A Biomanufacturing Plan to Confront Future Biological Threats

The Council on Strategic Risks and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory propose a series of strategic actions to strengthen the United States' biomanufacturing capabilities for pandemic preparedness. Key recommendations include executing existing national biosecurity strategies, using federal procurement to create sustainable industry demand, leveraging the Defense Production Act and FDA processes, and establishing an Interagency Working Group on Biomanufacturing. The plan also emphasizes the need for improved pathogen early warning data sharing, supply chain resilience for medical countermeasures, and the expansion of technical education to include biomanufacturing skills.

• The expert panel recommends that the US government and private sector implement several strategic actions over the next three years to enhance pandemic response, including executing commitments from the National Biosecurity Strategy and Implementation Plan, National Security Memorandum 15, and the National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative.
• To ensure industry stability and the ability to pivot during crises, the report suggests using federal medical procurement authorities to establish contracts with biomanufacturers, providing a sustainable demand signal, and utilizing scalable processes for medical countermeasures to strengthen the US pharmaceutical industrial base.
• The panel proposes enhancing coordination and infrastructure through the creation of an Interagency Working Group on Biomanufacturing, the sharing of pathogen early warning data across all government levels and the intelligence community, and the integration of biomanufacturing skill sets into state career and technical education programs.

APA

Green, S., Hillson, N. J., Moulton, J., Mukundan, H., Regan, D. P., & Tanjore, D. (2024). A Biomanufacturing Plan to Confront Future Biological Threats. The Council on Strategic Risks. https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Biomanufacturing-Onepage.pdf

Chicago

Green, Shannon, Nathan J. Hillson, John Moulton, Harshini Mukundan, Daniel P. Regan, and Deepti Tanjore. A Biomanufacturing Plan to Confront Future Biological Threats. The Council on Strategic Risks, 2024. https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Biomanufacturing-Onepage.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{green2024biomanufacturing, author = {Green, Shannon and Hillson, Nathan J. and Moulton, John and Mukundan, Harshini and Regan, Daniel P. and Tanjore, Deepti}, title = {{A Biomanufacturing Plan to Confront Future Biological Threats}}, institution = {The Council on Strategic Risks}, year = {2024}, month = sep, url = {https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Biomanufacturing-Onepage.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }