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$72,141,707

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

to VENATORX PHARMACEUTICALS INC

biotechactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2022 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2022-09-27·LATEST ACTION2026-05-14·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_75A50122C00080_7505_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

VENATORX PHARMACEUTICALS: ANTIBIOTIC FOR AMR AND BIOTHREAT PATHOGENS

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

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In plain English

Latest obligation on a 2022 antibiotic contract with VenatorX Pharmaceuticals to develop treatments for antimicrobial-resistant and biothreat pathogens.

Sub-sectors
antibiotic-developmentantimicrobial-resistancebiodefense
Why this matters

Addresses critical gaps in antibiotic options for drug-resistant infections and potential bioweapons threats—a national security and public health priority.

Supply-chain signal

Supports domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity for last-resort antibiotics; reduces reliance on foreign suppliers for critical antimicrobial agents.

U.S.–China competition angle

China dominates bulk antibiotic APIs; this contract strengthens U.S. domestic production of novel antibiotics against resistant pathogens.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-02. Cost: $0.003074.

Period of performance
Start
2022-09-27
End
2028-12-31
Status
activein 901 days
Sources

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