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$65,469,511

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

to ABBOTT LABORATORIES

biotechactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2022 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2022-09-21·LATEST ACTION2026-03-19·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_75A50122C00046_7505_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

ABBOTT: TO CONDUCT CLINICAL TRAINING AND VALIDATION STUDIES TO SUPPORT A FUTURE FDA MARKETING APPLICATION WITH AN EXPANDED INDICATION FOR USE OF THE ABBOTT TBI TEST ? TO AID IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN ADULTS AND PEDIATRIC PATIENTS.

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

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In plain English

Abbott conducts clinical training and validation studies for an expanded FDA indication of its traumatic brain injury diagnostic test in adults and pediatric patients.

Sub-sectors
clinical-validationdiagnostic-devicetraumatic-brain-injury
Why this matters

Improved TBI diagnostics accelerate clinical decision-making and reduce misdiagnosis in emergency and pediatric settings, supporting public health preparedness infrastructure.

Supply-chain signal

This obligation on the 2022 Abbott contract signals continued investment in domestic diagnostic-device validation, supporting Abbott's manufacturing and clinical supply chain.

U.S.–China competition angle

Strengthening U.S. diagnostic capabilities in TBI reduces reliance on foreign diagnostic platforms and reinforces American biotech leadership in point-of-care testing.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-04. Cost: $0.003046.

Period of performance
Start
2022-09-21
End
2029-11-15
Status
activein 1234 days
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