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$223,798,184

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

to ALBERT B. SABIN VACCINE INSTITUTE, INC. (THE)

biotechactive
WORK BEGAN2026-05-08·LATEST ACTION2026-05-05·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_75A50126C00001_7505_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

STRATEGIC MARBURG ADVANCED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, PREPAREDNESS, REGISTRATION, EVALUATION AND PROCUREMENT (SMART-PREP)

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Develop and advance Marburg virus vaccines and medical countermeasures under the SMART-PREP program.

Sub-sectors
vaccine-developmentpandemic-preparednessmarburg-virus
Why this matters

Marburg is a rare but highly lethal hemorrhagic fever; this 10-year, $224M investment strengthens U.S. pandemic preparedness and reduces dependence on foreign vaccine capacity.

Supply-chain signal

Will drive demand for clinical trial infrastructure, manufacturing scale-up, and cold-chain logistics for vaccine distribution.

U.S.–China competition angle

Positions U.S. biotech leadership in emerging infectious disease countermeasures; reduces reliance on non-U.S. vaccine development for high-threat pathogens.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-20. Cost: $0.003015.

Period of performance
Start
2026-05-08
End
2036-04-30
Status
activein 3579 days
Sources

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