Notice2022-11563
Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request for Comments
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May 31, 2022
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Abstract
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) announces a forthcoming public advisory committee meeting of the Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee (the Committee). The general function of the Committee is to provide advice and recommendations to the Agency on FDA's regulatory issues. Matters considered at the meeting will include discussion of the current regulatory expectations for xenotransplantation products. The discussion topics include human cells that have had ex vivo contact with animal cells, and animal organs and cells for transplantation into human subjects, both of which are xenotransplantation products. The meeting will be open to the public on both days. FDA is establishing a docket for public comment on this document.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 104 (Tuesday, May 31, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32422-32423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11563]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2022-N-0784]
Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee; Notice
of Meeting; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request for Comments
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice; establishment of a public docket; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) announces
a forthcoming public advisory committee meeting of the Cellular,
Tissue, and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee (the Committee). The
general function of the Committee is to provide advice and
recommendations to the Agency on FDA's regulatory issues. Matters
considered at the meeting will include discussion of the current
regulatory expectations for xenotransplantation products. The
discussion topics include human cells that have had ex vivo contact
with animal cells, and animal organs and cells for transplantation into
human subjects, both of which are xenotransplantation products. The
meeting will be open to the public on both days. FDA is establishing a
docket for public comment on this document.
DATES: The meeting will be held virtually on June 29, 2022, from 10
a.m. to 5:25 p.m. Eastern Time and June 30, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 4:45
p.m. Eastern Time.
ADDRESSES: Please note that due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,
all meeting participants will be joining this advisory committee
meeting via an online teleconferencing platform. Answers to commonly
asked questions about FDA advisory committee meetings may be accessed
at: <a href="https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm408555.htm">https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm408555.htm</a>.
The online web conference meeting will be available at the
following link on the day of the meeting:
Day 1 June 29 link: <a href="https://youtu.be/DobR-4h8YA0">https://youtu.be/DobR-4h8YA0</a>.
Day 2 June 30 link: <a href="https://youtu.be/r8ea5NjLEW0">https://youtu.be/r8ea5NjLEW0</a>.
FDA is establishing a docket for public comment on this meeting.
The docket number is FDA-2022-N-0784. The docket will close on June 28,
2022. Submit either electronic or written comments on this public
meeting by June 28, 2022. Please note that late, untimely filed
comments will not be considered. Electronic comments must be submitted
on or before June 28, 2022. The <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> electronic
filing system will accept comments until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time at the
end of June 28, 2022. Comments received by mail/hand delivery/courier
(for written/paper submissions) will be considered timely if they are
postmarked or the delivery service acceptance receipt is on or before
that date.
Comments received on or before June 22, 2022, will be provided to
the committee. Comments received after that date will be taken into
consideration by FDA. In the event that the meeting is cancelled, FDA
will continue to evaluate any relevant applications or information, and
consider any comments submitted to the docket, as appropriate.
You may submit comments as follows:
Electronic Submissions
Submit electronic comments in the following way:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted
electronically, including attachments, to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>
will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your comment will be
made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your comment
does not include any confidential information that you or a third party
may not wish to be posted, such as medical information, your or anyone
else's Social Security number, or confidential business information,
such as a manufacturing process. Please note that if you include your
name, contact information, or other information that identifies you in
the body of your comments, that information will be posted on <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
<bullet> If you want to submit a comment with confidential
information that you do not wish to be made available to the public,
submit the comment as a written/paper submission and in the manner
detailed (see ``Written/Paper Submissions'' and ``Instructions'').
Written/Paper Submissions
Submit written/paper submissions as follows:
<bullet> Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for written/paper
submissions): Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305), Food and Drug
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
<bullet> For written/paper comments submitted to the Dockets
Management Staff, FDA will post your comment, as well as any
attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified,
as confidential, if submitted as detailed in ``Instructions.''
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No.
FDA-2022-N-0784 for ``Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies Advisory
Committee; Notice of Meeting; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request
for Comments.'' Received comments, those filed in a timely manner (see
ADDRESSES), will be placed in the docket and, except for those
submitted as ``Confidential Submissions,'' publicly viewable at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> or at the Dockets Management Staff between 9 a.m.
and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 240-402-7500.
