Section 304 focuses on the relationship between government entities and private companies working on medical countermeasures.

The new law prohibits SRF funds from being used for anything other than medical countermeasures procurement, research and development.

There also will be a five-year, $1.5 billion program to develop medical countermeasures to biological weapons attacks.

This program will, when stood up, support the advanced development of vaccine, therapeutic and diagnostic medical countermeasures that address emerging disease threats.

Stockpiled medical countermeasures directly support readiness, as the stockpiled products can help to mitigate the effects of an event or outbreak.

Together with the program managers, they seek ways to integrate innovative science into the development and production of medical countermeasures.

We've invested new equipment - invested in new equipment and medical countermeasures to protect people from exposure.

The National Framework document should be referred to for information on the availability of medical countermeasures, reducing the risk of infection and proposed social measures.

Its stated purpose was to provide incentives to increase research by private sector entities to develop medical countermeasures to counter bioterrorism threats.

This was a ten-year program to acquire medical countermeasures to biological, chemical, radiological and nuclear agents for civilian use.