
CMC Review Memo, June 12, 2013 - HPC, Cord Blood BLA 125432


 

From:   Kimberly Benton, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Division of Cellular & Gene Therapies

 

Date:   June 12, 2013

 

BLA/ STN#:  125432

 

Applicant Name:  LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, Inc.

 

Date of Submission:  May 18, 2012

 

Action Goal Date:  June 17, 2013

 

Proprietary Name/ Established Name: none

 

Non-Proprietary name: HPC, Cord Blood

 

Indication:  HPC, Cord Blood is an allogeneic cord blood hematopoietic progenitor cell therapy intended for use in unrelated donor hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation procedures in conjunction with an appropriate preparative regimen for hematopoietic and immunologic reconstitution in patients with disorders affecting the hematopoietic system that are inherited, acquired, or result from myeloablative treatment.  The risk benefit assessment for an individual patient depends on the patient characteristics, including disease, stage, risk factors, and specific manifestations of the disease, on characteristics of the graft, and on other available treatments or types of hematopoietic progenitor cells.

 

Product Reviewers: Mohammad Heidaran, Ph.D.; Eric Dollins, Ph.D., Joydeep Ghosh, Ph.D., Fatima Abbasi, M.S., Karoll Cortez, M.D., Safa Karandish, B.S., M.T.

 

Branch Chief:  Keith Wonnacott,Ph.D.

 

Material Reviewed/ Consulted: CMC Review dated June 11, 2013

 

I agree with the recommendation for approval as stated in the CMC review memo dated June 11, 2013, and have no additional comments. 

 

 

 

 

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               Kimberly Benton, Ph.D.      
