[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 104 (Tuesday, May 31, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32422-32423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11563]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2022-N-0784]


Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee; Notice 
of Meeting; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request for Comments

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice; establishment of a public docket; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) announces 
a forthcoming public advisory committee meeting of the Cellular, 
Tissue, and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee (the Committee). The 
general function of the Committee is to provide advice and 
recommendations to the Agency on FDA's regulatory issues. Matters 
considered at the meeting will include discussion of the current 
regulatory expectations for xenotransplantation products. The 
discussion topics include human cells that have had ex vivo contact 
with animal cells, and animal organs and cells for transplantation into 
human subjects, both of which are xenotransplantation products. The 
meeting will be open to the public on both days. FDA is establishing a 
docket for public comment on this document.

DATES: The meeting will be held virtually on June 29, 2022, from 10 
a.m. to 5:25 p.m. Eastern Time and June 30, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 4:45 
p.m. Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: Please note that due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, 
all meeting participants will be joining this advisory committee 
meeting via an online teleconferencing platform. Answers to commonly 
asked questions about FDA advisory committee meetings may be accessed 
at: https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm408555.htm.
    The online web conference meeting will be available at the 
following link on the day of the meeting:
    Day 1 June 29 link: https://youtu.be/DobR-4h8YA0.
    Day 2 June 30 link: https://youtu.be/r8ea5NjLEW0.
    FDA is establishing a docket for public comment on this meeting. 
The docket number is FDA-2022-N-0784. The docket will close on June 28, 
2022. Submit either electronic or written comments on this public 
meeting by June 28, 2022. Please note that late, untimely filed 
comments will not be considered. Electronic comments must be submitted 
on or before June 28, 2022. The https://www.regulations.gov electronic 
filing system will accept comments until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time at the 
end of June 28, 2022. Comments received by mail/hand delivery/courier 
(for written/paper submissions) will be considered timely if they are 
postmarked or the delivery service acceptance receipt is on or before 
that date.
    Comments received on or before June 22, 2022, will be provided to 
the committee. Comments received after that date will be taken into 
consideration by FDA. In the event that the meeting is cancelled, FDA 
will continue to evaluate any relevant applications or information, and 
consider any comments submitted to the docket, as appropriate.
    You may submit comments as follows:

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted 
electronically, including attachments, to https://www.regulations.gov 
will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your comment will be 
made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your comment 
does not include any confidential information that you or a third party 
may not wish to be posted, such as medical information, your or anyone 
else's Social Security number, or confidential business information, 
such as a manufacturing process. Please note that if you include your 
name, contact information, or other information that identifies you in 
the body of your comments, that information will be posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
     If you want to submit a comment with confidential 
information that you do not wish to be made available to the public, 
submit the comment as a written/paper submission and in the manner 
detailed (see ``Written/Paper Submissions'' and ``Instructions'').

Written/Paper Submissions

    Submit written/paper submissions as follows:
     Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for written/paper 
submissions): Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
     For written/paper comments submitted to the Dockets 
Management Staff, FDA will post your comment, as well as any 
attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified, 
as confidential, if submitted as detailed in ``Instructions.''
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No. 
FDA-2022-N-0784 for ``Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies Advisory 
Committee; Notice of Meeting; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request 
for Comments.'' Received comments, those filed in a timely manner (see 
ADDRESSES), will be placed in the docket and, except for those 
submitted as ``Confidential Submissions,'' publicly viewable at https://www.regulations.gov or at the Dockets Management Staff between 9 a.m. 
and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 240-402-7500.
     Confidential Submissions--To submit a comment with 
confidential information that you do not wish to be made publicly 
available, submit your comments only as a written/paper submission. You 
should submit two copies total. One copy will include the information 
you claim to be confidential with a heading or cover note that states 
``THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.'' FDA will review 
this copy, including the claimed confidential information, in its 
consideration of comments. The second copy, which will have the claimed 
confidential information redacted/blacked out, will be available for 
public viewing and posted on https://www.regulations.gov. Submit both 
copies to the Dockets Management Staff. If you do not wish your name 
and contact information be made publicly available, you can provide 
this information on the cover sheet and not in the body of your 
comments and you must identify the information as ``confidential.'' Any 
information marked as ``confidential'' will not be disclosed except in 
accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other applicable disclosure law. For 
more information about FDA's posting of comments to public dockets, see 
80 FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or access the information at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
the electronic and written/paper comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov and insert the docket number, found in brackets in 
the heading of this document, into the ``Search'' box and follow the 
prompts and/or go to the Dockets Management Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, 
Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852, 240-402-7500.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina Vert or Tonica Burke, Center

