Bloomberg Law
Oct. 31, 2022, 4:03 PM

FDA Updates Human Cell, Tissue Guidance for Hospitals, Labs

Jeannie Baumann
Jeannie Baumann
Reporter

Hospitals can bypass the FDA’s cell and gene therapy requirements if they’re only using them for non-clinical, scientific, or educational purposes or are performing bone marrow transplants or similar surgeries without sharing or distributing them.

The Food and Drug Administration issued a final guidance document Monday that aims to help small entities comply with the agency’s regulation of human cellular and tissue-based products, or HCT/Ps.

The latest version updates a 2007 document to account for a 2016 rule designed to make it easier to donate frozen embryos to another individual or couple as well as a separate 2016 rule to ...