Us Code § 285f - –5. Research centers for pathogens of pandemic concern
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§ 285f. –5. Research centers for pathogens of pandemic concern
(a) In general
The Director of the Institute, in collaboration, as appropriate, with the directors of applicable institutes, centers, and divisions of the National Institutes of Health, the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, and the Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, shall establish or continue a multidisciplinary research program to advance the discovery and preclinical development of medical products for priority virus families and other viral pathogens with a significant potential to cause a pandemic, through support for research centers.
(b) Uses of funds
The Director of the Institute shall award funding through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to public or private entities to provide support for research centers described in subsection (a) for the purpose of—
(1) conducting basic research through preclinical development of new medical products or technologies, including platform technologies, to address pathogens of pandemic concern;
(2) identifying potential targets for therapeutic candidates, including antivirals, to treat such pathogens;
(3) identifying existing medical products with the potential to address such pathogens, including candidates that could be used in outpatient settings; and
(4) carrying out or supporting other research related to medical products to address such pathogens, as determined appropriate by the Director.
(c) Coordination
The Director of the Institute shall, as appropriate, provide for the coordination of activities among the centers described in subsection (a), including through—
(1) facilitating the exchange of information and regular communication among the centers, as appropriate; and
(2) requiring the periodic preparation and submission to the Director of reports on the activities of each center.
(d) Priority
In awarding funding through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under subsection (a), the Director of the Institute shall, as appropriate, give priority to applicants with existing frameworks and partnerships, as applicable, to support the advancement of such research.
(e) Collaboration
The Director of the Institute shall—
(1) collaborate with the heads of other appropriate Federal departments, agencies, and offices with respect to the identification of additional priority virus families and other viral pathogens with a significant potential to cause a pandemic; and
(2) collaborate with the Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority with respect to the research conducted by centers described in subsection (a), including, as appropriate, providing any updates on the research advancements made by such centers, identifying any advanced research and development needs for such countermeasures, consistent with section 247d–7e(a)(6) of this title, and taking into consideration existing manufacturing capacity and future capacity needs for such medical products or technologies, including platform technologies, supported by the centers described in subsection (a).
(f) Supplement, not supplant
Any support received by a center described in subsection (a) under this section shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, other public or private support for activities authorized to be supported.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, §447D, as added Pub. L. 117–328, div. FF, title II, §2301, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5756.)
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Editorial Notes
Codification
Pub. L. 110–154, §1(b)(7), Dec. 21, 2007, 121 Stat. 1827, substituted "Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development" for "National Institute of Child Health and Human Development" in subpart heading.
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