1 Strategic National Stockpile Pandemic Influenza Countermeasures Todd Piester Response Branch Chief Division of Strategic National Stockpile Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response Centers for Disease Control and Prevention August 21, 2008
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Strategic National StockpilePandemic Influenza Countermeasures
Todd PiesterResponse Branch Chief
Division of Strategic National StockpileCoordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response
Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAugust 21, 2008
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Background Program started in January 1999.
Result of a $51 million authorization for “pharmaceutical and vaccine stockpiling” in the fiscal year 1999 omnibus appropriation (P.L. 105-277).
Known as the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile until renamed to Strategic National Stockpile in 2003.
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Background (cont.) Initially based on providing countermeasures
against the category A threat agents.
Grown to include radiological and chemical agents.
Now includes countermeasures for pandemic influenza.
Current inventory valued at $3.5 billion.
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Rapid delivery of a broad spectrum for an ill-defined threat
Large shipments of specific items when a threat is known
Technical assistance
How SNS Responds:The Three Pillars of Support
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Delivering Materiel to States
Utilize commercial partnerships to deliver countermeasures to state Receive, Stage Store (RSS) sites.
States assume responsibility for distribution and dispensing supplies past RSS location.
Federal government provides technical assistance to state officials to aid distribution and dispensing efforts.
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Antiviral Drugs Tamiflu® (oseltamivir) Relenza™ (zanamivir) Stockpiled at a ratio of