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$45,106,864

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

to GENENTECH USA, INC

healthexpiredONGOING · MOD OF 2025 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2025-01-30·LATEST ACTION2026-03-27·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_75A50325F80003_7505_36F79723D0219_3600
Award description

OSELTAMIVIR PHOSPHATE (TAMIFLU) 30MG AND 75MG CAPSULES

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

Modification to the 2025 Tamiflu-procurement contract providing antiviral medications for pandemic stockpiling.

Sub-sectors
pandemic-preparednessantiviralsdrug-procurement
Why this matters

U.S. pandemic response capacity depends on adequate antiviral stockpiles; Tamiflu is a key tool against influenza pandemics.

Supply-chain signal

Single-source risk: Roche (Swiss-owned) dominates oseltamivir production; U.S. pandemic preparedness depends on foreign pharmaceutical supply.

U.S.–China competition angle

China has developed domestic oseltamivir production; U.S. reliance on Roche reflects vulnerabilities in Western pharmaceutical supply chains.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-11. Cost: $0.011664.

Period of performance
Start
2025-01-30
End
2025-06-06
Status
expired403 days ago
Sources

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