# SiO2 Materials Science receives $143M U.S. government contract for vaccine packaging scale-up

SiO2 Materials Science announced a $143 million agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense and BARDA to accelerate production scale-up of its primary packaging platform for COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics. The platform uses a plastic container with a microscopic glass coating.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2020-06-08
- Where: Auburn, Alabama, United States
- Value: $143.0M
- Status: announced
- Products: primary packaging platform, glass-coated vials and syringes
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [SiO2 Materials Science](https://endata.com/companies/6601.md)
- [U.S. Department of Defense](https://endata.com/companies/4836.md) (customer)
- [Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority](https://endata.com/companies/8807.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [biospace.com](https://www.biospace.com/sio2-materials-science-receives-143-million-contract-from-u-s-government-to-accelerate-capacity-scale-up-of-advanced-primary-packaging-platform-for-covid-19-vaccines-and-therapeutics), 2020-06-08: "The nation can produce all the vaccines we want, but we must have appropriate containers to store them and deliver them to patients safely."

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