"In response to a question about the nature of US
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"In response to a question about the nature of USAMRIID’s contribution to the West Africa Ebola crisis, Norwood said USAMRIID and its experts have been working on pathogens like Ebola virus for many years before the current outbreak. “We had started in 2010 preparing the documentation for all the filoviruses that include Ebola and Marburg, to submit it to the FDA for just such an event,” he explained.
The process is called a pre-EUA submission, and USAMRIID experts provided data to FDA so that if a dangerous outbreak occurred, the FDA could quickly transition the diagnostics into use under an emergency declaration.
Determining likelihood of emergency outbreaks
At the time, Norwood said, USAMRIID submitted 73 assays to the FDA and engaged several subject-matter experts to try to determine which of the assays would be critical for emergency outbreaks.
“Time and time again,” Norwood said, “the filoviruses came up as the No. 1 priority, so we were … concerned about this.”
It all depends on DTRA's priorities....but the US Army has been looking at diagnostics for years.
The process is called a pre-EUA submission, and USAMRIID experts provided data to FDA so that if a dangerous outbreak occurred, the FDA could quickly transition the diagnostics into use under an emergency declaration.
Determining likelihood of emergency outbreaks
At the time, Norwood said, USAMRIID submitted 73 assays to the FDA and engaged several subject-matter experts to try to determine which of the assays would be critical for emergency outbreaks.
“Time and time again,” Norwood said, “the filoviruses came up as the No. 1 priority, so we were … concerned about this.”
It all depends on DTRA's priorities....but the US Army has been looking at diagnostics for years.
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