- Business
- Bavarian Nordic A/S, a Danish biotechnology company founded in 1994 and headquartered in Hellerup, Denmark, develops, manufactures, and commercializes life-saving vaccines utilizing proprietary MVA-BN viral vector technology; its core marketed products include non-replicating smallpox and mpox vaccines (IMVAMUNE in Canada, IMVANEX in the EU, JYNNEOS in the US), rabies vaccines (Rabipur/RabAvert), tick-borne encephalitis vaccine (Encepur), oral cholera vaccine (Vaxchora), oral typhoid vaccine (Vivotif), and the chikungunya vaccine Vimkunya approved in the US and EU in 2025; it also supplies the Mvabea booster as part of Janssen's Ervebo regimen for Ebola and Marburg viruses. The company operates manufacturing facilities in Kvistgård, Denmark, and Thörishaus, Switzerland, with research and development sites in Martinsried, Germany, and offices across the United States, Canada, France, and other regions, serving governments for public health preparedness and private markets for travel vaccines in the US, Europe, and internationally. Recent strategic expansions include the 2019 acquisition of Rabipur/RabAvert and Encepur from GlaxoSmithKline and the 2023 purchase of Vivotif, Vaxchora, and a chikungunya candidate from Emergent BioSolutions; in 2025, a proposed DKK 19 billion ($3 billion) all-cash takeover by a Nordic Capital and Permira consortium at DKK 233 per share was recommended by the board but terminated in November after receiving only 60% shareholder acceptance short of the 66.7% threshold, enabling the company to persist as an independent listed entity on Nasdaq Copenhagen focused on growth.