FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH

CELLULAR, TISSUE AND GENE THERAPIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE

 

April 10, 2008

Hilton Hotel, Gaithersburg, Maryland

 

DRAFT AGENDA

 

            OPEN COMMITTEE DISCUSSION

            Topic 1:           Cellular Therapies Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells

                                    Scientific Considerations for Pre-Clinical Safety Testing        

 

 

9:00 a.m.         Welcome and Introduction of Members

                                    Walter Urba, M.D., Ph.D., Chair

 

9:10                 Conflict of Interest Statement

                                    Gail Dapolito, Executive Secretary

 

9:15                 FDA Introduction: Scope and Limitations

                                    Steven Bauer, Ph.D.

                                    Chief, Cell and Tissue Therapy Branch

                                    Division of Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies

                                    Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA

 

                        Guest Presentations

9:30                                         Melissa K. Carpenter, Ph.D.

                                                Vice President of Research and Development

                                                Novocell, Inc. 

9:50                             Q&A

 

10:00                                       Jonathan Dinsmore, Ph.D.

                                                Senior Vice President, Clinical and Regulatory

                                                Advanced Cell Technology

10:20                           Q&A

 

10:30                                       Jane S. Lebkowksi, Ph.D.

                                                Senior Vice President of Regenerative Medicine

                                                Geron Corporation

10:50                           Q&A

 

11:00               Break

 

 

11:15               Guest Presentations (Cont’d)

                                                Ole Isacson, M.D.

                                                Professor of Neurology

                                                Harvard Medical School

11:45                           Q&A

 

11:55                                       Jeffrey Bulte, Ph.D.

                                                Professor of Radiology

                                                Johns Hopkins University

12:25 p.m.                   Q&A

 

12:35               OPEN PUBLIC HEARING

 

1:05                 Lunch

 

2:05                 Committee Discussion of Questions

 

4:00                 Break

 

6:00 p.m.         Adjourn