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

to GLOBAL HEALTH INVESTMENT CORPORATION

biotechactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2021 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2021-06-01·LATEST ACTION2026-04-30·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_75A50121C00020_7505_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT: BARDA VENTURES

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

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In plain English

An obligation under BARDA's venture investment program to support biotech companies developing medical countermeasures for pandemic preparedness, begun in 2021.

Sub-sectors
vaccine-developmentpandemic-preparednessbarda-ventures
Why this matters

BARDA Ventures accelerates private-sector innovation in vaccines and therapeutics critical to U.S. biosecurity and pandemic response capacity.

Supply-chain signal

Strengthens domestic biotech manufacturing and R&D ecosystems by channeling federal capital to early-stage companies developing platform technologies for rapid response.

U.S.–China competition angle

Positions U.S. biotech firms to lead in rapid vaccine and therapeutic development, reducing dependence on foreign supply chains during health emergencies.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-19. Cost: $0.003030.

Period of performance
Start
2021-06-01
End
2031-06-01
Status
activein 1797 days
Sources

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