[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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--General Redelegations of Authority
 
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 
section 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 (Commissioner) requested by the 
Commissioner under the Act (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)(26)), 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 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.
    (c) These officials may not further redelegate these authorities.