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  • Avita Medical Receives Added BARDA Funds for Burn Treatment Product Development; Adam Kelliher Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Avita Medical Receives Added BARDA Funds for Burn Treatment Product Development; Adam Kelliher Comments

    Avita Medical has received $7.96 million in additional funds from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to continue efforts to launch a regenerative medicine product and obtain U.S. market approval. The company will use the new funds to help U.S. Burn Centers familiarize themselves with health economic models of ReCell’s usage and potential application in the treatment of burns, Avita […] More

  • CAE, Quebec Extend Medical Simulation Tech R&D Agreement; Marc Parent Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE, Quebec Extend Medical Simulation Tech R&D Agreement; Marc Parent Comments

    The Quebec provincial government in Canada has agreed to continue to support CAE‘s efforts to develop healthcare-focused simulation and training platforms through 2020. CAE said Thursday the agreement also adjusts the value of Quebec’s financial contribution to the company’s medical simulation and training R&D program to $54.1 million in repayable investment from approximately $77.1 million in 2009. The program now has an estimated value of $148.6 million, […] More

  • US Army's Biomedical Research Lab, Immuron Partner for Shigella Vaccine Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    US Army’s Biomedical Research Lab, Immuron Partner for Shigella Vaccine Development

    Australia-based bioptechnology company Immuron has signed a partnership agreement with a U.S. Army-run biomedical research institute to research and develop a vaccine against shigella gram-negative bacteria that cause intestinal diseases. Immuron and the the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research aim to produce a shigella vaccine for potential government, military and commercial applications, the company said Thursday. “This partnership will potentially provide […] More

  • DRT Strategies Awarded CDC Contract for Web, IT & Graphics Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRT Strategies Awarded CDC Contract for Web, IT & Graphics Support

    DRT Strategies has received a 29-month, $3.9 million contract from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for web, information technology and graphics support services. DRT Strategies said Monday it will redesign and modernize CDC’s websites to include social media, data visualization, mobile apps and collaboration sites to help support communication within the public health community. “This contract […] More

  • BARDA Issues Platelet Treatment Tech Trial Grant to Terumo BCT - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BARDA Issues Platelet Treatment Tech Trial Grant to Terumo BCT

    Medical device manufacturer Terumo BCT has received $17.4 million in initial funds from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to conduct a clinical trial on a technology intended to help facilitate platelet treatments in patients. Terumo BCT said Tuesday its Pathogen Reduction Technology system designed to study the clinical effectiveness of standard platelets in plasma compared to Mirasol-treated platelets in plasma for patients […] More

  • State Dept Explores Industry Sources of EHR System Implementation Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Dept Explores Industry Sources of EHR System Implementation Support

    The State Department is requesting information on project management services providers that can help the agency deploy an ambulatory electronic medical records system for the healthcare units of U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide. A FedBizOpps notice published Wednesday states that the department’s Office of Medical Services seeks support on EHR project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, controlling, training, implementation and go-live and close-out activities. MED […] More

  • Underwriters Laboratories, VA Dept Sign Cooperative Medical Device Cyber R&D Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Underwriters Laboratories, VA Dept Sign Cooperative Medical Device Cyber R&D Agreement

    Global safety consulting and certification science organization Underwriters Laboratories and the Department of Veterans Affairs have signed a cooperative research-and-development agreement to help create cybersecurity standards and certification approaches for medical devices. UL said Friday the CRADA project will cover veterans’ patient safety and security work through the organization’s Cybersecurity Assurance Program and modify existing and emerging standards and […] More

  • NASA Competition Seeks to Enlarge Human Tissue for Deep Space Exploration; Steve Jurczyk Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Competition Seeks to Enlarge Human Tissue for Deep Space Exploration; Steve Jurczyk Comments

    NASA and the nonprofit Methuselah Foundation’s New Organ Alliance have jointly launched a $500,000 prize competition that seeks methods to grow human tissue to support deep space missions. Under a controlled laboratory environment, three teams will develop a thick vascularized organ tissue that will function as organ models for studies of deep space environmental effects as part […] More

  • FCN Receives DHA Contract to Maintain Cisco Hardware at US Military Treatment Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FCN Receives DHA Contract to Maintain Cisco Hardware at US Military Treatment Facilities

    The Defense Health Agency has awarded FCN a $10.4 million contract to provide maintenance services for Cisco-built infrastructure currently installed at DHA and U.S. military treatment facilities around the world. The Defense Department said Monday the contract has a nine-month base transition-in period and four 12-month options and will include account management, subject matter training, non-standard report preparation and cybersecurity support. DoD noted that existing Cisco hardware […] More

  • Noblis Awarded CMS Program, Project Management Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Noblis Awarded CMS Program, Project Management Support Contract

    Noblis has received a contract from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to perform program and project management support services for the agency’s transformation agenda mandated under five laws by Congress. The company said Thursday it will carry out program management and system engineering work in an effort to help CMS comply with the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of […] More

  • CGI to Assess DoD Healthcare Mgmt System Modernization Program; Pat Dougherty Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI to Assess DoD Healthcare Mgmt System Modernization Program; Pat Dougherty Comments

    CGI has received a task order to test and evaluate the Defense Department’s healthcare management system modernization initiative in an effort to help streamline healthcare delivery. The company said Friday it will work to verify the Joint Interoperability Test Command’s requirement for operational and interoperability testing of the DoD’s electronic health records system. The order contains one base year and two […] More

  • Helomics Lands VA Contract For Tumor Profiling Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Helomics Lands VA Contract For Tumor Profiling Test

    Helomics has secured a Federal Supply Schedule contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide access to the ChemoFx tumor profiling test for all government healthcare facilities. The Pittsburgh-based personalized healthcare company said Thursday ChemoFx is designed to supply tumor-specific information for clinicians to identify suitable chemotherapies and drugs for patients with tumor. Helomics President and CEO Neil Campbell said the test uses live […] More