BARDA Awards $375 million to develop COVID-19 pre-exposure prophylaxisÂ
On Jan. 16, 2025, Shionogi Inc. has been awarded a $375 million project agreement through the Rapid Response…
Oregon State University receives $11.9 million from Defense Department to enhance health of armed forces
On Jan. 14, 2025, The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded up to $11.9 million to Oregon…
COVID-19 booster effectiveness remained high during Omicron surge
On Apr. 18, 2022, the Military Health System reported that active-duty service members who received a COVID-19 vaccine…
U.S. DoD awarded $136.7 million to MilliporeSigma for domestic production capacity of COVID-19 point-of-care tests parts
On Dec. 29, 2021, the Department of Defense (DoD), on behalf of and in coordination with the U.S….
HHS invested over $560 million to bolster product manufacturing to increase supply, availability of COVID-19 tests
On Oct. 22, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced that it had invested more…
US Department of Defense announced mandatory coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination of civilian employees
On Oct. 4, 2021, the the Secretary of Defense directed the mandatory vaccination of Service members against the…
Thermo Fisher awarded $192.5 million U.S. government contract to expand domestic pipette tip manufacturing
On Sept. 2, 2021, Thermo Fisher Scientific announced a $192.5 million contract award from the U.S. Department of…
U.S. Government purchased additional 200 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
On Jun. 16, 2021, Moderna announced that the U.S. government had purchased an additional 200 million doses of…
Humanigen announced BARDA contract and Expansion of CRADA with U.S. Government for COVID-19
On Jan. 22, 2021, Humanigen announced an expansion to the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) that the…
INOVIO to develop DNA-encoded monoclonal antibody (dMAb) candidates to treat COVID-19
On Dec. 15, 2020, Inovio Pharma announced the company and a team of scientists from The Wistar Institute,…
HHS and DOD announced $12.7 million contract with InBios to boost US production of rapid COVID-19 tests
On Oct. 30, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of…
Valneva announced IXIAROï¾® supply contract with the US Government worth up to $166 million
On Sept. 9, 2020, Valneva announced the signing of a new contract, lasting up to three years, with…
US Departments of HHS and DoD announced collaboration with McKesson for COVID-19 vaccine distribution
On Sept. 4, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Defense (DoD),…
Evotec Biologics awarded $18.2 million DoD contract to produce monoclonal antibody products against COVID-19
On Jul. 22, 20120, Evotec announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) had awarded its Seattle-based subsidiary,…
Regeneron announced manufacturing and supply agreement for BARDA and U.S. DoD for REGN-COV2 anti-viral antibody cocktail
On Jul. 7, 2020, Regeneron announced that, as part of Operation Warp Speed, the Biomedical Advanced Research and…
INOVIO received $71 million contract from U.S. Dept of Defense to scale up manufacture of CELLECTRA 3PSP smart device
On Jun. 23, 2020, INOVIO announced it had received $71 million funding from the U.S. Department of Defense…
SIGA Technologies announced Department of Defense increased funding to develop posteExposure prophylactic indication for TPOXX
On Jun. 15, 2020, SIGA Technologies announced the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) increased research and development funding…
The US Department of Defense established collaborative virus genetic sequencing capability for COVID-19
On Jun. 5, 2020, to jumpstart the Department of Defense’s (DoD) SARS-CoV-2 sequencing efforts, Armed Forces Health Surveillance…
AbCellera mobilized response to the novel coronavirus outbreak as part of its DARPA P3 program
On Jan. 28, 2020, AbCellera confirmed that it had mobilized its pandemic response platform against the ongoing outbreak…
US DoD exercised option for IXIARO vaccine for Japanese encephalitis with Valneva
On Jan. 14, 2020, Valneva announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) had exercised an option to…
Final order on the anthrax vaccine was issued by FDA
On Dec. 19, 2005, in a 2-year legal battle over the U.S. military’s anthrax vaccination program, the Food…
The Winship Cancer Institute received a $10 million award from the U.S. Dept of Defense for prostate cancer research
On Mar. 24, 2003, the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University announced it had received a $10 million…
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President Bill Clinton signed into law the Semipostal Authorization Act
On Jul. 28, 2000, President Bill Clinton signed into law the Semipostal Authorization Act (P.L. 106-253), which gave…
U.S. Congress created the National Vaccine Program
On Nov. 14, 1986, the U.S. Congress created the National Vaccine Program (NVP) to coordinate the vaccine research…