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$76,105,626

Department of Health and Human Services·Food and Drug Administration

to THE MEDICAL DEVICE INNOVATION CONSORTIUM

healthactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2017 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2017-12-15·LATEST ACTION2026-03-20·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_U01FD006292_075
Award description

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR HEALTH TECHNOLOGY COORDINATING CENTER (NESTCC)

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

Establishes a coordinating center to evaluate and assess health technologies through a national evaluation system.

Sub-sectors
FDA-medical-deviceshealth-technology-evaluationregulatory-infrastructure
Why this matters

Strengthens FDA's capacity to systematically evaluate medical device safety and effectiveness, improving regulatory decision-making and market access.

Supply-chain signal

Signals increased FDA scrutiny and standardized evaluation pathways for medical device manufacturers and health technology developers.

U.S.–China competition angle

Enhances U.S. regulatory rigor for medical devices, potentially creating barriers to lower-cost foreign device imports while supporting domestic innovation.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002166.

Period of performance
Start
2017-12-15
End
2027-04-30
Status
activein 347 days
Sources

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