Improving Access to Influenza Countermeasures for U.S. Jurisdictions

Strategic National Stockpile

HHS has been closely tracking the increased demand of certain medicines due in part to multiple illnesses circulating this winter season. To ease this increased demand, HHS is giving U.S. jurisdictions access to additional supplies of Tamiflu to respond to an increased demand for the antiviral during this flu season. Jurisdictions may access additional supplies in the following ways:

• Jurisdictions can dispense certain lots of Tamiflu 30mg, 45mg and 75mg that were procured for pandemic preparedness under the HHS Antiviral Subsidy Vendor Contract between 2006-2009. These supplies may be held in jurisdictional stockpile for pandemic use but are now allowed for use in the current flu season.
• Jurisdictions that have exhausted their own stockpiled supplies of Tamiflu may request supplemental Tamiflu 75mg from the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). This product is part of the federal stockpile of antiviral drugs held for pandemic preparedness.
  

The Tamiflu products held in jurisdictional stockpiles and in the SNS for pandemic use include drug lots that have been extended by the Food and Drug Administration for up to 20 years beyond their original manufacture date, provided they have been stored under labeled storage conditions. These lots have not been relabeled with new expirations, and healthcare providers and recipients should be notified of the 20-year extension. Additional information may be found in FDA's Expiration Dating Extension | FDA and the HHS Update: State Antiviral Drug Stockpile.

Jurisdictions should work ​with their ASPR Regional Teams to initiate any requests for Tamiflu through the SNS. HHS is committed to ensuring that jurisdictions receive the assistance they need without affecting our nation's preparedness for a potential pandemic flu. 

To determine the expiration date for extended but not relabeled Tamiflu products, find the lot number on the product label and refer to the table below to identify the corresponding expiration date.

Note: Certain lots in this spreadsheet have undergone SLEP testing. For such lots, the SNS has applied the dating that provides the longer use period (i.e., the later new use date).