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The September 2010 Decontamination Sector Report provides an in-depth analysis of the market landscape, highlighting the distribution of company sizes, with 40% classified as large, 20% as medium, and 40% as small businesses. The report also notes a significant drop in the response rate from sector members to below 50% for the first time. Key insights include member concerns about funding shifts towards vaccines instead of surface decontamination technologies, and challenges regarding the justifiability of R&D investments in military technologies due to budget cuts and delays.
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Decontamination Sector Profile • 12 Active Companies • Company Size • 40% Large Businesses • 20% Medium Businesses • 40% Small Businesses • APBI participation was close to 60% • 1st time that response rate from sector fell below 50%
Decontamination Sector – CBDAIFGeneral Comments from Sector Members MEMBER COMMENTS • Surprise was registered that with Mr. Reed’s departure and the expected increase in funding of Chem-Bio, that funds were being shifted toward vaccines. • R&D is already difficult to justify for Military-only technologies. Budget cuts, delays in appropriations, and shift toward medical countermeasures makes investment in Surface Decontamination hard to justify. MEMBER QUESTIONS • In light of recent attempts to streamline or reduce number of products on Dept of State ITAR list are there JPM Decon products that could be moved off ITAR list ? • How will shift to BioSurveillance and vaccines impact Decon sector? • Is there a restructuring plan for JPM Decon?