[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31872-31873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12485]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response; 
HHS Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise 
Stakeholders Workshop 2008.

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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    Subagency: Office of the Secretary.
    Subject: HHS Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures 
Enterprise (PHEMCE) Stakeholders Workshop 2008.

    Authority: Dr. Gerald Parker, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 
Response (ASPR).

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 2008, to be 
held September 24-26, 2008, in Arlington, VA. This third annual event 
will provide an open forum for pharmaceutical and biotechnology 
industry representatives, state and local first responders, Executive 
Branch officials, public health advocates, academicians, Congressional 
staff, and other key stakeholders to discuss critical issues 
surrounding the development, acquisition, and distribution of medical 
countermeasures against chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, 
and naturally emerging threats, and to share their visions for the 
future of U.S. public health emergency preparedness. Featured topics 
will include PHEMCE progress over the past year in medical 
countermeasure development and acquisitions under the HHS PHEMCE 
Implementation Plan for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear 
Threats and the HHS Pandemic Influenza Implementation Plan; Biomedical 
Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) anticipated 
advanced development contracts and procurements under Project 
BioShield; medical countermeasure use at the point of care; Pandemic 
and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) implementation; and developing 
and sustaining a biodefense industry. This year's Workshop will also 
feature BARDA Industry Afternoons and evening poster sessions, designed 
to provide unique opportunities for biotechnology and pharmaceutical 
industry representatives to showcase cutting-edge biodefense medical 
countermeasure advances in the areas of vaccines, therapeutics, 
diagnostics, and platform technologies.

DATES: The Workshop will be held September 24-26, 2008. Each day will 
begin at 8 a.m.

ADDDRESSES: The Workshop will be held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott, 
1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202.
    Agenda: The preliminary agenda is available at: http://

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www.blsmeetings.net/phemc/informationagenda.cfm.
    Registration: There is no fee to attend; however, space is limited 
and registration is required. Register online at http://www.blsmeetings.net/phemc/registration.cfm.

DATES: This notice is effective 27 May 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joanna M. Prasher, Ph.D., 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 
[email protected], or by phone at 202-260-1200.

    Dated: May 29, 2008.
Robin A. Robinson,
Director, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.
 [FR Doc. E8-12485 Filed 6-3-08; 8:45 am]
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