Healthcare IT

ZOLL Medical will provide deployable vital signs monitors to the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army through a sole-source contract from the Defense Logistics Agency. Propaq M is designed to function even in austere military environments and to be configurable into the Propaq MD variant through the addition of an integrated defibrillator and pacer, ZOLL said Wednesday. The company […] More

Jacobs Engineering Group has secured a deal to build a facility for pharmaceutical company Pfizer to manufacture gene therapy products. Jacobs said Thursday it will also design and qualify the multiproduct factory to be constructed at the drugmaker’s Sanford, North Carolina, production site. “Working on this project, we envision a day in the future when these potentially transformative gene therapies […] More

Dendy Young, co-founder and chairman of Perthera, has said he expects an ongoing investment round to pull in $4 million for the McLean, Virginia-based precision medicine services company, Washington Business Journal reported Thursday. He told the publication that Perthera has secured $2.2 million in funding commitments from investors such as Pilot Growth Equity and McLean Capital, where Young […] More

The Defense Health Agency plans to award Leidos a potential $25 million task order to provide sustainment services for the Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application-Composite Health Care System. DHA will issue the fixed-price task order under a blanket purchase agreement to be awarded following a full-and-open competition initiated by the General Services Administration, the […] More

Terumo BCT has received a three-year grant from the Defense Department to study the effectiveness of a new medical technology to cut the risk of bloodborne pathogen transmission in military personnel. The company said Wednesday it will use the funds awarded through DoD’s Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program to further develop the Mirasol pathogen reduction technology. “This new […] More

Reston, Virginia-based tiag has announced it will expand the company’s cyber team that provides support to the U.S. Army‘s Atlantic Regional Health Command in an effort to help defend the service branch’s medical network against security threats. The company said Monday it seeks to help transform DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process sites to incorporate […] More

ICF has secured a potential four-year, $9 million task order to help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention maintain a system used to track cancer occurrence, treatment and outcomes nationwide. The company said Monday it will continue to provide maintenance support for CDC’s  National Program of Cancer Registries – Cancer Surveillance System under the recompete task order […] More

CNSI has secured a potential five-year, $44 million contract to help the Department of Veterans Affairs modernize a system used to process healthcare claims data. The company said Wednesday it will support the modernization and implementation of a claims processing platform for VA’s Financial Services Center to adjudicate, manage and prepare claims from healthcare providers. Rockville, Maryland-based CNSI will also migrate […] More

Zeriscope has been selected to help the U.S. Army conduct a research project that aims to study the effects of multiple treatment options for people with traumatic brain injury. The company said Tuesday it will provide a telemedicine platform along with an integrated wearable sensor kit to the one-year TBI research effort as part of the […] More

A business unit of General Dynamics has received a potential five-year, $52 million task order to provide strategic support services to a U.S. Army organization that works to develop  pharmaceutical drugs, vaccines and medical support equipment for warfighters. General Dynamics Information Technology will provide administrative, programmatic, technical, scientific and logistical support to the Army Medical Materiel Development […] More