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SPECIAL NOTICE - 5 March, 2001

INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE GHTF STEERING COMMITTEE

During September 2000, the GHTF agreed to establish a Steering Committee, responsible for management oversight and policy setting for the organisation.

In January 2001, Australia (represented by the Therapeutic Goods Administration, TGA) assumed the GHTF Chair from Health Canada. The Medical Industry Association of Australia will be the GHTF Vice Chair.

The new GHTF Chair, Ms Rita Maclachlan hosted the inaugural meeting of the GHTF Steering Committee in Sydney from 28 February - 2 March 2001. The Steering Committee was addressed by Senator Grant Tambling who has ministerial responsibility for medical devices, medicines and food in Australia.

During the meeting, the major issues considered by the Steering Committee were -

• A Strategic Review of the organisation and development of a Strategic Plan for the next 5 years;
• The review of several GHTF regulatory guidance documents developed by the GHTF Study Groups;
• Founding Members' progress reports on the adoption of GHTF guidance documents into their national systems for medical devices; and
• Planning for the 9th GHTF Conference to be hosted by Australia in Barcelona, Spain from 11-16 October 2001.

The Steering Committee will further progress the outcomes achieved in Sydney at its second meeting in Brussels, Belgium from 12-13 June 2001.

Rita Maclachlan
GHTF Chair; and
Director - Conformity Assessment Branch
Therapeutic Goods Administration
Australia

Last Updated June 23, 2004