Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) today announced it has been awarded a contract modification valued at approximately $64.5 million from the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), a division of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), for BAT® [Botulism Antitoxin Heptavalent (A, B, C, D, E, F, G) – (Equine)]. The modification has been made to the existing 10-year contract with ASPR (75A50119C00075) whereby Emergent will supply BAT®, an antitoxin used in the treatment of symptomatic botulism following suspected or confirmed exposure to botulinum neurotoxin serotypes A, B, C, D, E, F, or G in both adults and pediatric patients.