# Memorandum of Understanding Between the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and Northeastern University
**AGENCY:**
Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing notice of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between FDA and Northeastern University. The purpose of the MOU is to form a collaborative relationship between FDA and Northeastern University; provide opportunities for exchanging of graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, and personnel and for advanced training and outreach; stimulate cooperative research, and information exchange in biological product characterization and regulation with Northeastern University's Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis; and develop training programs for FDA and potentially other Government agencies and Industry in the broad areas of biotechnology and analytical chemistry.
**DATES:**
The agreement became effective November 19, 2009.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Keith O. Webber, Office of Pharmaceutical Science, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20903, 301-796-2400, e-mail: *[email protected]* .
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
In accordance with 21 CFR 20.108(c), which states that all written agreements and MOUs between FDA and others shall be published in the *Federal Register* , the agency is publishing notice of this MOU.
Dated: December 17, 2009.
David Dorsey,
Acting Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Planning and Budget.