Contract Award: Ophirex Inc. (Corte Madera, California) – $13,827,499

Ophirex Inc.,* Corte Madera, California, was awarded a $13,827,499 hybrid (cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price) contract for broad-spectrum snakebite antidote oral product development and clinical study. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Corte Madera, California, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 4, 2024. Fiscal 2021 research, development, test and evaluation, defense-wide funds in the amount of $13,827,499 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, Fort Detrick, Maryland, is the contracting activity (W81XWH-22-C-0030).