Trump Team Orders $16 Million in ICU Drugs for Virus Fight (1)

Fresenius Kabi and Baxter Healthcare Corp. will supply $16 million in vital ICU drugs to the national medical stockpile to bolster supplies for hospitals battling Covid-19.

The Strategic National Stockpile, a national repository of emergency medical supplies, is purchasing “critically needed ICU medications as part of the Covid-19 response” from Fresenius Kabi and Baxter Healthcare Corp. Fresenius was awarded a contract worth $12.5 million, and Baxter was awarded a contract worth $3.6 million.

Hospitals have struggled to get needed drugs during the pandemic and are looking at creating their own stockpiles of the medications.

The Department of Health and ...