[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 24, 2010)]
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[FR Doc No: 2010-6438]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Advisory Council on Blood Stem Cell Transplantation; Notice of
Meeting
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given of the following
meeting:
Name: Advisory Council on Blood Stem Cell Transplantation.
Date and Times: May 5, 2010, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Place: Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, 5701
Marinelli Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20852.
Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
Purpose: Pursuant to Public Law 109-129, 42 U.S.C. 274k (section
379 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended) the ACBSCT advises
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.
Agenda
The Council will hear reports from three ACBSCT Work Groups:
Access to Transplantation, Cord Blood Collections, and Scientific
Factors Necessary To Define a Cord Blood Unit as High Quality. The
Council also will hear presentations and discussions on the
following topics: Performance measures and targets for programs, FDA
final guidance for cord blood licensure, models predicting the
impact of growth of the cord blood inventory and the adult donor
registry, realizing the full potential of cord blood, financial
incentives for adult donors, and the capacity of the national system
to handle a larger number of transplants. Agenda items are subject
to change as priorities indicate.
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/ABOUT/Advisory_Council/index.html.
The draft meeting agenda and a registration form are available
on the HRSA's Program Web site at http://bloodcell.transplant.hrsa.gov/ABOUT/Advisory_Council/index.html.
Registration can also be completed electronically at http://www.ACBSCT.com or submitted by facsimile to Lux Consulting Group,
Inc., the logistical support contractor for the meeting, at fax
number (301) 585-7741, ATTN: Tristan Alexander. Individuals without
access to the Internet who wish to register may call Tristan
Alexander at (301) 585-1261.
For Further Information Contact: Remy Aronoff, Executive Secretary,
Healthcare Systems Bureau, Health Resources and Services
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 12-105, Rockville, Maryland
20857; telephone (301) 443-3264.
Dated: March 16, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2010-6438 Filed 3-23-10; 8:45 am]
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