Enabling Rapid Medical Countermeasure Research, Discovery, and Translation for Emerging Threats: A Workshop

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Enabling Rapid Response and Sustained Capability with Medical Countermeasures to Mitigate Risk of Emerging Infectious Diseases: A Workshop

March 26 - 27, 2015

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Background and Objectives

This workshop, hosted by the Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation, the Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Disasters and Emergencies, and the Forum on Microbial Threats brought together public and private stakeholders to discuss how to achieve rapid and nimble medical countermeasure development for new and emerging threats. Discussions included real-world case studies to elucidate how past events were handled from a policy, budget, and operational standpoint, and contribute to a better aggregate picture of how future “worst case scenarios” might unfold. This workshop examined principles that either enable or challenge strong public/private partnerships and consider the needs of the private sector to successfully ramp up research, development, and production in a rapid and nimble manner once a threat warrants the need.

Objectives:

Discuss the Nation’s capacity to rapidly develop novel medical countermeasures (MCMs), delineate preparedness gaps, and identify areas requiring policy development
- Consider sustainability of the advances made by the PHEMCE and supporting programs in the face of recent financial changes and implications
Frame achieving preparedness for emerging infectious disease threats as a national security imperative.
- Discuss the ethical, economic, and global dimensions of these threats.
Discuss case studies of past incidents of emerging threats to understand government and private sector decisions and lessons learned.
- Evaluate potential strategies for rapid development, translation, and response in terms of regulatory pathways, financing and market opportunities, and the value proposition to private sector partners.
- Discuss the integration of “One Health” efforts into ongoing threat assessments prior to a declared emergency.
Consider how to operationalize next steps for the public and private sector to coordinate a more rapid and nimble response to global emerging threats.
- Discuss common elements across a range of threats
- Consider the sustainability of business models to keep stakeholders invested

Below are materials for the workshop, including an agenda and presentations.

For additional information on the workshop, including the planning committee and sponsors, please visit our project page.

Related Activities

Advancing Regulatory Science for Medial Countermeasure Development
The Public Health Countermeasures Research and Development Enterprise – A Workshop Series

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