Dr. Donald S. Fredrickson 
Page Two 
October 23, 1978 
The Committee urges that Congress, as it considers 
legislation to provide for DNA safety regulation, 
and the National Institutes of Health, as it 
considers the modification of existing guidelines, 
recognize that unnecessarily restrictive require- 
ments could impede the progress of this essential 
research on synthetic insulin. 
For inclusion in the 1978-79 National Diabetes Advisory 
Board Report to Congress, could you prepare for us a paper 
outlining what steps will be taken by your institute to 
follow-up on the Recommendations made by the Insulin Study 
Committee. We would appreciate an update on what you have 
already accomplished based on the committee's recommendations. 
In addition, please feel free to add any comments or con- 
clusions or further recommendations, which you have found 
to be pertinent to the subject of the study of insulin supply 
and demand in the United States from 1978 - 2000. 
Please forward by November 5 the information on the status 
of the Recommendations in your institute so that we may 
include the data in our Insulin Study Committee update within 
the National Diabetes Advisory Board 1978-79 Report to Congress. 
Si 
Lee Ducat, Chairman 
Insulin Study Committee 
National Diabetes Advisory Board 
LD/sb 
Enclosures* A Study of Insulin Supply and Demand and Appendix . 
Recommendations - Supply and Demand of Insulin 
in the United States . 
Human Insulin Article. 
[A-436] 
