Dan Abernathy, a two-decade government market veteran, has been named vice president and general manager of federal civilian at technology services provider Zolon Tech. The Herndon, Virginia-based company announced Abernathy’s appointment Wednesday on LinkedIn and said he brings to the role leadership, sales, marketing and business development...
Emergent BioSolutions (NYSE: EBS) will further develop a licensed drug against Ebola under a potential 10-year, $704 million contract from the Department of Health and Human Services. Development services on Ebanga under the contract are valued at $121 million and the award includes a five-year option worth $583 million for the U.S. government to pr...
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority has begun seeking proposals for the second iteration of its accelerator program to advance the rapid development and commercialization of medical countermeasures. A notice posted Wednesday on SAM.gov states that BARDA Accelerator Network 2.0 aim...
A Department of Health and Human Services office has begun seeking proposals for a potential 10-year, $10 billion multiple-purpose acquisition vehicle that aims to advance the rapid development and commercialization of medical countermeasures. A notice posted Friday on SAM.gov says that BARDA seeks to enter into an other transaction authority agreem...
The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority within the Department of Health and Human Services is soliciting comments on a draft solicitation for the second iteration of a program meant to advance the rapid development, assessment and commercialization of medical countermeasures. The BARDA Accelerator Network 2.0 program is anticipate...
As the federal government embraces artificial intelligence, the impacts of the technology can be seen in multiple sectors, including health care. Department of Health and Human Services Chief Information Officer Dr. Karl Mathias highlighted three major areas of AI progress he’s seeing within the health care sector during his keynote address a...
J&J Worldwide Services holds a spot on a potential 10-year, $75 billion contract managed by the Department of Health and Human Services and is eligible to pursue task orders to help HHS manage influx care facilities. The company said Monday it will compete for work under the contract’s direct care, facilities management and wrap-around ser...
The Department of Health and Human Services has outlined several focus areas of a $5 billion government initiative to fund public-private collaborations working to speed up the development of next-generation vaccines and other therapeutics. Project NextGen aims to streamline the process from drug development to government approval to prepare and pro...
The General Services Administration has named 14 representatives from public and private sectors as inaugural members of a federal panel that will advise and offer recommendations to the GSA administrator, the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s board and agencies with regard to the secure adoption of cloud computing products a...
The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Amentum a position on a potential 10-year, $75 billion multiple-award contract to provide facilities and services for refugees across the continental U.S. Amentum said Tuesday it will compete for task orders in the areas of direct care, facilities management and wrap around services in support ...
