Press Release: Legislation, Medicine: Fleshing out EU regulations on human tissues and cells

The European Commission launches an open consultation to put meat on the bones of new EU rules governing the safe and ethical medical use of human tissue and cells (Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells)

• Primary Source

European Commission: DG Health and Consumer Protection: Threats to health: Blood, tissues, organs: Tissues and cells http://ec.europa.eu/comm/health/ph_threats/human_substance/tissues_en.htm

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