Healthcare Finance News September 21, 2023
Jeff Lagasse

HHS says this action will improve preparedness for COVID-19 and other potential pandemic threats.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, will invest $600 million across 12 domestic COVID-19 test manufacturers to bolster production. COVIDTests.org will reopen, and together these actions will facilitate the delivery of free COVID-19 tests to U.S. households, HHS said.

This action is meant to improve preparedness for COVID-19 and other potential pandemic threats, strengthen the nation’s capacity to manufacture tests and secure approximately 200 million new over-the-counter COVID-19 tests for future federal government use.

The awards breakdown as follows: $88.7 million for Access Bio in New Jersey; $4.5 million for Advin in California; $61.2 million for...

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