[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 115 (Monday, June 16, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 32620] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-15638] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Dermatologic and Ophthalmic 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 July 14 and 15, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.. Location: Holiday Inn, Versailles Ballrooms I and II, 8120 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD. Contact Person: Tracy K. Riley or Angie Whitacre, 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 12534. Please call the Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting. Agenda: On July 14, 1997, the committee will discuss biologic licensing application (BLA) 96-1408, Regranex(becaplermin [PDGF-BB], Chiron Corp., in a carboxymethyl cellulose gel), OMJ Pharmaceuticals, Inc., for treatment of chronic diabetic foot ulcers. On July 15, 1997, the committee will participate in a general scientific discussion regarding the development of a possible future guidance document for chronic cutaneous ulcers. This is one segment of an overall effort by the agency to provide guidance on wound healing products, including a future discussion of products for treatment of burns. The agency encourages investigators, academicians, members of the pharmaceutical industry, consumer groups, and others with information relevant to the topics to respond to the contact person. Procedure: 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 July 3, 1997. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between approximately 8:30 a.m. and 9 a.m., on July 14, 1997; between approximately 8:30 a.m. and 9 a.m., and between approximately 1 p.m. and 1:30 p.m., on July 15, 1997. Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. Those desiring to make formal presentations should notify the contact person before July 3, 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 requested to make their presentation. Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2). Dated: June 9, 1997. Michael A. Friedman, Deputy Commissioner for Operations. [FR Doc. 97-15638 Filed 6-13-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-01-F