The Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise - Innovative Strategies to Enhance Products from Discovery Through Approval: Workshop Summary (Paperback)

During public health emergencies such as pandemic influenza outbreaks or terrorist attacks, effective vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, and other medical countermeasures are essential to protecting national security and the public's well-being. The Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise (PHEMCE)-a partnership among federal, state, and local governments; industry; and academia-is at the forefront of the effort to develop and manufacture these countermeasures. However, despite the PHEMCE's many successes, there are still serious challenges to overcome. Government-funded medical research is not always focused on countermeasures for the most serious potential threats, and it is difficult to engage pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to develop and manufacture medical countermeasures that have a limited commercial market. At the request of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, the IOM held a workshop February 22-24, 2010, to address challenges facing the PHEMCE. Workshop participants discussed federal policies and procedures affecting the research, development, and approval of medical countermeasures and explored opportunities to improve the process and protect Americans' safety and health. Table of Contents Front Matter Workshop Summary Appendix A: References Appendix B: Workshop Agenda Appendix C: Registered Workshop Attendees Appendix D: Case Studies of HHS Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Medical Countermeasure Development Programs, Executive Summary Appendix E: Synthesis of Business Models and Economic and Market Incentives for Vaccines and Therapeutics

General

Imprint:	National Academies Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2010
First published:	2010
Authors:	Institute of Medicine • Board on Health Sciences Policy • Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation • Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events
Editors:	Bruce M Altevogt • Clare Stroud • Theresa Wizemann
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 0mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	194
ISBN-13:	978-0-309-15024-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Defence strategy, planning & research > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Bio-ethics
LSN:	0-309-15024-8
Barcode:	9780309150248

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