The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on April 13 announced five new contracts to obtain additional ventilators for COVID-19 patients under the Defense Production Act (DPA).
The contracts under the DPA are with the companies General Electric, Hill-Rom, Medtronic, ResMed, and Vyaire. The DPA, which was passed in 1950, grants the president the power to expand industrial production of crucial materials or products for national security and other reasons.
