Puritan Medical awarded $11.6M contract to boost swab production for Cue Health

HHS and DOD awarded an $11.6 million contract to Puritan Medical Products to expand domestic production capacity of Cue Sample Wands, the nasal swabs used with Cue Health's COVID-19 molecular testing system, aiming to reach 3 million swabs per month by March 2021.

“The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) have jointly awarded an $11.6 million contract to Puritan Medical Products Company, LLC, to expand domestic production capacity of Cue Sample Wands.”puritanmedproducts.com

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• puritanmedproducts.comHHS and DOD Award $11.6 Million Contract to Puritan Medical Products to Boost U.S. Production of Swabs for Cue HealthAllbeena Jean Rivera CruzNov 23, 2020
• mlo-online.comHHS and DOD award $11.6 million contract to Puritan Medical Products | MLO OnlineLABlineNov 30, 2020

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