<bullet> Confidential Submissions--To submit a comment with
confidential information that you do not wish to be made publicly
available, submit your comments only as a written/paper submission. You
should submit two copies total. One copy will include the information
you claim to be confidential with a heading or cover note that states
``THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.'' FDA will review
this copy, including the claimed confidential information, in its
consideration of comments. The second copy, which will have the claimed
confidential information redacted/blacked out, will be available for
public viewing and posted on <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Submit both
copies to the Dockets Management Staff. If you do not wish your name
and contact information be made publicly available, you can provide
this information on the cover sheet and not in the body of your
comments and you must identify the information as ``confidential.'' Any
information marked as ``confidential'' will not be disclosed except in
accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other applicable disclosure law. For
more information about FDA's posting of comments to public dockets, see
80 FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or access the information at: <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf">https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf</a>.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
the electronic and written/paper comments received, go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and insert the docket number, found in brackets in
the heading of this document, into the ``Search'' box and follow the
prompts and/or go to the Dockets Management Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane,
Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852, 240-402-7500.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina Vert or Tonica Burke, Center
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for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration,
10903 New Hampshire Ave. Bldg. 71, Rm. 1244, Silver Spring, MD 20993-
0002, 240-402-8054, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#50332437243133103634317e3838237e373f26"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c8abbcafbca9ab88aeaca9e6a0a0bbe6afa7be">[email protected]</span></a>, or FDA Advisory Committee
Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC
area). A notice in the Federal Register about last minute modifications
that impact a previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot
always be published quickly enough to provide timely notice. Therefore,
before coming to the meeting, you should always check the Agency's
website at <a href="https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm">https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm</a> and
scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee meeting link, or call
the advisory committee information line to learn about possible
modifications.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda: The meeting presentations will be heard, viewed, captioned,
and recorded through an online teleconferencing platform. The Committee
will meet in open session on both days to discuss the current
regulatory expectations for xenotransplantation products. The
discussion topics include human cells that have had ex vivo contact
with animal cells, and animal organs and cells for transplantation into
human subjects. On June 29, 2022, in the morning, under session 1, the
Committee will meet to discuss and make recommendations on human cells
that have ex vivo contact with animal cells. In the afternoon under
session 2, the Committee will begin to discuss and make recommendations
on animal organs and cells for transplantation into human subjects and
their associated risks. On June 30, 2022, the Committee will continue
to discuss and make recommendations on animal organs and cells for
transplantation into human subjects.
FDA intends to make background material available to the public no
later than 2 business days before the meeting. If FDA is unable to post
the background material on its website prior to the meeting, the
background material will be made publicly available on FDA's website at
the time of the advisory committee meeting. Background material and the
link to the online teleconference meeting room will be available at
<a href="https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/default.htm">https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/default.htm</a>. Scroll
down to the appropriate advisory committee meeting link. The meeting
will include slide presentations with audio components to allow the
presentation of materials in a manner that most closely resembles an
in-person advisory committee meeting.
Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or
views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee.
All electronic and written submissions submitted to the Docket (see
ADDRESSES) on or before June 22, 2022, will be provided to the
committee. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between
approximately 1:15 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. Eastern Time on June 29, 2022,
and 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Eastern Time on June 30, 2022. Those individuals
interested in making formal oral presentations should notify the
contact person and submit a brief statement of the general nature of
the evidence or arguments they wish to present, the names and addresses
of proposed participants, and an indication of the approximate time
requested to make their presentation, on or before June 16, 2022. Time
allotted for each presentation may be limited. If the number of
registrants requesting to speak is greater than can be reasonably
accommodated during the scheduled open public hearing session, FDA may
conduct a lottery to determine the speakers for the scheduled open
public hearing session. The contact person will notify interested
persons regarding their request to speak by June 17, 2022.
For press inquiries, please contact the Office of Media Affairs at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f29496939d9f93b2949693dc9a9a81dc959d84"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="593f3d38363438193f3d387731312a773e362f">[email protected]</span></a> or 301-796-4540.
FDA welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee
meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with
disabilities. If you require accommodations due to a disability, please
contact Christina Vert (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) at least 7
days in advance of the meeting.
FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee
meetings. Please visit our website at <a href="https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm111462.htm">https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm111462.htm</a> for procedures
on public conduct during advisory committee meetings.
Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).
Dated: May 24, 2022.
Lauren K. Roth,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2022-11563 Filed 5-27-22; 8:45 am]
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