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Senate committee backs expanding settings for investigational adult stem-cell treatment with safeguards
Summary
Sen. Beverly Powell laid out House Bill 5 147 to broaden locations where investigational adult stem-cell therapies may be given, require GMP manufacturing and expanded institutional review oversight; patients and physicians urged expanded access with medical and IRB safeguards.
House Bill 5 147 would expand settings where investigational adult stem-cell treatments may be provided in Texas, require that cell products meet FDA good manufacturing practices (GMP), and increase oversight by allowing institutional review boards to supervise treatments, Sen. Beverly Powell told the committee.
The bill builds on earlier Texas statutes (including the 2017 law often referred to as "Charlie’s Law") that permitted expanded…
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