{"id":19125,"date":"2020-07-05T13:39:46","date_gmt":"2020-07-05T17:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=19125"},"modified":"2020-07-05T13:40:13","modified_gmt":"2020-07-05T17:40:13","slug":"dod-awards-upwards-of-140mil-contract-enabling-prefilled-syringes-for-future-covid-19-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=19125","title":{"rendered":"DOD Awards Upwards of $140Mil Contract Enabling Prefilled Syringes for Future COVID-19 Vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DOD Awards $138 Million Contract, Enabling Prefilled Syringes for Future COVID-19 Vaccine<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Statement attributed to Lt. Col. Mike Andrews, Department of Defense spokesman:<\/p>\n

“Today the Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announce a $138 million contract with ApiJect Systems America for \u201cProject Jumpstart\u201d and \u201cRAPID USA,\u201d which together will dramatically expand U.S. production capability for domestically manufactured, medical-grade injection devices starting by October 2020.<\/p>\n

Spearheaded by the DOD\u2019s Joint Acquisition Task Force (JATF), in coordination with the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, the contract will support \u201cJumpstart\u201d to create a U.S.-based, high-speed supply chain for prefilled syringes beginning later this year by using well-established Blow-Fill-Seal (BFS) aseptic plastics manufacturing technology, suitable for combatting COVID-19 when a safe and proven vaccine becomes available.<\/p>\n

By immediately upgrading a sufficient number of existing domestic BFS facilities with installations of filling-line and technical improvements, \u201cJumpstart\u201d will enable the manufacture of more than 100 million prefilled syringes for distribution across the United States by year-end 2020.<\/p>\n

The contract also enables ApiJect Systems America to accelerate the launch of RAPID USA manufactured in new and permanent U.S.-based BFS facilities with the ultimate production goal of over 500 million prefilled syringes (doses) in 2021. This effort will be executed initially in Connecticut, South Carolina and Illinois, with potential expansion to other U.S.-based locations. RAPID will provide increased lifesaving capability against future national health emergencies that require population-scale vaccine administration on an urgent basis.<\/p>\n

RAPID\u2019s permanent fill-finish production capability will help significantly decrease the United States\u2019 dependence on offshore supply chains and its reliance on older technologies with much longer production lead times. These supplies can be used if a successful SARS-COV-2 vaccine is oral or intranasal rather than injectable.”<\/p>\n

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