For Next Pandemic, BARDA Proposes New Consortia For Rapid Response
Executive Summary
HHS agency would expand on DOD consortium approach that delivered the COVID-19 vaccines to bring together private sector teams that could quickly defend the US against future infectious outbreaks. Plan also calls for working with commercial lenders for the capital required to expand production of medical countermeasures.
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