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$119,160,691

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

to SHIONOGI INC

healthactive
ACTION DATE2026-04-20·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_75A50126C00004_7505_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

LATE-STAGE DEVELOPMENT, FDA MARKETING AUTHORIZATION, PROCUREMENT, AND STOCKPILE OF ANTIBIOTICS FOR THE TREATMENT OF DRUG-RESISTANT SECONDARY BACTERIAL INFECTIONS AND/OR THE TREATMENT OR PEP OF INFECTIONS CAUSED BY BIOTHREAT PATHOGENS.

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

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In plain English

Late-stage development, FDA approval, procurement, and stockpiling of antibiotics for drug-resistant bacterial infections and biothreat pathogens.

Sub-sectors
antibiotic-developmentbiodefensefda-authorization
Why this matters

Addresses critical gap in medical countermeasures for antimicrobial resistance and biological threats to national security and public health.

Supply-chain signal

Signals government commitment to domestic antibiotic manufacturing capacity and strategic reserves independent of foreign suppliers.

U.S.–China competition angle

Reduces U.S. reliance on Chinese pharmaceutical APIs and manufacturing for critical antibiotics; strengthens domestic biodefense capabilities.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002246.

Period of performance
Start
2026-04-06
End
2036-03-10
Status
activein 3585 days
Sources

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