# Owlstone Medical wins U.S. DoD contract to develop handheld breath biopsy device

Owlstone Medical won a contract from the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit to develop a handheld breath biopsy device for early detection of infectious disease, with clinical studies at Duke University over two years.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2023-05-17
- Where: United States
- Status: announced
- Products: handheld breath biopsy device for infectious disease detection
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [Owlstone Medical](https://endata.com/companies/70344.md)
- [U.S. Department of Defense](https://endata.com/companies/4836.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [news-medical.net](https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230517/Owlstone-Medical-Wins-Contract-from-US-Department-of-Defense-to-Develop-Handheld-Breath-Biopsy-Device-for-Early-Infectious-Disease-Detection.aspx), 2023-05-17: "Owlstone Medical today announced that it had won an award from the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), a division of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), for ‘Exhaled Breath Diagnostics’."

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