The Children's Vaccine Initiative: Achieving the Vision (1993)
Chapter: Appendix K: Acronyms
K
Acronyms
AAP
American Academy of Pediatrics
ACIP
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
AID
U.S. Agency for International Development
ANDA
abbreviated new drug application
BCG
bacillus Calmette-Guérin (vaccine against tuberculosis)
CBER
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDF
Children's Defense Fund
CPI
Consumer Price Index
CRADA
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
CVI
Children's Vaccine Initiative
DOD
U.S. Department of Defense
DTP
diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccine
ELA
Establishment License Application
EPI
Expanded Program on Immunization (World Health Organization)
FDA
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FTEs
full-time equivalents
GLPs
Good Laboratory Practices
GMPS
Good Manufacturing Practices
Hib-CV
Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine, conjugated
HIV
human immunodeficiency virus
ICIDR
International Collaborations in Infectious Disease Research
IND
Investigational New Drug
IOM
Institute of Medicine
MMR
measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine
MOD
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
NAV
North American Vaccine
NIAID
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
NICHD
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
NIH
National Institutes of Health
NVA
National Vaccine Authority
NVAC
National Vaccine Advisory Committee
NVICP
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
NVP
National Vaccine Program
OPV
oral polio vaccine
PAHO
Pan American Health Organization
PLA
Product License Application
PPPI
Pharmaceutical Producer Price Index
PTO
Patent and Trademark Office
PVD
Program for Vaccine Development (United Nations Development Program/World Health Organization)
R&D
research and development
RIVM
Rijksinstituut voor Volgezondheid en Milieuhygiene (National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection, The Netherlands)
SB
SmithKline Beecham
TT
tetanus toxoid
UNDP
United Nations Development Program
UNICEF
United Nations Children's Fund
USAMMDA
U.S. Army Medical Material Development Activity
USAMRIID
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
VAERS
Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System
WHO
World Health Organization
