Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise

The Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise (PHEMCE)^[1]^[2] is a program administered by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedneaa and Response (ASPR) within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). PHEMCE involves internal elements of HHS:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

as well as external partners:

Department of Defense (DoD)
United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

The mission of the PHEMCE is to enhance US national preparedness for Public Health Emergency (United States) including natural or accidental events, or bioterrorism attacks, by coordinating medical countermeasure (MCM) response across HHS and with its external partners.. Emergencies may include chemical biological radiological or nuclear (CBRN) emergencies, pandemic influenza or emerging infectious diseases (EID).

Core HHS members are the directors of the CDC, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) within the NIH, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) under the ASPR, and the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. HHS efforts^[3] within the PHEMCE include:

Early Stage Research (NIH)
Setting MCM Requirements (ASPR)
Advanced Development/Manufacturing (ASPR/BARDA)
Regulatory Science Management (FDA) Procurement/Inventory Management/Stockpiling (ASPR/BARDA, CDC)
Response Planning, Policy Guidance and Communication (ASPR, CDC)
Deployment/Distribution/Dispensing/Administration (ASPR, CDC)
Monitoring/Evaluation/Assesment (CDC, FDA)

HHS also collaborates with state, local, tribal and territorial governments, public health systems, academia, private industry and professional societies.

Creation and legislative history[edit]

The Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise (PHEMCE) was authorized by Title III Section 402 of the Pandemic All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act (PAHPAI) - PS.1379, 116th Congress; Public Law 116-22 - in June 2019. The PHEMCE is codified in 42 USC Chapter 6A Subchapter XXVI Section 300hh-10a.

Mission and functions[edit]

Governance[edit]

By 42 USC 300hh-10a, the PHEMCE includes each of the following members (or the designee of such members):

The Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Director of the National Institutes of Health
The Commissioner of Food and Drugs
The Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of Homeland Security
The Secretary of Agriculture
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs
The Director of National Intelligence
Representatives of any other Federal agency (as the ASPR determines appropriate) including:

The Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)
The Director of the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS)
The Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
The Director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response

Budget[edit]

Strategy and implementation plan[edit]

References[edit]

↑ "Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise". www.phe.gov. Retrieved May 24, 2004.
↑ Wizemann, Theresa; Stroud, Clare; Altevogt, Bruce, eds. (2010). The Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise: Innovative Strategies to Enhance Products from Discovery Through Approval: Workshop Summary. Washington D. C.: The National Academy of Sciences. ISBN 978-0-309-15024-8. Search this book on
↑ ""PHEMCE Mission Components"". www.phe.gov. Retrieved May 24, 2020.

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[1] "Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise". www.phe.gov. Retrieved May 24, 2004.

[2] Wizemann, Theresa; Stroud, Clare; Altevogt, Bruce, eds. (2010). The Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise: Innovative Strategies to Enhance Products from Discovery Through Approval: Workshop Summary. Washington D. C.: The National Academy of Sciences. ISBN 978-0-309-15024-8. Search this book on

[3] ""PHEMCE Mission Components"". www.phe.gov. Retrieved May 24, 2020.

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