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Title of Collaborative Activity:

Filovirus Animal Non-Clinical Group (FANG)

Description of Collaborative Activity:

The Filovirus Animal Non-Clinical Group (FANG) focuses on the advanced development of Filovirus medical countermeasures (MCM), both vaccines and therapeutics. The FANG focuses on the product development tools and other interagency product development issues relevant to FDA approval of filovirus MCM. A standing interagency working group, the Portfolio Advisory Committee, oversees the FANG. The FANG will develop strategies to address broadly applicable and interagency product development issues relevant to licensure of filovirus MCM. The FANG will develop consensus recommendations to facilitate standardization of reagents, methods, and procedures across multiple agencies and laboratories.

Type of Collaborative Activity:

Committee, Advisory Group, or Work Group

Year the Collaborative Activity Originated:

2011

NIH Participating Institutes/Centers/Office of the Director:

NIAID

HHS Agency Collaborators on this Activity:

CDC, FDA, OS