The nation's efforts to develop and stockpile key medicines for guarding against public health threats are underfunded by some $35 billion, the Biden administration warned Congress.
, the same so-called Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise projected needing just $28.8 billion.
Citing lessons learned from COVID-19, which relied on pivoting mRNA vaccine technology initially developed for other diseases, BARDA hopes to fund products that can be deployed to counter a variety of different pathogens. The official cited shelf life extensions for anthrax stockpiles as part of why needed costs have declined, as well as a growing reliance on multipurpose antibiotics.
This year, the Biden administration hopes Congress can enshrine pandemic preparedness needs as mandatory funding, akin to military defense spending. Department officials have previously warned about challenges restocking supplies depleted for the mpox response, which used drugs and vaccines initially saved up for a potential smallpox attack.
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