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

to BASILEA PHARMACEUTICA INTERNATIONAL LTD, ALLSCHWIL

biotechactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2024 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2024-09-30·LATEST ACTION2026-04-24·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_75A50124C00033_7505_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANTIMICROBIALS FOR THE TREATMENT OF RESISTANT FUNGAL AND BACTERIAL INFECTIONS - OTA

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

Development of new antimicrobial drugs to treat resistant fungal and bacterial infections under an ongoing contract that began in September 2024.

Sub-sectors
antimicrobial-developmentfungal-bacterial-resistancepharma-r&d
Why this matters

Antimicrobial resistance is a critical public health threat; this 7-year program funds novel therapeutics to address drug-resistant pathogens.

Supply-chain signal

Success depends on Basilea's manufacturing scale-up and regulatory pathway; downstream demand from hospitals and clinics for approved treatments.

U.S.–China competition angle

China is expanding biotech and pharma capacity; U.S. investment in novel antimicrobials reduces dependence on foreign drug supply chains.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-30. Cost: $0.003064.

Period of performance
Start
2024-09-30
End
2031-09-30
Status
activein 1918 days
Sources

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