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FDA Released Final GTP Guidelines

19 November 2004

The FDA has released its final guidelines on Good Tissue Practices (GTP) for Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products (HCT/Ps). This is the third and final rule proposed for HCT/Ps and will become effective 25 May 2005. The FDA Q&A indicate that some cord blood establishments, under some circumstances, will become subject to FDA inspection.