
(AGENPARL) -ARLINGTON (VA) mer 15 marzo 2023

The annual demand for medical countermeasures (MCMs) in the Department of Defense is on the order of hundreds of grams, but current manufacturing methods for MCMs are only efficient at large scale (hundreds of kilograms to tons). This disparity in scale leads to cost premiums, a fragile supply chain, and poor resilience during emergencies such as natural disasters and pandemics.
Fonte/Source: https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2023-03-14