HHS Further Amends Declaration Under the PREP Act to Expand COVID-19 Vaccinators
By EsqSocial Corporation 01/02/21
The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act), 42 U.S.C. 247d-6d, provides liability immunity related to the manufacture, testing, development, distribution, administration and use of medical countermeasures against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear agents of terrorism, epidemics, and pandemics. Vaccines are biologics and, as such, are authorized by FDA as COVID-19 countermeasures under the emergency use law. The PREP Act empowers the Department of Health and Human...
By: Harris Beach PLLC