Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise Stakeholders Workshop (2009)

Federal Register: November 3, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 211)

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

HHS Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise

(PHEMCE) Stakeholders Workshop 2009 and BARDA Industry Day

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is pleased to announce the upcoming HHS Public Health Emergency Medical

Countermeasures Enterprise (PHEMCE) Stakeholders Workshop 2009 and

BARDA Industry Day to be held December 2-4, 2009, at the Marriott

Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC. This annual PHEMCE event will bring together private- and public-sector stakeholders including:

Federal Officials, International Governments, Industry, Healthcare

Providers, First Responders, Community-Based Organizations, and other interested audiences. Attendees will have opportunities to participate in forums on:

Best Practices for Dispensing Medical Countermeasures

Current and Future PHEMCE Initiatives

Maximizing Resources in a Public Health Emergency Response

Medical Countermeasure Development Initiatives

The Regulatory Pathway for Medical Countermeasures

BARDA Industry Day Presentations

This free Workshop will also address plans to enhance national response capabilities and the current state of public health emergency medical countermeasure preparedness. There will be a joint plenary session on Wednesday, December 2nd with HHS Public Health Emergency

Medical Countermeasure Enterprise Stakeholders Workshop 2009 and the

American Medical Associations Third National Congress on Health System

Readiness.

BARDA Industry Day provides a unique opportunity for biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry representatives to showcase their latest breakthroughs in vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, and platform technologies targeting chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and naturally

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emerging threats, including pandemic influenza.

DATES: The Stakeholders Workshop 2009 & BARDA Industry Day will be held

December 2-4, 2009. Each day will begin at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The Workshop will be held at the Marriott Wardman Park

Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road, NW., Washington, DC 20008.

Registration: There is no fee to attend; however, space is limited and registration is required. Registration and the preliminary agenda are available online at: http://www.medicalcountermeasures.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: L. Paige Rogers, Office of the

Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, Office of the

Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at 330 Independence

Ave., SW., Room G640, Washington, DC 20201, e-mail at BARDA @ hhs.gov, or by phone at 202-260-1200.

Dated: October 27, 2009.

Nicole Lurie,

Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Rear Admiral, U.S.

Public Health Service.

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