1. The IR-4 Project’s Role in Registration of Public Health Pesticides Jerry Baron Executive Director February 8, 2010

2. Why am I here today? 1.I am a very smart person

3. Why am I here today? 1.I am a very smart person FALSE

4. Why am I here today? 1.I am a very smart person 2.I am a Public Health Pesticide expert

5. Why am I here today? 1.I am a very smart person 2.I am a Public Health Pesticide expert FALSE I am a Weed Scientist

6. Why am I here today?

8. Then Why ? I am Executive Director of a very efficient and effective publically funded organization that facilities registration of minor uses of pesticides

9. Why am I here today?

10. IR-4 Project Mission To Facilitate Registration of Pest Management Solutions for Specialty Crops and Minor Uses

11. Minor Use Pesticide Problem

12. Insufficient economic incentives/small markets Few new products developed, registered, and marketed High costs to innovate Too many vectors and vector-borne diseases. Public Health Pesticides

13. FQPA Title II-Subpart C FQPA authorized up to $12 million per year to be used by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a public health pesticide data collection program- similar to IR-4 Resources never have been appropriated

14. Why IR-4? IR-4 has great working relationships with industry and EPA and understands what it takes to get chemical and biological pesticide products registered

15. Outline  Background on Minor Use Problem  The IR-4 Project Overview  Global Vision Industry Partners

16. Cooperative Agreement Objectives Register products for DoD uses outside US Expand registrations for PHP Identify new technology leads Facilitate registrations for novel pesticides “Let’s fill the toolbox”

17. Bigger and Better toolbox

18. Identify candidate products & developers Assist development & registration Improve / harmonize registration process Protect what we already have Duties

19. Current State Uncertain market Big, uncertain regulatory cost Intellectual property rights Malaria focus Chemophobia

20. Future

21. Actions Volatile Repellents – DWFP & SBIR grantees Etofenprox – all crops label Biopesticide registration of botanicals RNAi Technology Pyriproxifen EUP Lethal Ovitrap & Novaluron - Data

22. Thank You! Jerry Baron: jbaron@aesop.rutgers.edu jbaron@aesop.rutgers.edu (732) 932-9575 ext 4605