Explaining Biden’s Pandemic Preparedness Budget: ASPR

President Biden has requested $88.2 billion for pandemic preparedness over the next 5 years. How would the money flagged for ASPR be spent?

Content Overview Vaccines and therapeutics End-to-End Advanced Development of Vaccines and Therapeutics Against High Priority Viral Families ($12.0 billion): Production capacity Capital Investments in Vaccine Production Capacity and for Warm Surge Capacity for Manufacturing Vaccines, Vials, and Syringes/Needles ($15.0 billion): Warm Surge Capacity for PPE and Diagnostic Tests ($4.0 billion): Refill and Modernize Depleted Pandemic Stockpiles ($3.0 billion): Diagnostics and early warning Advanced Development of Diagnostics and Technologies for Advanced Biosurveillance and Early Warning, includin

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