2-PAM

Pralidoxime chloride, one of the two antidotes for nerve agents

ACHRE

Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments

ASD(HA)

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)

Atropine

Atropine sulfate, one of the two antidotes for nerve agents

AX

Vaccine against anthrax

BLA

Biologic Licensing Application

BT

The botulinum toxoid vaccine

BW

Biological warfare

CBER

Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research

CBW

Chemical and biological warfare

CDER

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

CENTCOM

U.S. Central Command

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

CINCCENT

Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command

CW

Chemical warfare

DHHS

Department of Health and Human Services

DoD

Department of Defense

ELA

Establishment Licensing Application

FDA

Food and Drug Administration

FDCA

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

FORSCOM

U.S. Army Forces Command

FR

Federal Register

HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus

HSRRB

The Army Surgeon General's Human Subjects Research Review Board

HURRAD

Human Use Review and Regulatory Affairs Division

ICWRG

Informed Consent Waiver Review Group

IDE

Investigational device exemption

IND

Investigational new drug

IOM

Institute of Medicine

IRB

Institutional review board

JAMA

Journal of the American Medical Association

MOU

Memorandum of understanding

NDA

New Drug Application

NIH

National Institutes of Health

NPRM

Notice of Proposed Rule Making

ODS

Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm

OGC

Office of the General Counsel

OMB

Office of Management and Budget

OPRR

Office for Protection from Research Risks

PAC

Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses

PB

Pyridostigmine bromide, pretreatment for exposure to nerve agents

PGVCB

Persian Gulf Veterans Coordinating Board

PLA

Product Licensing Application

TBE

Tick-borne encephalitis

UNSCOM

United Nations Special Commission

USC

United States Code

VX

A nerve agent that can be absorbed through lungs and skin