Evotec (EVO) said Monday its biologics unit, Just - Evotec Biologics, was selected by a US government program to advance manufacturing optimization for viruses like Ebola virus and Sudan virus.
The company said the deal, worth up to $10 million with a base period and two option periods, comes from a consortium backed by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.
The work will focus on refining two antibodies discovered in survivors of the 2014 Ebola outbreak and developing efficient ways to produce them at scale, it added.