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for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 
10903 New Hampshire Ave. Bldg. 71, Rm. 1244, Silver Spring, MD 20993-
0002, 240-402-8054, [email protected], or FDA Advisory Committee 
Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC 
area). A notice in the Federal Register about last minute modifications 
that impact a previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot 
always be published quickly enough to provide timely notice. Therefore, 
before coming to the meeting, you should always check the Agency's 
website at https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm and 
scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee meeting link, or call 
the advisory committee information line to learn about possible 
modifications.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Agenda: The meeting presentations will be heard, viewed, captioned, 
and recorded through an online teleconferencing platform. The Committee 
will meet in open session on both days to discuss the current 
regulatory expectations for xenotransplantation products. The 
discussion topics include human cells that have had ex vivo contact 
with animal cells, and animal organs and cells for transplantation into 
human subjects. On June 29, 2022, in the morning, under session 1, the 
Committee will meet to discuss and make recommendations on human cells 
that have ex vivo contact with animal cells. In the afternoon under 
session 2, the Committee will begin to discuss and make recommendations 
on animal organs and cells for transplantation into human subjects and 
their associated risks. On June 30, 2022, the Committee will continue 
to discuss and make recommendations on animal organs and cells for 
transplantation into human subjects.
    FDA intends to make background material available to the public no 
later than 2 business days before the meeting. If FDA is unable to post 
the background material on its website prior to the meeting, the 
background material will be made publicly available on FDA's website at 
the time of the advisory committee meeting. Background material and the 
link to the online teleconference meeting room will be available at 
https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/default.htm. Scroll 
down to the appropriate advisory committee meeting link. The meeting 
will include slide presentations with audio components to allow the 
presentation of materials in a manner that most closely resembles an 
in-person advisory committee meeting.
    Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or 
views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee. 
All electronic and written submissions submitted to the Docket (see 
ADDRESSES) on or before June 22, 2022, will be provided to the 
committee. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between 
approximately 1:15 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. Eastern Time on June 29, 2022, 
and 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Eastern Time on June 30, 2022. Those individuals 
interested in making formal oral presentations should notify the 
contact person and submit a brief statement of the general nature of 
the evidence or arguments they wish to present, the names and addresses 
of proposed participants, and an indication of the approximate time 
requested to make their presentation, on or before June 16, 2022. Time 
allotted for each presentation may be limited. If the number of 
registrants requesting to speak is greater than can be reasonably 
accommodated during the scheduled open public hearing session, FDA may 
conduct a lottery to determine the speakers for the scheduled open 
public hearing session. The contact person will notify interested 
persons regarding their request to speak by June 17, 2022.
    For press inquiries, please contact the Office of Media Affairs at 
[email protected] or 301-796-4540.
    FDA welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee 
meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with 
disabilities. If you require accommodations due to a disability, please 
contact Christina Vert (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) at least 7 
days in advance of the meeting.
    FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee 
meetings. Please visit our website at https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm111462.htm for procedures 
on public conduct during advisory committee meetings.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

    Dated: May 24, 2022.
Lauren K. Roth,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2022-11563 Filed 5-27-22; 8:45 am]
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