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$77,076,622

Department of Health and Human Services·Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response

to CHIMERIX, INC.

biotechexpiredONGOING · MOD OF 2011 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2011-02-16·LATEST ACTION2026-05-18·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_HHSO100201100013C_7505_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

CHIMERIX INC BASE YEAR FUNDING CAN 1992002

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Continuation funding for CHIMERIX's antiviral drug development program under the HHS Office of Preparedness and Response, initiated in 2011.

Sub-sectors
antiviral-drug-developmentpandemic-preparednessaspr-medical-countermeasures
Why this matters

Supports U.S. biodefense and pandemic preparedness by advancing broad-spectrum antivirals for emerging infectious disease threats.

Supply-chain signal

Sustains domestic pharmaceutical R&D capacity for medical countermeasures; signals ongoing government investment in antiviral manufacturing readiness.

U.S.–China competition angle

Reflects U.S. commitment to domestic biotech resilience and reducing reliance on foreign pharmaceutical supply chains for critical antivirals.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-01. Cost: $0.003056.

Period of performance
Start
2011-02-16
End
2021-09-01
Status
expired1768 days ago
Sources

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