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MINUTES
The Watertown BioSafety Committee has scheduled a REMOTE ZOOM meeting on
Thursday October 7, 2021 at 7:00 pm
PRESENT: Bradford M. Parsons Committee Member, Dr, Deborah McEwan Committee
Member, Larry Ramdin, Director of Public Health, Maureen Foley, Staff
Consultant: Mia Tova Lieberman
In attendance Rob Derosier, Joe Patel,Xingyue He, Gary Shapiro,Antonia Pugliese,Kelsey Finn,
Elisa Cerveira, Laura Mark, Laura Brandano, Matthew O'Brien, Kim Nguyen, Paige Swanson
CALL TO ORDER: Larry Ramdin called the meeting to order 7:02 pm
Minutes
1. Minutes approvals for September 2,2021
(Parsons,McEwan)
Roll Call
Public Comment
No Public comments
Registrations:
Vertex Cell& Genetic Therapies—490 Arsenal Way
Laura Mark,BioSafety Officer gave a short synopsis of Vertex's activities with a slide show.
Dr. McEwan asked if all the organisms listed in the IBC minutes were complete. The Certificate of Liability
must state the certificate holder is the Town of Watertown
Brad Parsons stated all the training questions he had were answered in the presentation.
A motion was made to recommend approval of the application to the Board of Health with the following
conditions: 1. Confirm all organisms are listed with containment levels and decontamination plan 2.
Certificate of Liability with the holder as the Town of Watertown
(McEwan,Parsons)
Roll Call
Corner Therapeutics—300 North Beacon Street
Laura Brandano,Vice President-Operations gave a short synopsis of Corner's activities.
Kelsey Finn,Oncology Scientist gave a short synopsis of lab activities.
Brad Parsons thanked Corner for submitting their application prior to moving into their Watertown Facility.
Brad questioned the hazardous waste and chemical waste plans.
Dr. McManus stated the application was thorough, all the protocols are backed up by IBC minutes. The
A motion was made to recommend approval of the application to the Board of Health as submitted.
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(Parsons,McEwan)
Roll Call
Brad Parsons would like to move around the agenda,Dyno Therapeutics and Affini-T Therapeutics share the
same space. He would like to hear from Affini-T after Dyno presents.
Dyno Therapeutics—343 Arsenal Street
Paige Swanson,Associate Director-Operations, gave a short synopsis of Dyno's activities.
Brad Parsons questioned the dedicated space for NHP cells. Once the move to Watertown,the community
member on the IBC will have to be the Belmont person.
Mr. Ramdin is requesting a more larger floor plan,layout and space. The Certificate of Liability must state
the certificate holder is the Town of Watertown.
A motion was made to recommend approval of the application to the Board of Health with the following
conditions: 1. Larger floor plan. 2. Certificate of Liability with the holder as the Town of Watertown
(Parsons,McEwan)
Roll Call
Affini-T Therapeutics,Inc.—343 Arsenal Street
Kim Nguyen, Chief Technical Officer, gave a short synopsis of Affini-T's activities. Xingyue He, Scientist
gave a short synopsis of Afflni-T's science activities.
Dr. McEwan stated the Certificate of Liability must state the certificate holder as the Town of Watertown.
With lentivirus,the lab must treat the whole space as lentispace.
Brad Parsons stated the company is out of Seattle,what materials will be shipped to WA.
Larry Ramdin requested a larger floor plan and an updated Certificate of Liability.
A motion was made to recommend approval of the application to the Board of Health with the following
conditions: 1. Larger floor plan. 2. Certificate of Liability with the holder as the Town of Watertown
(McEwan,Parsons)
Roll Call
Treeline Biosciences—500 Arsenal Street
Sahil Joe Patel, Chair of IBC gave a short synopsis of Treelines's activities.
Brad Parsons stated the company has lab in San Diego,what materials will be shipped to CA. The chemical
Hygiene is marked as a draft. Please send the final version. Mr. Parsons questioned the layout on the 2nd floor
for safe chemical and bio waste removal.
Dr. McEwan stated the application was thorough with training and lentivirus precautions. WBSC needs your
occupational health agreement.
A motion was made to recommend approval of the application to the Board of Health with the following
conditions: 1. Final version of the Chemical Hygiene plan. 2. Submit your occupational health agreement
(McEwan,Parsons)
Roll Call
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Additional Business
All applications should be submitted electronically though TEAMS to the consultant then the committee
members to be reviewed.
Guidelines for renewal process should include the same front page if in the same space and IBC
minutes.
Adjourn:
(Parsons,McEwan) 8:47 PM
All in favor.
Respectfully submitted: Larry Ramdin,Director of Public Health
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