6505: Drugs and Biologicals
Medical › Drugs and Pharmaceutical Products · Figures are FPDS award actions reporting this code.
Product code
Active
Overview
- FY2026 obligations
- $28.82B
- $28,819,192,010awarded under 6505
- FY2027 to date
- $586.17M
- $586,167,385999 awards · year to date
- FY2026 awards
- 522,669
- awards with an action under this code
Obligations by fiscal year of action
- FY2027: $586,167,385 (year to date)
- FY2026: $28,819,192,010
- FY2025: $26,213,392,034
- FY2024: $23,891,888,289
- FY2023: $22,714,409,708
- FY2022: $44,066,492,052
Total across 6 fiscal years: $146,291,541,478
* Year to date.
Source: FPDS award actions reporting this PSC. Obligations are the sum of the obligation on each action (modifications included). Department of Defense actions appear about 90 days after they are signed.
Definition
- Official name
- Drugs and Biologicals
- Short name
- DRUGS AND BIOLOGICALS
- Category
- Medical › Drugs and Pharmaceutical Products
- Status
- Active since October 15, 1978
- Includes
- All drugs, medicinal grade chemicals, and biologicals subject to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, Department of Agriculture (Veterinary Drugs and Biologicals), listed in the Monograph Section of the U.S. Pharmacopeia or the National Formulary or covered by the United States Adopted Names (USAN).
- Excludes
- Medicated cosmetics and toiletries classifiable in FSC 6508 and in vitro diagnostic substances and reagents classifiable in FSC 6550.
Top buying agencies
FY2024–FY2026 · awarding sub-tier agencies
| Rank | Agency | Obligated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department Of Veterans Affairs | $35,433,376,178 | 44.9% |
| 2 | Defense Logistics Agency | $21,729,719,334 | 27.5% |
| 3 | Centers For Disease Control And Prevention | $17,772,173,576 | 22.5% |
| 4 | Office Of Assistant Secretary For Preparedness And Response | $2,339,839,703 | 3.0% |
| 5 | Federal Prison System / Bureau Of Prisons | $622,338,423 | 0.8% |
| 6 | Indian Health Service | $486,534,517 | 0.6% |
| 7 | National Institutes Of Health | $303,646,773 | 0.4% |
| 8 | Department Of The Army | $138,952,316 | 0.2% |
| 9 | Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service | $51,538,922 | 0.1% |
| 10 | U.S. Immigration And Customs Enforcement | $23,069,316 | <0.1% |
Top vendors
FY2024–FY2026
| Rank | Vendor | Obligated | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MCKESSON CORPORATION | $35,722,703,407 | 6,188 | 45.3% |
| 2 | AMERISOURCEBERGEN DRUG CORP | $20,439,445,947 | 1,447,901 | 25.9% |
| 3 | MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC | $8,021,898,896 | 88 | 10.2% |
| 4 | SANOFI VACCINES US INC. | $3,376,943,450 | 332 | 4.3% |
| 5 | GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC | $3,185,466,752 | 172 | 4.0% |
| 6 | PFIZER INC | $3,113,548,730 | 2,404 | 3.9% |
| 7 | DMS PHARMACEUTICAL GROUP INC | $756,873,331 | 105,214 | 1.0% |
| 8 | BAVARIAN NORDIC A/S | $463,447,837 | 1 | 0.6% |
| 9 | EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS CANADA INC | $355,528,256 | 2 | 0.5% |
| 10 | ALVOGEN | $284,782,132 | 9 | 0.4% |