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$264,532,204

Department of Health and Human Services·Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
biotechactive
ACTION DATE2026-04-06·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_NU50CK000521_075
Award description

PHILADELPHIA EPIDEMIOLOGY AND LABORATORY CAPACITY (ELC), BUILDING SURVEILLANCE, DIAGNOSTIC AND RESPONSE CAPACITY

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

Funds Philadelphia's epidemiology lab capacity for disease surveillance, diagnostics, and emergency response infrastructure.

Sub-sectors
public-health-infrastructuredisease-surveillancediagnostic-capacity
Why this matters

Strengthens domestic public health infrastructure and rapid disease detection capabilities critical for pandemic preparedness and response.

Supply-chain signal

Increases demand for diagnostic equipment, laboratory reagents, and surveillance technology suppliers serving public health agencies.

U.S.–China competition angle

Reduces U.S. reliance on foreign diagnostic capabilities and builds domestic biodefense resilience against emerging infectious threats.

Generated by award_classification v1.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-14. Cost: $0.001326.

Period of performance
Start
2019-08-01
End
2027-07-31
Status
activein 442 days
Sources
  • Award record ingested from usaspending. Source identifier ASST_NON_NU50CK000521_075.

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