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Enhance Review and Approval Processes
Description: Enhance development, evaluation, approval, and surveillance processes for high-priority MCMs and platform technologies; create Action Teams to analyze processes, identify gaps and hurdles, and propose recommendations for improvement.
Briefing Status: COMPLETED
Prior Briefing Status: ON TRACK
| Milestone Description | Milestone Date | Milestone Status | Milestone Completion Date |
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1. Develop tools for tracking MCM regulatory product status |
1/15/2011 |
Completed | 1/31/2011 |
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2. Establish in vitro device (IVD) Action Team to focus on highest priority MCMs |
6/30/2011 |
Completed | 6/1/2011 |
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3. Hold workshop on development and evaluation of next-generation smallpox vaccines |
9/30/2011 |
Completed | 9/16/2011 |
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4. Establish acute radiation syndrome Action Team |
10/30/2011 |
Completed | 7/5/2011 |
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5. Establish Action Team for trauma |
12/30/2011 |
Completed | 11/2/2011 |
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6. Draft MOU to facilitate information sharing among Enterprise members on Action Teams |
12/30/2011 |
Completed | 10/6/2011 [1] |
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7. Hold FDA (CDRH) public workshop on gaps and regulatory challenges in developing multiplex IVD platforms |
12/31/2011 |
Completed | 10/13/2011 |
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8. Hold workshop on MCMs for pediatric populations (winter 2012) |
12/30/2012 |
Completed | 2/15-16/2012 |
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9. Finalize MOU with Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)/Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to facilitate coordination and collaborative efforts related to the development and availability of MCMs |
4/30/2012 |
Completed | 5/23/2012 |
Footnotes
- [1] Final MOU negotiations with Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise (PHEMCE) partners are underway.
- Additional milestones are currently under development.
Key Projects Legend
| Milestone Status | Definition |
|---|---|
| Not Yet Started | Work for specific milestone has not yet been started. |
| Completed | Milestone and/or overall project is completed. |
| On Track | Milestone - On track for completion by milestone deadline. Quarter status - Project is on track for completion based on overall milestone status. |
| On Hold | Milestone - On hold, but deadline for completion has not passed. Quarter status - Project is on hold, based on overall milestone status. |
| Delayed | Milestone - Delayed as it has not been completed and deadline has passed. Quarter status - Project is delayed based on overall milestone status. |
Glossary
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