Who buys Product and Service Code 6505 (Drugs and Biologicals), who wins it, what's open now and which contracts expire next — from FY2026 USAspending awards and live SAM.gov solicitations.
Contract data as of Oct 18, 2026 (USAspending) · recent coverage verified weekly
| Quarter | Awards | Obligated | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | 112,489 | $6.1B | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 109,589 | $5.2B | -15% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 48,358 | $5.7B | +11% |
| Q4 FY2026 · partial | 16,464 | $2.8B | -51% |
Federal fiscal quarters (Q1 = Oct–Dec). Awards are counted in the quarter they start; obligations are the award's obligated amount. The Department of Defense publishes contract awards to USAspending with a 90-day delay, so Q4 FY2026 is still missing most DoD awards (DoD is 22% of this code's dollars) — treat that quarter as incomplete, not as a spending decline.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MCKESSON CORPORATION | $13.5B | 68.0% |
| 2 | CENCORA, INC. | $4.1B | 20.9% |
| 3 | MERCK & CO., INC. | $361.8M | 1.8% |
| 4 | ALBERT B. SABIN VACCINE INSTITUTE, INC. (THE) | $263.6M | 1.3% |
| 5 | GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC | $263.5M | 1.3% |
| 6 | PFIZER INC | $192.7M | 1.0% |
| 7 | SANOFI S A | $172.7M | 0.9% |
| 8 | DMS PHARMACEUTICAL GROUP INC | $126.4M | 0.6% |
| 9 | EXELAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC | $97.6M | 0.5% |
| 10 | GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES | $77.1M | 0.4% |
Registrations are rolled up to their corporate parent (USAspending parent UEI), so a company with several SAM registrations ranks once.
| Agency | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $13.5B | 68.1% |
| Department of Defense | $4.4B | 22.3% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $1.7B | 8.4% |
| Department of Justice | $193.6M | 1.0% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $23.0M | 0.1% |
| Department of Agriculture | $11.5M | 0.1% |
| Department of State | $524K | 0.0% |
| Peace Corps | $496K | 0.0% |
| Department of the Interior | $36K | 0.0% |
| Start | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2026 | EXPRESS REPORT: PHARMACEUTICAL PRIME VENDOR (PPV)FY2026 JULY MCKESSON CORPORATION · Department of Veterans Affairs | $1.2B |
| Aug 1, 2026 | EXPRESS REPORT: PHARMACEUTICAL PRIME VENDOR (PPV)FY2026 AUG MCKESSON CORPORATION · Department of Veterans Affairs | $1.2B |
| Sep 30, 2026 | FORMULATION AND FILLING OF MF59-ADJUVANTED CELL-BASED A/HENAN/4-10CNIC/2022 (H3N8)-LIKE VACCINE AND CLINICAL TRIAL IMPLEMENTATION SEQIRUS INC · Department of Health and Human Services | $42.8M |
| Sep 30, 2026 | PROCUREMENT OF PHARMACEUTICALS - DOXYCYCLINE, SODIUM CHLORIDE, AND METHYLPREDNISOLONE FRESENIUS KABI, LLC · Department of Health and Human Services | $24.4M |
| Sep 30, 2026 | BULK PHARMACEUTICAL BUY FOR SNS WAREHOUSES (CHARTWELL RX, LLC) CHARTWELL RX LLC · Department of Health and Human Services | $21.9M |
The largest obligations on awards that started in the window’s latest quarter.
| Ends | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2027 | IGF::OT::IGF BAVARIAN NORDIC A/S · Department of Health and Human Services | $1.3B |
| Sep 27, 2027 | IGF::OT::IGF MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC · Department of Health and Human Services | $236.3M |
| Apr 9, 2027 | PHARMACEUTICALS AND RELATED SUPPLIES UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:1133869 [26-003472] DLA TROOP SUPPORT · Department of Health and Human Services | $76.8M |
| Sep 29, 2027 | PROCURENT OF XOFLUZA (BALOXAVIR MARBOXIL) 40MG AND 80MG TABLETS GENENTECH USA, INC · Department of Health and Human Services | $37.5M |
| May 28, 2027 | AMOXICILLIN TRIHYDRATE 500MG 60 CT AND 100 CT ORAL CAPSULES USANTIBIOTICS LLC · Department of Health and Human Services | $30.0M |
624 contracts under this code reach their final end date (options included) in the next 12 months.
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $12.6M | 0.8% |
| 8(a) | $0 | 0.0% |
| SDVOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| HUBZone | $0 | 0.0% |
| Other (Indian economic enterprise, veteran, …) | $1 | 0.0% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $1.5B | 99.2% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 8% of this market's dollars. Most USAspending bulk-archive records leave the field blank, so blank awards are excluded rather than counted as full & open.
Showing the 10 most recently posted of 81. Links open the notice on SAM.gov.
Source: USAspending.gov contract awards (prime awards with a start date from Oct 1, 2025 through Sep 30, 2026), SAM.gov contract opportunities, and SBA size standards. Recompetes are contracts whose final end date — options included — falls in the next 12 months. Figures are recomputed when a new USAspending load lands. See our data sources.