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HTA announces licence fees for 2018/19
Today the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) has announced licence fee levels for the 2018/19 business year. The new licence fees come into effect from April 2018 and will be calculated on the same basis as 2017/18.
Coding and import Directives: import licence applications now open
The Human Tissue Authority (HTA) is now accepting applications from establishments in the human application (HA) sector that import tissues and cells.
Annual activity collection for 2017 data is now open for submissions
All establishments licensed for patient treatment under the Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) Regulations 2007 must submit data relating to the activities they undertook and the tissue types they worked with in 2017.
Government’s response to the consultation on Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Today the Department of Health (DH) has published the Government’s response to the consultation on Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Appli
Have you read the HTA’s ‘Cord blood banking: a guide for parents?’
European Commission consultation regarding EU legislation on blood, tissues and cells
The European Commission is consulting on the EU legislation on blood, tissues and cells.
HTLV-1 policy
This policy has been developed by the HTA in order to provide clarification and to assure consistency in the way licensed establishments apply the mandatory testing requirements for HTLV-1 testing.
HTA responds to Government's regenerative medicine report
The Human Tissue Authority (HTA) welcomes the publication of the report from the Regenerative Medicine Expert Group, “Building on our own potential: a UK pathway for regener