420 million krone, forward of analyst expectations cited by Reuters.
Shares have been up 12.5% by 9:24 a.m. London time.
In a assertion on Wednesday, the agency additionally mentioned it had acquired a 440,000 dose contract to produce mpox and smallpox vaccines to an undisclosed European nation.
The order comes after the World Well being Group final week declared mpox a worldwide public well being emergency following the unfold of an outbreak within the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to neighboring nations.
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