Highlights from the United States Food and Drug Administration's public workshop on the development of animal models of pregnancy to address medical countermeasures in an "at‐risk" population of pregnant women: Influenza as a case study. Issue 10 (8th October 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Williams, Denita; Basavarajappa, Mallikarjuna S.; Rasmussen, Sonja A.; Morris, Suzanne; Mattison, Donald; on behalf of the Animal Models of Pregnancy Working Group
• Is Part Of: Birth defects research. Volume 100:Issue 10(2014:Oct.)
• Page Start: 806
• Page End: 810
• Publication Date: 2014-10-08
• Subjects: Teratology -- Periodicals; Abnormalities, Human -- Research -- Periodicals; Abnormalities, Human -- Periodicals; 616.043
• DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23319
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1542-0752

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec id="bdra23319-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <p>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other federal agencies partner to ensure that medical countermeasures (e.g., drug therapies and vaccines) are available for public health emergencies (FDA, 2014). Despite continuing progress, providing medical countermeasures and treatment guidelines for certain populations (e.g., pregnant women) is challenging due to the lack of clinical and/or animal data. Thus, a workshop was convened to discuss animal models of pregnancy for the evaluation of disease progression and medical countermeasures. Birth Defects Research (Part A) 100:806–810, 2014. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.</p> </sec> </abstract>