Tag Archives: Health and Human Services

The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded eight companies one-year contracts worth potentially $1.2B combined to provide disposable gowns for the Strategic National Stockpile under the Department of Health and Human Services’ management.

Jose Arrieta, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) chief information officer (CIO), has resigned from his position with the agency, after spearheading the launch White House COVID-19 decisions system, FedScoop on reported Monday. Arrieta was appointed to the role in May 2019. In the role, Arrieta provided leadership and oversight of the Department’s $6.3 billion IT portfolio in support of HHS’ expansive mission to enhance the health and well-being of Americans.

The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded professional services company DMI a potential five-year, $112M blanket purchase agreement to update the department’s electronic handbook for healthcare business procedures including COVID-19 financial assistance.

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) has received $1B in U.S. government funding for large-scale production of a potential COVID-19 vaccine as part of the White House’s Operation Warp Speed.

The U.S. government has earmarked $2.1B in total funds to support the development and production of a potential COVID-19 vaccine from pharmaceutical companies Sanofi Pasteur and GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK).

Moderna has been awarded a potential $472M contract modification by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to expand late-stage clinical trials of the biotechnology firm’s vaccine candidate for the novel coronavirus.

The Department of Health and Human Services’ bioresearch arm and the Department of Defense have earmarked $1.95B to procure 100M doses of an investigational COVID-19 vaccine Pfizer developed with German pharmaceutical company BioNTech.

The departments of Defense and Health and Human Services awarded contracts worth $2.05B combined to biopharmaceutical companies Novavax and Regeneron to accelerate the manufacture of their respective COVID-19 vaccine and treatment candidates.

Bridget Gauer, former director of the National Institutes of Health’s Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center, has joined IT consulting firm Cognosante as senior vice president of strategy.

The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Gaithersburg, Md.-based biopharmaceutical company Emergent BioSolutions a $628M task order to support the production of potential vaccines for the novel coronavirus through 2021.