[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR5.24]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 5--DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY AND ORGANIZATION--Table of Contents
 
Subpart B--Redelegations of Authority from the Commissioner of Food and 
                                  Drugs
 
Sec. 5.24  Authority relating to technology transfer.

    (a) The Associate Commissioner for Regulatory Affairs is authorized 
to perform the functions of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs as 
requested by the Commissioner regarding the authority to disapprove or 
require modification of cooperative research and development agreements 
and licensing agreements and transmit written explanation of such 
approval or disapproval to the head of the laboratory concerned under 
sections 11(c)(5) (A) and (B) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 
Innovation Act of 1980 (the Act) (15 U.S.C. 3710a(c)(5) (A) and (B)), as 
amended.
    (b) The following officials are authorized to perform the functions 
of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs as requested by the Commissioner 
under the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 
3701 et seq.), as amended, and Executive Order 12591 of April 10, 1987, 
except to the extent that redelegation of those functions is 
specifically limited in Sec. 5.10(a)(29) of this part, as they pertain 
to the functions of their respective organizations, including the 
authority to perform the functions of laboratory directors under the Act 
as the heads of their respective Federal laboratories, subject to the 
discretion of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to require that 
agreements entered into under section 11(a) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 
3710a(a)) include provisions in accordance with section 11(c)(5)(A) of 
the Act (15 U.S.C. 3710a(c)(5)(A):
    (1) The Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
    (2) The Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
    (3) The Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.
    (4) The Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
    (5) The Director, Center for Veterinary Medicine.
    (6) The Director, National Center for Toxicological Research.
    (7) The Associate Commissioner for Regulatory Affairs.

[53 FR 26049, July 11, 1988]