Fauci Delivered $100MM Of NIAID Funds To A Company Called Bavarian Nordic To Create This Monkeypox Vaccine.

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Wall Street Journal Examines NIH Funding For Anti-Bioterrorism Medications, Vaccines

The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday examined the role Anthony Fauci, director of the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has played since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to direct funding to drug companies to produce biodefense medicines. After the terrorist and anthrax attacks, Fauci argued that NIAID was “well-suited to receive new funds for biodefense,” and the agency’s biodefense-related funding rose from $42 million annually in 2001 to about $1.2 billion in 2003 and $1.7 billion in 2005, the Journal reports. Fauci decided to “fund companies on a large scale” and currently directs $500 million to $600 million annually for new bioterrorism product development, according to the Journal. Last year HHS was authorized by Congress to spend $5.6 billion over 10 years on biodefense drugs. According to the Journal, Fauci’s goal is to prepare companies to bid on contracts under Project BioShield, which is managed by HHS. His strategy is to “place bets on multiple companies in the hopes of hitting the jackpot and to dole out NIH’s money in multiple rounds, using milestones to gauge progress,” the Journal reports