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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration

 

Conference on FDA-Regulated Products and Pregnant Women; Notice 
of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that the 
Office of Women's Health, FDA, in cooperation with the Office on 
Women's Health, Public Health Service; the National Institute of Child 
Health and Human Development, and the Office of Research on Women's 
Health, National Institutes of Health; and the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, is sponsoring a public meeting to gather 
consumers and representatives from academia, industry, and government 
to discuss the scientific, legal, and ethical issues associated with 
testing FDA-regulated products in pregnant women.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on Monday, November 7 and 
Tuesday, November 8, 1994, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Registration is 
recommended by October 26, 1994. An opportunity for public comment is 
planned on November 7, 1994, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Submit written 
notices of participation by October 31, 1994.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency Crystal 
City Hotel, 2799 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA 22202, 703-418-
1234. Those persons interested in attending the conference should 
return registration forms by mail to Michelle Priester, KRA Corp., 1010 
Wayne Ave., suite 850, Silver Spring, MD 20910, 301-495-1591, FAX 301-
495-9410. Participants who wish to speak during the public comment 
session should send name, affiliation, address, and phone number to the 
contact person listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary C. Gross or Elyse I. Summers, 
Food and Drug Administration, Office of External Affairs (HF-24), 5600 
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-443-3390.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will include discussions on: (1) 
The scope of the use of and the need for medical intervention in 
pregnancy, (2) the extent to which the physiologic changes of pregnancy 
alter the metabolism of drugs in pregnant women, (3) the application of 
scientific, legal, and ethical concepts that apply to clinical trials 
in pregnant women, and (4) strategies to promote research and 
collection of information on the use of drugs, biologics, and devices 
in pregnant women and their effects on the fetus.

    Dated: October 6, 1994.
William K. Hubbard,
Interim Deputy Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 94-25298 Filed 10-12-94; 8:45 am]
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