Kara Wacker, MBA, RAC ISCT North America LRA Committee Foundation or the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy United States Tuula Rintala European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) Spain FACT and JACIE Publish Updates to Hematopoietic Cell Therapy and Immune Effector...
Kara Wacker, MBA, RAC ISCT North America LRA Committee United States A hallmark of FACT accreditation is its integration of clinical and laboratory practice within its consensus, peer-driven standards. In this article, we highlight the growth in accreditation of Clinical Programs and recent...
Nadia Omega Cipta, PhD A*STAR Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) Singapore The Singapore Cell and Gene Therapy (SCGT) Pan Asia Summit 2025 , held in partnership with the International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy (ISCT) , is jointly organised by the Agency for...
Virginia Picanço-Castro Research Coordinator Fundação Hemocentro de Ribeirão Preto (Blood Center of Ribeirão Preto), University of São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil Andrés Caicedo Associate Professor Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) Quito, Ecuador ORCID: 0000-0001-8821-0333 ...
Fajar Dumadi, BSc International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy (ISCT) Canada This report provides links to the latest updates from European-based regulatory agencies, including CAT quarterly highlights and approved ATMPs, warning about unregulated ATMPs in the EU, EMA...
Paula Stoddart Clinical Manager, Miltenyi Biotec Australia Jessica Sue Quality Manager, Sydney Cord Blood Bank, Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND REGULATORY UPDATES AOTEAROA – NEW ZEALAND Medsafe On 31 st March 2025 the...
Kara Wacker, Strategic Planning Administrator Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy Omaha, NE USA FACT announced in April 2025 the formation of a ‘Community CAR T Working Group’ (working group) to discuss and propose clinical accreditation standards for community-based...
Tuula Rintala Director, Quality of Care and Advocacy EBMT, European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Barcelona, Spain Inspectors are often the unsung heroes of the JACIE process. Frequently, the focus is on the 1.5 days the inspectors spend onsite, in person...
Tuula Rintala Director, Quality of Care and Advocacy EBMT, European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Barcelona, Spain As we are approaching the EBMT Annual Meeting 2025 , in Florence, we have been reflecting on the changes in the landscape that ...
Sarah Litel-Smith, Manager of Accreditation Services Andrea Carney, MLS(ASCP)cm, FACT Accreditation Coordinator Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy Omaha, NE USA As the fields of cellular therapy and cord blood banking continue to advance, the demand for accreditation by...