[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 118 (Thursday, June 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 33427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16067]


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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: Nonprescription 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, 1997, 8:30 a.m. 
to 5 p.m.
    Location: Holiday Inn, Versailles Ballrooms I and II, 8120 
Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD.
    Contact Person: Andrea G. Neal 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 12541. Please call the Information Line for 
up-to-date information on this meeting.
    Agenda: The committee will hear presentations and discuss the 
proposed labeling requirements for over-the-counter (OTC) drug products 
that will enable consumers to better read and understand OTC drug 
product labeling and to apply this information to the safe and 
effective use of OTC drug products. Elsewhere in this issue of the 
Federal Register, FDA is also extending the comment period on a 
proposed rule regarding labeling requirements for OTC drug products 
that appeared in the Federal Register of February 27, 1997 (62 FR 
9024).
    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 1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Time allotted for each 
presentation may be limited. Those desiring to make formal oral 
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.I11Notice of this meeting is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

    Dated: June 12, 1997.
Michael A. Friedman,
Deputy Commissioner for Operations.
[FR Doc. 97-16067 Filed 6-18-97; 8:45 am]
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