[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 79 (Friday, April 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20414-20415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10970]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration


Science Board to the Food and Drug Administration; 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: Science Board to the Food and Drug 
Administration.
    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 May 19, 1998, 9 a.m. to 
3:30 p.m.
    Location: Doubletree Hotel, Plaza Room, 1750 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, MD.
    Contact Person: Susan K. Meadows, Office of Science (HF-32), Food 
and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-
827-4591, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 
(301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 12603. Please call the 
Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting.
    Agenda: Information will be presented to the board regarding: (1) 
FDA's research and science programs, (2) the process for peer review 
and findings from the Subcommittee for the Center for Biologics 
Evaluation and Research Review, (3) the status of the Biomaterials 
Forum project (a process for information exchange addressing issues in 
biomaterials science), (4) the activities of the Science Board 
Subcommittee on Toxicology, and (5) a proposed model for support for 
FDA Science.
    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 May 1, 1998. 
Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between 
approximately 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Time allotted for each presentation may 
be limited. Those desiring to make formal oral presentations should 
notify the contact person before May 1, 1998, 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: April 17, 1998.
Michael A. Friedman,
Deputy Commissioner for Operations.
[FR Doc. 98-10970 Filed 4-23-98; 8:45 am]
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