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Emergent BioSolutions Applauds Passage and Signing of BARDA Legislation

Company supports legislations’ bipartisan consensus and focus on streamlined contracting process and communication with industry

GAITHERSBURG, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 20, 2006–Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS), a leader in biodefense medical countermeasures, today applauded Congress and President Bush as he signed into law the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, which authorizes appropriations through 2011 to improve bioterrorism and other public health emergency planning and preparedness activities and creates the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or BARDA, under the direction of the Department of Health and Human Services, which will be focused on directing advanced research and development of vaccines and therapeutics for use against biological attacks.

“I congratulate Congress on passing this comprehensive legislation and the President for signing it into law. It is an important signal to the biopharmaceutical industry regarding the government’s commitment to access effective bioterror countermeasures,” said Fuad El-Hibri, chairman and chief executive officer of Emergent BioSolutions. “This legislation should enable the U.S. Government to better develop, procure and make available countermeasures that can help protect Americans in a public health emergency. With a more streamlined procurement process and the establishment of a National Biodefense Science Board, among other items, the BARDA bill is clearly a significant and positive step forward in strengthening our nation’s bio-security strategy.”

Among the products in its biodefense product portfolio, Emergent BioSolutions manufactures and sells BioThrax(R) (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed), the only vaccine licensed by the FDA for the prevention of anthrax, and is developing an anthrax immune globulin, a botulinum vaccine and a botulinum immune globulin. The Company is also developing commercial vaccines to help fight infectious disease with unmet or underserved medical needs.

Before being signed by President Bush, the legislation passed both houses of Congress with broad bipartisan support. Sponsors of the legislation from the U.S. House of Representatives included Congressman Mike Rogers (R-MI) who championed the bill along with sponsorship from Representatives Burgess (R-TX), Capps (D-NY), Clyburn (D-NC), Eshoo (D-CA), Ferguson (R-NJ), Gordon (D-TN), Hoekstra (R-MI), Jefferson (D-LA), McHugh (R-NY), Shimkus (R-IL), and Wynn (D-MD). From the U.S. Senate, cosponsors included Senators Burr (R-NC), Kennedy (D-MA), Frist (R-TN), Bayh (D-IN), Enzi (R-WY), Clinton (D-NY), Gregg (R-NH), Harkin (D-IA), Mikulski (D-MD), Hatch (R-UT), Alexander (R-TN), Isakson (R-GA), DeWine (R-OH), and Roberts (R-KS).

About Emergent BioSolutions Inc.

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development, manufacture and commercialization of immunobiotics. Immunobiotics are vaccines and immune globulins that induce or assist the body’s immune system to prevent or treat disease. The company’s biodefense business is focused on developing and commercializing immunobiotics for use against biological agents that are potential weapons of bioterrorism. The company’s commercial business is focused on developing immunobiotics for use against infectious diseases with significant unmet or underserved medical needs. More information on the company is available at www.emergentbiosolutions.com.

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