Monkeypox Vaccine Demand Soars, and Just One Small Danish Company Makes It

Bavarian Nordic races to ramp up vaccine production

Healthcare workers administered the vaccine for monkeypox in Los Angeles this month. Ringo Chiu/Associated Press

A Copenhagen company worked for nearly two decades to develop a vaccine and only six governments bought it. Within the last few weeks, orders have come in from dozens of countries around the globe and it is looking at whether it can operate 24-hours a day, seven days a week, to meet demand.

Bavarian Nordic BAVA -0.59%decrease; red down pointing triangle A/S is the world’s sole supplier of a licensed vaccine for monkeypox.

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