FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH

CELLULAR, TISSUE AND GENE THERAPIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE

 Meeting, #47, May 14-15, 2009

Hilton Hotel, Gaithersburg, MD

 

DRAFT AGENDA

May 14, 2009

 

            Open Session  

Topic I -  Potential for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae transmission by human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue-based products (HCT/Ps) that are recovered from the reproductive system, gestational tissues, or other sources

 

8:00 a.m.         Welcome and Introduction of Members

                                    Walter Urba, M.D., Ph.D., Acting Chair

                        Conflict of Interest Statement

                                    Gail Dapolito, Designated Federal Officer

 

8:10                 FDA Introduction

                                    Melissa Greenwald, M.D.

                                    Office of Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies (OCTGT)

                                    Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER)

 

                                    Ana Kolin, Ph.D., OCTGT, CBER

8:45                             Q&A

                       

                        Guest Presentations

9:00                             Epidemiology and Infectivity of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae

                                                John Papp, Ph.D.

                                                Division of STD Prevention

                                                CDC

9:25                             Q&A

 

9:35                             Human Amniotic Membrane:  Current Scope of Manufacture and Utilization

                                                Scheffer C. G. Tseng, M.D., Ph.D.

Bio-Tissue, Inc.

9:55                             Q&A

 

10:10               Break

 

10:25                           Current Screening and Testing Practices for Donors of Cord Blood

                                                John Miller, M.D., Ph.D.

National Marrow Donor Program

10:40                           Q&A

 

10:50               Open Public Hearing

 

11:10               Committee Discussion of Questions

 

12:30 p.m.       Adjourn Session

                        Lunch

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH

CELLULAR, TISSUE AND GENE THERAPIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Meeting #47, May 14-15, 2009

 

 

DRAFT AGENDA (Cont’d)

May 14, 2009

 

Open Session

Topic II -  Animal Models for Porcine Xenotransplantation Products Intended to Treat   

Type 1 Diabetes or Acute Liver Failure

 

1:30 p.m.         Introduction of Members

                        Conflict of Interest Statement

 

1:40                 FDA Introduction

                                                Mercedes Serabian, M.S., DABT

                                                OCTGT, CBER

1:55                 Q&A

           

2:00                 Open Public Hearing

                                   

                        Guest Presentation

2:20                             Animal Models for Evaluation of Porcine Cells/Tissues to Treat Patients with Acute Liver Failure

Ira Fox, M.D.

                                                University of Pittsburgh

2:45                             Q&A

 

2:55                 Committee discussion of questions

 

4:00                 Break

                                   

                        Guest Presentation

4:15                             Animal Models for Evaluation of Porcine Islet Products to Treat Patients with Type 1 Diabetes

Bernhard Hering, M.D.

                                                University of Minnesota

4:40                             Q&A

 

4:50                 Committee discussion of questions

 

6:00 p.m.         Adjourn


FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH

CELLULAR, TISSUE AND GENE THERAPIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Meeting #47, May 14-15, 2009

 

 

DRAFT AGENDA (Cont’d)

May 15, 2009

 

            Open Session

Topic III -  Clinical issues related to the FDA draft guidance “Preparation of IDEs and INDs for Products Intended to Repair or Replace Knee Cartilage”

 

8:00                 Welcome and Introduction of Committee

                        Conflict of Interest Statement

 

8:10                 Recognition of Committee Service

                                   

8:20                 Update:  Guidance Documents from the Office of Cellular, Tissue and Gene

                        Therapies, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, and the Center for

                        Veterinary Medicine

                                                Richard McFarland, Ph.D., M.D., OCTGT, CBER

 

8:30                 FDA Introduction to Topic III

                                                Richard McFarland, Ph.D., M.D.

 

                        Guest Presentations

8:40                             An Overview of Treatment Options for Articular Cartilage Repair:

                                    Past, Present and Future

 Kenneth Zaslav, Sports Medicine and Cartilage Repair Centers

9:10                             Q&A

 

9:25                             Issues Concerning Clinical Outcomes in Long-Term Trials of Cellular Therapies for Cartilage Repair

Gunnar Knutsen, M.D., University of Tromsø, Norway

9:55                             Q&A

 

10:10               Open Public Hearing

 

10:30               Break

 

11:00               Committee Discussion of Questions

 

1:00 p.m.         Adjourn