[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 232 (Monday, December 4, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 62082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29411]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Scientific Conference on Frozen Platelets and Platelet 
Substitutes in Transfusion Medicine

AGENCY: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This conference is sponsored by the Medical Research Combat 
Casualty Care Program of the United States Army and Navy, with the 
participation of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food 
and Drug Administration, and the Blood Resources Program of the 
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH.

    The purpose of the two-day meeting will be to review frozen 
platelet preparations as well as platelet substitutes that are in 
development for hospital and field use. Topics to be discussed include 
appropriate in vitro studies to assess activity as well as preclinical 
and clinical trails to validate efficacy. Poster preparations are 
welcome.
    All individuals wishing to present posters must register and 
provide a 250 word abstract no later than January 20, 1996. All others 
should register by February 1, 1996. The registration fee is $100 
payable to SAIC. Registration forms and initial agenda are available 
from SAIC, ATTN: Ms. Lea Ann Lehmann, 5340 Spectrum Drive, Suite N, 
Frederick, Maryland 21701 (FAX 301-698-6188).

    Date of Meeting: March 7, 1996 to March 8, 1996.

    Place: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences 
(main auditorium), 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD.

    Time: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., March 7 and 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., 
March 8.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Alving, M.D., Colonel Chief, Department of Hematology and 
Vascular Biology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, 
DC 20307-5100 (TEL 301-782-3385, FAX 202-782-0703).
Gregory D. Showalter,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 95-29411 Filed 12-1-95; 8:45 am]
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