[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 94 (Thursday, May 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26805-26806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12726]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration


Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.

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    This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory 
committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The meeting will 
be open to the public.
    Name of Committee: Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee.
    General Function of the Committee:  To provide advice and 
recommendations to the agency on FDA regulatory issues.
    Date and Time:  The meeting will be held on June 23, 1997, 8:30 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and June 24, 1997, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. An open 
public hearing portion is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. on June 
23, 1997.
    Location:  Holiday Inn--Bethesda, Versailles Ballrooms I and II, 
8120 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD.
    Contact Person:  Jannette O'Neil-Gonzalez or Robinette Taylor, 
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (HFD-21), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-443-5455, 
or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-
0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 12542. Please call the 
Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting.
    Agenda:  On June 23, 1997, the committee will discuss: (1) New drug 
application (NDA) 20-709 for ZyrkamineTM (mitoguazone 
dihydrochloride, ILEX Oncology), indicated for treatment of AIDS 
(acquired immune deficiency syndrome)-related non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 
patients who have been previously treated with at least one

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potentially curative regimen; and (2) NDA 20-262/S-022 for 
Taxol for Injection Concentrate (paclitaxel, Bristol-Myers 
Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute), indicated for second-line 
treatment of AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma. On June 24, 1997, the 
committee will discuss: (1) NDA 20-794 for LiazalTM Tablets 
(liarozole fumarate, Janssen Research Foundation), indicated for 
treatment of advanced prostate cancer in patients who relapsed after 
first-line hormonal therapy; and (2) drafts of the FDA ``Guidance for 
Industry: Providing Clinical Evidence of Effectiveness for Human Drug 
and Biological Products'' and the FDA ``Guidance for Industry: FDA 
Approval of New Cancer Treatment Uses for Marketed Drug and Biological 
Products.'' These documents are available on the internet at http://
www.fda.gov/cder/guidance/htm or submit written requests for single 
copies to the Drug Information Branch (HFD-210), Center for Drug 
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
    Procedure:  The meeting is open to the public. Interested persons 
may present data, information, or views, orally or in writing, on 
issues pending before the committee. Written submissions may be made to 
the contact person by June 6, 1997. Those desiring to make formal 
presentations should notify the contact person before June 6, 1997, and 
submit a brief statement of the general nature of the evidence or 
arguments they wish to present, the names and addresses of proposed 
participants, and an indication of the approximate time required to 
make their presentation.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

    Dated: May 9, 1997.
Michael A. Friedman,
Deputy Commissioner for Operations.
[FR Doc. 97-12726 Filed 5-14-97; 8:45 am]
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