MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
USAMMDA works with military, federal civilian and contract professionals to develop and deliver quality medical products.
by Jeffrey M. Soares S
ince its establishment more than 30 years ago, the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA) has been partnering with industry to create
effective medical product solutions to support our warfighters in the field and at home. Over the years, USAMMDA’s multiple project management offices have overseen the development of numer- ous medical products and devices, which include the antimalarial drug tafenoquine, an adenovirus vaccine, freeze-dried plasma, the Chemical Patient Protective Wrap, the Environmental Sentinel Biomonitor and the Laboratory Assay for Trau- matic Brain Injury. In so doing, the organization has used a number of approaches to secure the right type of partnership for a given product, such as various types of contracting methods, coop- erative research and development agreements (CRADAs) and “open campus” models.
As a subordinate command of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command at Fort Detrick, Maryland, the USAMMDA team is a partnership of military, federal civilian and
contract professionals working together in support of the organization’s mission to develop and deliver quality medical capabilities to protect, treat and sustain the health of our nation’s service members. However, given the nature of medical product development in the world of Army acquisition, USAMMDA does not have the manufacturing capability to carry a product all the way through the life cycle pipeline on its own. Terefore, the command uses its expertise in project manage- ment and reaches out to commercial partners to create the best product to satisfy a given military requirement.
In addition to creating products for troops on the battlefield, USAMMDA works to find solutions to treat wounded warfighters returning from battle. While the scars of traumatic brain injury and post- traumatic stress disorder may not be readily visible, the damage of catastrophic wounds can clearly be seen, and the command has multiple teams that look to discover treatment options for these types of physical and emotional injuries.
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