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List of Acronyms


Public Health Supply Chain and Industrial Base One-Year Report
Acronym Definition

API

Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient

ASPR

Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response

BAA

Broad Agency Announcement

BARDA

Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority

CARES

Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act

CBP

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDER

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

cGMP

Current Good Manufacturing Practice

COE

Centers of Excellence

COVID-19

Coronavirus Disease 2019

CSCRP

Critical Supply Chain Resilience Program

DHS

Department of Homeland Security

DME

Durable Medical Equipment

DOC

Department of Commerce

DoD

Department of Defense

DOE

Department of Energy

DOL

Department of Labor

DOS

Department of State

DPA

Defense Production Act

EO

Executive Order

EUA

Emergency Use Authorization

FDA

Food and Drug Administration

FDF

Finished Dosage Form

H-CORE

HHS Coordination Operations and Response Element

HHS

Department of Health and Human Services

HPH

Healthcare and Public Health

IBx

Industrial Base Expansion

IIJA

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

IVD

In Vitro Diagnostic

KSM

Key Starting Material

mAb

Monoclonal Antibody

MCM

Medical Countermeasure

NBR

Nitrile Butadiene Rubber

NIH

National Institutes of Health

NIOSH

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

PHEMCE

Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasure Enterprise

PHIB

Public Health Industrial Base

PPE

Personal Protective Equipment

PPT

Personal Protective Technologies

QMM

Quality Management Maturity

RADx

Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics

SCCT

Supply Chain Control Tower

SLTT

State, Local, Tribal and Territorial

SNS

Strategic National Stockpile

VA

Department of Veterans Affairs