FDA’s Roles and Responsibilities for Pandemic Flu Influenza

“We are responsible for protecting the public health by helping to ensure the safety and effectiveness of human and animal drugs, human biological products, and devices, and the safety of our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and radiation-emitting products. We also advance the public health by helping to speed the availability of beneficial, innovative medical products and by helping the public get the accurate, science-based information it needs to use medical products and foods to improve health. Additionally, recognizing the global nature of public health issues, we collaborate with foreign counterpart regulatory agencies and international organizations in carrying out our mission.

We play a vital role in the Nation’s preparedness for, and potential response to, an influenza pandemic. For information on principal centers and offices, and their roles, please see Section IV of the FDA Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Strategic Plan.”