ATCC proclaims new award from BARDA to additional assist its medical countermeasures scientific research community

ATCC, the world’s premier organic supplies administration and requirements group, right now introduced a Job Order award with the Biomedical Superior Analysis and Improvement Authority (BARDA), a part of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) on the U.S. Division of Well being and Human Providers (HHS).

As a part of this award, ATCC, a member of BARDA’s Scientific Research Community (CSN), operates the CSN’s Organic Specimen and Investigational Product (BSIP) storage facility and gives centralized companies, storage, and distribution of its scientific samples and investigational merchandise throughout BARDA-supported research.

“Since 2020, ATCC has been a accomplice in BARDA’s Scientific Research Community utilizing demonstrated greatest practices for the protected and safe administration of organic specimens,”

Raymond H. Cypess, DVM, Ph.D., Chairman and CEO of ATC

Raymond added, “This award is one other instance of our ongoing assist for medical countermeasures improvement to guard public well being and security.”

This job order is restricted to storing biosafety degree 3 (BSL-3) choose brokers and non-select agent supplies for BARDA beneath the Organic Specimen and Investigational Product (BSIP) program. ATCC will coordinate all duties for chain-of-custody monitoring and specimen dealing with, together with assortment, receipt, storage, stock, retrieval, packaging, distribution, and disposition of those extremely pathogenic brokers and toxins, which might doubtlessly pose a extreme menace to the general public or animal well being.

“We look ahead to persevering with to construct our relationship with BARDA by this job order,” 

Joseph Leonelli, Ph.D., Senior Vice President and Normal Supervisor of ATCC Federal Options

Joseph added, “Because the premier organic supplies and knowledge useful resource and requirements group, we’re dedicated to supporting vital authorities scientific research aimed toward creating medical countermeasures to enhance the well being and security of our nation.”

This undertaking has been supported in entire or partly with federal funds from the Division of Well being and Human Providers; Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response; BARDA, beneath Job Order Quantity 75A50123F33007 beneath Contract Quantity 75A50120D00013