(3) This document is intended to provide guidance in preparing proposals for 
NIH consideration under Section III-A-4 of the NIH Guidelines for Research 
Involving Recombinant DN^ Molecules. Not every point mentioned in the 
"Points to Consider"* document will necessarily require attention in every 
proposal. The document will be considered for revision as experience in 
evaluating proposals accumulates and as new scientific developments occur. 
This review will be carried out at least annually. 
(4) A proposal will be considered by the RAC only after the protocol has been 
approved by the local Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) and by the 
local Institutional Review Board (IRB) in accordance with Department of 
Health and Human Services (DHHS) Regulations for the Protection of Human 
Subjects (45 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 46). If a proposal involves 
children, special attention should be paid to subpart D of these DHHS 
regulations. The IRB and IBC may, at their discretion, condition their 
approval on further specific deliberation by the RAC and its working group. 
Consideration of gene therapy proposals by the RAC may proceed simultaneously 
with review by any other involved federal agencies^ provided that the 
RAC is notified of the simultaneous review. Meetings of the coamittee 
will be open to the public except where trade secrets or proprietary 
information would be disclosed. The committee would prefer that the 
first proposals submitted for RAC review contain no proprietary information 
or trade secrets, enabling all aspects of the review to be open to the 
public. The public review of these protocols will serve to inform the 
^The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has jurisdiction ever drug products in- 
tended for use in clinical trials of human somatic-cell gene therapy. For 
general information on FCA's policies and regulatory requirements, please see 
the Federal Register , Volume 51, pages 23309-23313. 1986. 
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