Business process transformation company Suntiva has secured 16 awards worth approximately $36M to provide services in support of various Department of Health and Human Services components.
Read More »Army Taps Controlant Global to Monitor ‘Cold Chain’ Delivery of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine
The U.S. Army has awarded Iceland-based pharmaceutical logistics company Controlant Global a potential one-year, $25M contract to monitor the global delivery of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine that requires storage in extremely low temperatures.
Read More »3D Systems to Back VHA’s Health Care Additive Manufacturing Effort
The Veterans Health Administration has tasked 3D Systems to help the government stand up additive manufacturing facilities at hospitals, where personnel would produce 3D-printed medical equipment. The company said Thursday it will deliver ProX SLS 6100 3D printers and related materials to establish the planned facilities and a corresponding quality management system for VHA.
Read More »ICF Receives Initial IT Support Task Order Under FDA BPA; Mark Lee Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 6, 2020 — ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) received the first task order under a single-award Food and Drug Administration blanket purchase agreement for information technology modernization support to the FDA's Digital Services Center, GovCon Wire reported Oct. 15.
Read More »Novavax Gets DoD Contract to Support COVID-19 Vaccine Production
Novavax has landed a potential $60M contract from the Department of Defense to manufacture several components of the biotechnology firm's investigational COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
Read More »L3Harris Unveils Prototype Ventilation System; Sean Stackley Quoted
L3Harris Technologies led a team composed of Maker’s Edge Makerspace, Baylor University and select physicians from California and Texas to develop a ventilation system that will work to assist patients that have tested positive for COVID-19.
Read More »General Atomics Speeds Up Dev’t of Matchbox Patient Diagnostic Tech; Scott Forney Quoted
General Atomics' electromagnetic systems business is set to speed up developmental efforts for a molecular diagnostic tool in efforts to address testing needs for COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases.
Read More »Appian, Deloitte Form Mission System Modernization Partnership
Appian and Deloitte have partnered to update mission systems employed by clients from the commercial and government sectors.
Read More »Former ManTech Exec Mark Patzschke Named Program Mgmt VP at Radiant Infotech
Mark Patzschke, formerly vice president of corporate growth at Apprio, has joined Radiant Infotech as vice president of program management, FedHealthIT reported Friday.
Read More »Melissa Fannin Takes SVP Role at CNSI; Todd Stottlemyer Quoted
CNSI announced on Thursday that Melissa Fannin has joined the company as the senior vice president of Federal Business Development.
Read More »FDA Taps Four Firms for Drug Supply Chain Tracking Initiative
The Food and Drug Administration has chosen IBM, Merck, KPMG and Walmart for an initiative that seeks to address standards in the validation and tracking of vaccines and prescription medicines in the U.S.
Read More »Data Foundation-Booz Allen Report Looks at Seven Federal Blockchain Projects
A new report by Data Foundation and Booz Allen Hamilton reviewed seven federal blockchain projects and identified five factors program administrators and policymakers should consider before implementing blockchain initiatives.
Read More »Former VA, FDA Program Manager Bryant Headley Appointed MasterControl Gov’t Customer Success Exec
Bryant Headley, a former program manager at the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs, has joined MasterControl as head of sales and customer success initiatives for the government sector.
Read More »ElectroCore to Distribute Cluster Headache Prevention Tool Under Federal Supply Contract
ElectroCore, a provider of bioelectronic medicine, has received a five-year contract to distribute a hand-held medical therapy product across the Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, Bureau of Prisons, Indian Health Services and Public Health Services. The company said Wednesday it will provide its gammaCore technology to more than …
Read More »DARPA to Hold Proposer’s Day to Develop Soldier Resilience, Recovery Drug
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a Proposers Day on Dec. 14 in Arlington, Va., to meet vendors that can help develop technologies that aid in body resilience and recovery of military service members during warfighting missions. Through the Panacea program, DARPA wants to invent, design and test …
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