The "data" package Secretary Kennedy used to bolster his argument for discontinuing #BARDA funding for #mRNA research doesn't support his argument. @jakescottmd.bsky.social lays it out in a must read for @statnews.com. https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/13/rfk-jr-mrna-vaccine-research-science-papers-justification-misreading/

#NIH director Jay Bhattacharya says the #BARDA mRNA contracts were terminated because the platform isn't viable because people don't trust it.
Experts question some of the claims Bhattacharya made. https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/11/mrna-vaccines-bhattacharya-bannon/

“We reviewed the science, listened to the experts, and acted,” Secretary Kennedy said earlier this week, when he announced he was discontinuing #BARDA investments in #mRNA vaccines. More on the science he relied on. https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/08/kennedy-scientific-justification-mrna-vaccines/

Axing #BARDA funding for research on #mRNA vaccines is not just a problem for pandemic preparedness, it's a national security threat, experts in that area tell STAT. “We're unilaterally disarming ourselves" — and advertising that fact. https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/07/kennedy-mrna-vaccines-national-security/

Government-backed mRNA research comes to an end.

#BARDA
#mRNA
#vaccine

https://www.biospace.com/policy/rfk-jr-axes-22-mrna-vaccine-projects-under-barda

Pandemic preparedness in the US has been leveled a crippling blow with the cancellation of multiple #BARDA contracts to help develop mRNA vaccines. No other vaccine platform produces vaccine so quickly; without mRNA, Americans will have a long wait for pandemic vax. https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/mrna-vaccine-development-canceled-by-kennedy-hhs/

The rapid production capacity of mRNA vaccines will be key if #H5N1 #birdflu triggers a pandemic. But a review of a #BARDA contract to test & license an H5 vaccine so FDA could accelerate approval in a pandemic is raising about whether this option will be available. https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/03/hhs-moderna-vaccine-contract-bird-flu-pandemic-preparedness-worries/

Get ya' a strategy that's got a shot at workin', poozers! We only vote ta' save lives an' slow down fascism. We organize ta' fix things!

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https://barda.bandcamp.com/album/lembran-a

The #US government will pay #Moderna $176 million to develop an #mRNA #vaccine targeting #H5 and #H7 varieties of #pandemic #influenza—an award given as the highly #pathogenic #birdflu #virus #H5N1 continues to spread widely among US dairy #cattle.
The funding flows through #BARDA, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, as part of a new Rapid Response Partnership Vehicle (#RRPV) Consortium. Phase 3 trial anticipated to begin in 2025. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/07/us-prepares-for-bird-flu-pandemic-with-176m-moderna-vaccine-deal/

Moderna receives $176 million from BARDA for mRNA influenza vaccines—J&J, Legend's Carvykti shows CAR-T can extend lives in multiple myeloma —The IRA will lower U.S. drug spending, CMS finds — but not for awhile—http://bit.ly/w28kSd #moderna #barda #mrna #vaccines #flu #jnj #multiplemyeloma #ira #drugspending #pharma #pharmanews #biotech #biopharma #biotechnology #cafepharma

Nun war gerade #GratisComicTag und vom #FCBD2024 habe ich #Barda gelesen von #NgoziUkazu - Weniger #MsMarvel und mehr young #Wonderwoman, aber 4.5* für "Macht Lust auf mehr". FCBD Stories sind oft Teaser, bestenfalls Prequel oder Sidequest, hier ersteres, aber seinen Job machend: Ich will weiterlesen. Teaser im Heft ist #NiaNal alias #Dreamer "the first #Trans #Superhero to appear on TV", zuwenig für Hurra. @buchstodon #comics
Übrigens: 21.09.2024 ist wieder #MangaDay
https://mangaday.de/

The U.S. government's health preparedness agency awarded a contract with a university lab to explore organ models on chips to document effects of radiation sickness.

https://sciencebusiness.technewslit.com/?p=45350

#News #Press #Science #BARDA #Contract #Preclinical #OrganChip #Microfluidics #MedicalDevice #Radiation #ImmuneSystem #LymphNodes #Lung #Intestine #BoneMarrow

Value-Based Pricing of Prescription Drugs Benefits Patients and Promotes Innovation

Value-based pricing aligns prescription drug prices to their clinical benefits, leading to lower spending and better health outcomes.

The federal government drives pharmaceutical innovation. Federally funded research is involved in every new drug. #NIH #BARDA #BigPharma #DrugPricingSystem
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/value-based-pricing-prescription-drugs-benefits-patients-promotes-innovation/

The Department of Health and Human Services is allocating $100 million for venture investments in new technologies to prepare for future threats from Covid-19.

https://sciencebusiness.technewslit.com/?p=45134

#News #Press #Science #Business #BARDA #Covid19 #SARSCoV2 #Finance #VentureCapital #Investment #Collaboration #ClinicalTrials #Challenge #Vaccines #Therapies #Antibody #Manufacturing

Biotech Gains $53.7M Infectious Disease Test Award

A maker of #diagnostics for #infectious diseases is receiving a $53.7 million #contract to develop and validate reliable #home molecular #tests for Covid-19 and #flu infections.

https://sciencebusiness.technewslit.com/?p=44709

#News #Science #Business #Covid19 #SARSCoV2 #Influenza #MedicalDevice #PointOfCare #Biotechnology #MachineLearning #BARDA #FDA

Careers in the US government: Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) is hiring interdisciplinary scientists (remote eligible). Closes 01/24/23

https://www.medicalcountermeasures.gov/barda/working-at-barda/

#sciencecareers #BARDA