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Cardiovascular tissue, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine T/A Donor Tissue Bank of Victoria, CON-1199

Product name
Cardiovascular tissue
Sponsor name
Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine T/A Donor Tissue Bank of Victoria
Consent start
Consent no.
CON-1199
Duration
The consent is effective from 22 December 2023 until 1 October 2031.
Standard
Part 2 Section 10 (9) and Schedule 1 Item 8(b) and Item 8(c). of Therapeutic Goods (Standard for Human Cell and Tissue Products - Donor Selection Requirements) (TGO 108) Order 2021
Non-compliance with standard
The products will not comply with the requirement of indefinite geographical deferral for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) risk, applicable to tissue donors having spent a cumulative length of time of 6 months or more in the UK between 1980 and 1996 or receiving a transfusion or injection of blood or blood components while in the UK at any time on or after 1 January 1980.
Conditions imposed
That the sponsor continues to monitor the literature and informs the Therapeutic Goods Administration of any new evidence that substantively alters the estimated risks, such that they become unacceptable.
Import, Supply, &/or Export
supply
Therapeutic product type
Blood, tissues, and biologicals