[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 165 (Thursday, August 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 46697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22240]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Notice of Establishment

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 
U.S.C. Appendix 2), the Director, National Institutes of Health, 
announces the establishment of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on 
Xenotransplantation (Committee).
    This Committee will advise the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, through the Assistant Secretary for Health, on all aspects of 
the scientific development and clinical applications of 
xenotransplantation. The Committee's charge includes: advise on the 
current state of knowledge regarding xenotransplantation, review 
current and proposed xenotransplantation clinical trails, identify and 
discuss the medical, scientific, ethical, legal, and/or socioeconomic 
issues raised by these clinical trials, advise on the potential for 
transmission of infectious diseases, recommend changes to the PHS 
Guidelines on Infectious Disease Issues in Xenotransplantation, and 
discuss other issues that are relevant to xenotransplantation.
    Unless renewed by appropriate action prior to its expiration, the 
Charter for the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Xenotransplantation 
will expire two years from the date of establishment.

    Dated: August 16, 1999.
Harold Varmus,
Director, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 99-22240 Filed 8-25-99; 8:45 am]
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