[Federal Register: January 14, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 9)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Notice of Meeting of the Advisory Council on Blood Stem Cell
Transplantation
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting of the Advisory Council on Blood Stem Cell
Transplantation.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the
first meeting of the Advisory Council on Blood Stem Cell
Transplantation (ACBSCT), Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS). The meeting will be held from approximately 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
on January 28, 2008, and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on January 29, 2008, at
the Hilton Washington DC/Rockville Executive Meeting Center, 1750
Rockville Pike, MD 20852. The meeting will be open to the public;
however, seating is limited and pre-registration is encouraged (see
below).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Public Law 109-129, 42 U.S.C.
274k (section 379 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended) the
ACBSCT was established to advise the Secretary of HHS and the
Administrator, HRSA, on matters related to the activities of the C.W.
Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (Program) and the National Cord
Blood Inventory (NCBI) Program. ACBSCT is composed of up to 25 members,
including the Chair, serving as Special Government Employees. The
current membership includes representatives of marrow donor centers and
marrow transplant centers; representatives of cord blood banks and
participating birthing hospitals; recipients of a bone marrow
transplant; recipients of a cord blood transplant; persons who require
such transplants; family members of such a recipient or family members
of a patient who has requested the assistance of the Program in
searching for an unrelated donor of bone marrow or cord blood; persons
with expertise in bone marrow and cord blood transplantation; persons
with expertise in typing, matching, and transplant outcome data
analysis; persons with expertise in the social sciences; basic
scientists with expertise in the biology of adult stem cells;
ethicists; hematology and transfusion medicine researchers with
expertise in adult blood stem cells; persons with expertise in cord
blood processing; and members of the general public.
ACBSCT will hear presentations on and discuss cord blood bank
accreditation for the NCBI Program; the Food and Drug Administration's
(FDA) Draft Guidance for Cord Blood Bank Licensure; Program
confidentiality policies; Program registry size and composition; the
Related Cord Blood Donor Demonstration Project; and the scientific
factors that define a high quality cord blood unit.
The draft meeting agenda will be available on January 15, 2008, on
the HRSA's Program Web site at http://bloodcell.transplant.hrsa.gov/.
A registration form will be available on January 7, 2008, on the
HRSA's Program Web site at http://bloodcell.transplant.hrsa.gov/. The
completed registration form should be submitted by facsimile to
Professional and Scientific Associates (PSA), the logistical support
contractor for the meeting, at fax number (703) 234-1701. Individuals
without access to the Internet who wish to register may call Sowjanya
Kotakonda with PSA at (703) 234-1737. Registration can also be
completed electronically at https://www.team-psa.com/dot/2008/acbsct/.
Individuals who plan to attend the meeting and need special assistance,
such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable
accommodations, should notify the ACBSCT Executive Secretary, Remy
Aronoff, in advance of the meeting. Mr. Aronoff may be reached by
telephone at 301-443-3264, e-mail: Remy.Aronoff@hrsa.hhs.gov or in
writing at the address provided below. Management and support services
for ACBSCT functions are provided by the Division of Transplantation,
Healthcare Systems Bureau, Health Resources and Services
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Parklawn Building, Room 12C-06,
Rockville, Maryland 20857; telephone number 301-443-7577.
After the presentations and Council discussions, members of the
public will have an opportunity to provide comments. Because of the
Council's full agenda and the timeframe in which to cover the agenda
topics, public comment will be limited. All public comments will be
included in the record of the ACBSCT meeting. Meeting summary notes
will be made available on the HRSA's Program Web site at http://bloodcell.transplant.hrsa.gov/
.
Dated: January 7, 2008.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
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