Recommendations
Recommendation 17
The Council recommends to the Secretary that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA) recognize and accept laboratory-developed testing performed in Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act(CLIA)-certified, high complexity histocompatibility laboratories.
Recommendation 18
The Council recommends that FDA broaden the investigational new drug(IND) and biologics license application(BLA) clinical indications for unrelated donor cord blood transplantation to include use for hematopoietic and/or immune reconstitution or enzyme replacement in any situation where hematopoietic stem cell transplantation(HSCT) is the appropriate approach to treatment.
Recommendation 19
The Council recommends that all cord blood products have the same IND and BLA clinical indications; this is scientifically and medically sound.
Recommendation 20
The Council recommends implementation of a transition plan, initially stated as on or before October 20, 2011, to allow time for the FDA to review recommendations 17 and 18 above and to allow for implementation of any changes by transplant centers who will need to put these changes through their institutional review boards.
Recommendation 21
The Council recommends that CBUs collected through distribution of kits sent to motivated maternal donors or obstetrical units collected by an obstetric provider, which meet all National Cord Blood Inventory(NCBI)/FDA qualifications be eligible for listing on the NCBI and for FDA licensure.