FDA Forms Human Tissue Safety Task Force

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The FDA said it has formed a multidisciplinary task force on human cell and tissue safety to review recently reported findings that some tissue recovery establishments are not following federal requirements.

The agency said on Aug. 30 that the FDA Human Tissue Task Force (HTTF), which will be led by senior FDA officials from the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) and the Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA), will focus on assessing the effectiveness of the implementation of the new tissue regulations, which went into effect in 2005.

"The primary goal of the new task force …