[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7237-7240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3821]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration


Advisory Committees; Tentative Schedule of Meetings for 1997

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION:  Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a 
tentative schedule of forthcoming meetings of its public advisory 
committees for 1997. At the request of the Commissioner of Food and 
Drugs (the Commissioner), the Institute of Medicine (the IOM) conducted 
a study of the use of FDA's advisory committees. The IOM recommended 
that the agency publish an annual tentative schedule of its meetings in 
the Federal Register. In response to that recommendation, FDA is 
publishing its

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annual tentative schedule of meetings for 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna M. Combs, Committee Management 
Office (HFA-306), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-4820.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The IOM, at the request of the Commissioner, 
undertook a study of the use of FDA's advisory committees. In its final 
report, the IOM recommended that FDA adopt a policy of publishing an 
advance yearly schedule of its upcoming public advisory committee 
meetings in the Federal Register. FDA has implemented this 
recommendation. A tentative schedule of forthcoming meetings will be 
published annually in the Federal Register. The annual publication of 
tentatively scheduled advisory committee meetings will provide both 
advisory committee members and the public with the opportunity, in 
advance, to schedule attendance at FDA's upcoming advisory committee 
meetings. The schedule is tentative and amendments to this notice will 
not be published in the Federal Register. FDA will, however, publish a 
Federal Register notice at least 15 days in advance of each upcoming 
advisory committee meeting, announcing the meeting (21 CFR 14.20).
    The following list announces FDA's tentatively scheduled advisory 
committee meetings for 1997:

                                                                        
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                                                               Hotline  
            Committee name               Dates of meetings       code   
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OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER                                              
                                                                        
    Science Board to the Food and Drug  March 13...........  12603      
     Administration                                                     
                                        May 14                          
                                        November 5                      
                                                                        
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND                                     
 RESEARCH                                                               
                                                                        
    Allergenic Products Advisory        April 17-18........  12388      
     Committee                                                          
                                        September 29-30                 
    Biological Response Modifiers       January 30.........  12388      
     Advisory Committee                                                 
                                        May 6-7                         
                                        July 24-25                      
                                        October 16-17                   
    Blood Products Advisory Committee   March 13-14........  12388      
                                        June 19-20                      
                                        September 18-19                 
                                        December 11-12                  
    Transmissible Spongiform            To be announced      12388      
     Encephalopathies Advisory           (presently,                    
     Committee                           committee is                   
                                         unstaffed).                    
    Vaccines and Related Biological     January 30.........  12388      
     Products Advisory Committee                                        
                                        March 14                        
                                        April 10-11                     
                                        July 10-11                      
                                        October 27-28                   
                                                                        
CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND                                          
 RESEARCH                                                               
                                                                        
    Advisory Committee for              May 7-8............  12539      
     Pharmaceutical Science                                             
                                        August 20-21                    
                                                                        
    Advisory Committee for              June 5-6...........  12537      
     Reproductive Health Drugs                                          
                                                                        
    Anesthetic and Life Support Drugs   March 27-28........  12529      
     Advisory Committee                                                 
                                        May 22-23                       
                                        September 17-18                 
    Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory       January 22 (joint    12530      
     Committee                           meeting with                   
                                         Nonprescription                
                                         Drugs Advisory                 
                                         Committee)                     
                                        March 5-7                       
                                        July 24-25                      
                                        November 20-21                  
    Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee  February 21........  12531      
                                        April 24-25                     
                                        September 11-12                 
    Arthritis Advisory Committee        February 4-5.......  12532      
                                        March 18-19                     
                                        May 6-7                         
                                        July 22-23                      
                                        November 4-5                    
    Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs      January 23 (joint    12533      
     Advisory Committee                  meeting with                   
                                         Nonprescription                
                                         Drugs Advisory                 
                                         Committee)                     
                                        February 27-28                  
                                        June 26-27                      
                                        October 23-24                   
    Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs   April 17-18........  12534      
     Advisory Committee                                                 
                                        July 17-18                      
                                        September 15-16                 
                                        November 13-14                  
    Drug Abuse Advisory Committee       February 10-11.....  12535      
                                        June 9-10                       
                                        November 20-21                  
    Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs  February 20-21.....  12536      
     Advisory Committee                                                 

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                                        March 25-26                     
                                        April 14-15                     
                                        May 13-14                       
                                        July 10-11                      
                                        August 21-22                    
                                        September 22-23                 
                                        November 20-21                  
    Gastrointestinal Drugs Advisory     September 18-19....  12538      
     Committee                                                          
                                        December 2                      
    Medical Imaging Drugs Advisory      March 6-7..........  12540      
     Committee                                                          
    Nonprescription Drugs Advisory      January 22 (joint    12541      
     Committee                           meeting with Anti-             
                                         Infective Drugs                
                                         Advisory                       
                                         Committee)                     
                                        January 23 (joint               
                                         meeting with                   
                                         Cardiovascular and             
                                         Renal Drugs                    
                                         Advisory                       
                                         Committee)                     
                                        March 17-19                     
                                        May 13-14 (with                 
                                         representation                 
                                         from                           
                                         Endocrinologic and             
                                         Metabolic Drugs                
                                         Advisory                       
                                         Committee)                     
    Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee  March 7............  12542      
                                        May 1-2                         
                                        June 23-24                      
    Peripheral and Central Nervous      June 26-27.........  12543      
     System Drugs Advisory Committee                                    
    Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory  July 14-16.........  12544      
     Committee                                                          
                                        August 4-5                      
                                        November 5-7                    
    Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory    April 10-11........  12545      
     Committee                                                          
                                                                        
CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY AND APPLIED                                      
 NUTRITION                                                              
                                                                        
    Food Advisory Committee             March 20-21........  10564      
                                        May 21-23                       
                                        July 30-31 and                  
                                          August 1                      
                                        September 24-26                 
                                        November 19-21                  
                                                                        
CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL                                     
 HEALTH                                                                 
                                                                        
    Device Good Manufacturing Practice  No meetings planned  12398      
     Advisory Committee                                                 
    Medical Devices Advisory Committee  ...................             
      Anesthesiology and Respiratory    June 6.............  12624      
       Therapy Devices Panel                                            
                                        September 5                     
                                        November 21                     
      Circulatory System Devices Panel  June 16............  12625      
                                        November 17                     
      Clinical Chemistry and Clinical    March 20-21.......  12514      
       Toxicology Devices Panel                                         
                                        May 8                           
                                        July 24-25                      
                                        September 25-26                 
      Dental Products Panel             February 12........  12518      
                                        May 21-23                       
                                        July 14-16                      
                                        November 3-5                    
      Ear, Nose, and Throat Devices     May 20-21..........  12522      
       Panel                                                            
                                        October 22-23                   
                                        December 11-12                  
      Gastroenterology-Urology Devices  January 16.........  12523      
       Panel                                                            
                                        May 1-2                         
                                        August 7-8                      
                                        November 6-7                    
      General and Plastic Surgery       May 5-6............  12519      
       Devices Panel                                                    
                                        August 4-5                      
                                        November 3-4                    
      General Hospital and Personal     June 2-3...........  12520      
       Use Devices Panel                                                
                                        September 15-16                 
                                        November 13-14                  
      Hematology and Pathology Devices  June 26-27.........  12515      
       Panel                                                            
                                        September 4-5                   
                                        November 20-21                  
      Immunology Devices Panel          June 13............  12516      
                                        September 19                    
                                        December 5                      
      Microbiology Devices Panel        June 19-20.........  12517      
                                        September 11-12                 
      Neurological Devices Panel        March 14...........  12513      
                                        June 27                         
      Obstetrics-Gynecology Devices     April 14-15........  12524      
       Panel                                                            

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                                        July 14-15                      
                                        October 6-7                     
      Ophthalmic Devices Panel          January 13-14......  12396      
                                        March 27-28                     
                                        July 10-11                      
                                        October 20-21                   
      Orthopedic and Rehabilitation     March 6-7..........  12521      
       Devices Panel                                                    
                                        June 9-10                       
                                        October 15-16                   
      Radiological Devices Panel        February 24........  12526      
                                        May 12                          
                                        August 18                       
                                        November 17                     
    National Mammography Quality        January 13-15......  12397      
     Assurance Advisory Committee                                       
                                        August 18-20                    
                                        November 3-5                    
    Technical Electronic Product        April 8-9..........  12399      
     Radiation Safety Standards                                         
     Committee                                                          
                                                                        
CENTER FOR VETERINARY MEDICINE                                          
                                                                        
    Veterinary Medicine Advisory        May 13-14..........  12546      
     Committee                                                          
                                                                        
NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL                                       
 RESEARCH                                                               
                                                                        
    Advisory Committee on Special       September 15-16....  12560      
     Studies Relating to the Possible                                   
     Long-Term Health Effects of                                        
     Phenoxy Herbicides and                                             
     Contaminants (Ranch Hand Advisory                                  
     Committee)                                                         
                                                                        
    Science Advisory Board to the       June 4-5...........  12559      
     National Center for Toxicological                                  
     Research                                                           
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    FDA has established an Advisory Committee Information Hotline (the 
hotline) using a voice-mail telephone system. The hotline provides the 
public with access to the most current information on FDA advisory 
committee meetings. The advisory committee hotline, which will 
disseminate current information and information updates, can be 
accessed by dialing 1-800-741-8138 or 301-443-0572. Each advisory 
committee is assigned a 5-digit number. This 5-digit number will appear 
in each individual notice of meeting. The hotline will enable the 
public to obtain information about a particular advisory committee by 
using the committee's 5-digit number. Information in the hotline is 
preliminary and may change before a meeting is actually held. The 
hotline will be updated when such changes are made.

    Dated: February 7, 1997.
Michael A. Friedman,
Deputy Commissioner for Operations.
[FR Doc. 97-3821 Filed 2-14-97; 8:45 am]
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