The Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise (PHEMCE) coordinates Federal efforts to enhance chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats (CBRN) and emerging infectious diseases (EID) preparedness from a medical countermeasure (MCM) perspective
The PHEMCE is comprised of numerous agencies across the federal government which works to optimize our preparedness for public health emergencies with respect to the creation, stockpiling, and use of medical countermeasures.
The HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) is a leader in preparing the nation to respond to and recover from public health and medical disasters
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The National Institute of Health's research provides the foundation for developing medical products and strategies to treat and prevent a wide range of infectious diseases
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The Food and Drug Administration plays a pivotal role in protecting our nation from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats, and from emerging infectious diseases
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a part of HHS, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting public health activities in the United States
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The mission of the Department of Defense is to provide the powerful military forces needed to deter war and to protect the security of our country.
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The Department of Homeland Security secures the nation from the many threats we face. These threats include biological, chemical, radiological, and nuclear threats
Learn MoreBARDA supports the transition of medical countermeasures such as vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics from research through advanced development towards consideration for approval by the FDA and inclusion into the Strategic National Stockpile.
BARDA also provides links to resources on grants and procurement opportunities available to those involved in the research, development and acquisition of medical countermeasures products, including Grants.gov, and grants available through the National Institutes of Health. Links to information on federal acquisition regulations are also available on this page.
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Medical countermeasure policy and implementation development with the PHEMCE is coordinated by the Enterprise Senior Council, a body comprised of senior leadership from the PHEMCE agencies which serves as the decision forum for MCM development policy and implementation.
Together, the PHEMCE organizations and agencies work to optimize the Nation's preparedness for public health emergencies in regards to the development, manufacturing, stockpiling, and administration of medical countermeasures.
The PHEMCE mission components include:
In 2012, HHS released the Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise Strategy outlining the PHEMCE goals and objectives that will guide the policies and decisions of the partner agencies in regards to medical countermeasure capabilities that will enable our nation to have a nimble, flexible capacity to produce medical countermeasures rapidly in the face of any attack or threat.
The 2012 Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise (PHEMCE) Strategy establishes the goals and objectives that HHS will use to ensure that medical countermeasures are available for effective use against the highest priority CBRN threats facing the Nation. The accompanying 2012 PHEMCE Implementation Plan details those programs and initiatives throughout the Department that will be prioritized in pursuit of the goals and objectives presented in the strategy document. Both documents together constitute the blueprints the PHEMCE will follow in the near-, mid-, and long-terms to make the best use of available resources to contribute to national health security.
The requirements we set for medical countermeasure development and acquisition are critical to establishing programs to meet our preparedness goals.
Medical countermeasure requirements in BARDA provide a solid foundation for establishing advanced development and acquisition programs that support the overarching ASPR mission and PHEMCE goals of reducing the adverse health effects of public health emergencies, including those caused by pandemic influenza, CBRN threat agents and emerging diseases.
National, PHEMCE, BARDA, and countermeasure specific strategies, implementation plans, and reports
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Latest announcements related to medical countermeasures
Agreement expands efficient, rapid clinical trial of multiple COVID-19 drug candidates simultaneously.
Full AnnouncementThe Trump Administration, through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Defense (DoD), will purchase an additional 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine candidate, called mRNA-1273, from Moderna.
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