PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF RESEARCH DRUG PRODUCTS

The NIDA Drug Supply Program plays a major role in promoting drug abuse and drug addiction research by providing to the drug abuse research community with a wide variety of authentic controlled and uncontrolled drug compounds, some of their dosage forms, and marijuana and nicotine research cigarettes for research. Through this contract NIDA plans to continue to acquire drug compounds, drug dosage forms for the NIDA drug supply inventory, to have capability to import drug compounds from international sources, to develop and prepare drug dosage forms, to have capability to manufacture marijuana and nicotine research cigarettes, to frequently analyze them for purity, and to store and distribute them for research upon NIDA authorization according to DEA regulations. Such dosage forms of controlled and uncontrolled drug compounds include morphine, methadone and naltrexone pellets of various strengths, their placebo counterparts, and various cannabinoid preparations (delta-8- and delta-9- tetrahydrocannabinol, cannabidiol, cannabinol, and cannabichromene) and other compounds of interest to the drug abuse research community. Upon issuance of Task Orders, the Contractor shall acquire, analyze, store, and ship bulk drugs, other chemical compounds, and drug dosage forms to aid NIDA in promoting drug abuse and drug addiction research.