Roundtable on Biomedical Engineering Materials and Applications
Abstract
The National Materials Advisory Board (NMAB) held a BEMA Roundtable workshop on 07-08 February 2002 (postponed from 04-05 October 2001 due to issues pertaining to 9/11 terrorist attack) at the National Research Council (NRC), Washington, DC. The invited speakers were Dr. David Feigal, Director for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, US Food and Drug Administration, Ron Greene, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering; Barbara Rather, Dow Corning; Nelson Lazear, Bayer, James Harper, Policy Counsel. com; and George Brode, Integra LifeSciences. The speakers addressed the topic of pathways to innovation, including examining the current status and gauge the effects of biomaterials shortages, identifying key barriers to biomaterials availability, and discussing forging biomaterials supplier. The meeting provided opportunities to explore with key stakeholders and decision makers future options in assuring biomaterials availability. NMAB held the fourth BEMA meeting on 222-23 July 2002 at the NRC's J. Erik Jonsson Woods Hole Center, Woods Hole, MA. The technical speakers were Nancy Parenteau, Amaranth Bio, Inc.; Joshua Jacobs, Rash University Medical College; Eric Amis, NIST; Doyle Gantt, FDA, Center for Devices and Radiological Health; Anthony Ratcliffe, Advanced Tissue Sciences; Jack Lemons, University of Alabama - Birmingham, Rodney White, UCLA; John Watson, National Institutes of Health; and Michael Jaffe, Medical Device Concept Laboratory. The meeting goals were to continue planning for a "Science-Based Testing" workshop, now scheduled for 11-12 February of 2002, and to discuss issues of interest including implant retrieval (and associated logistics, database issues, privacy, etc); differentiation of biologics, devices, and combination products; industry perspective of where advanced biomedical materials are headed and their related testing requirements (e.g., nano, MEMS, tissue engineering), and current testing protocols.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA407761
Entities
People
- Richard Chait
- Teri Thorowgood
- Toni Marechaux
Organizations
- National Academy of Sciences