HPAI Authorities Expanded Under Broadened Emergency Declaration

HHS amended a 2013 emergency declaration Tuesday (July 23) to allow for expanded authorities in the response to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), including allowing FDA to extend the expiration dates of certain medical products and to issue emergency use authorization for unapproved drugs, devices or products. The emergency declaration under the Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act originally applied only to the H7N9 strain of avian influenza but will now apply to other variants, like the H5N1 strain that has...