[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 79 (Friday, April 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 20414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10971]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration


Radiological Devices Panel of the Medical Devices 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). At least one 
portion of the meeting will be closed to the public.
    Name of Committee: Radiological Devices Panel of the Medical 
Devices Advisory Committee.
    General Function of the Committee: To provide advice and 
recommendations to the agency on FDA regulatory issues.
    Date and Times: The meeting will be held on May 11, 1998, 9 a.m. to 
5 p.m.
    Location: Corporate Bldg., conference room 020B, 9200 Corporate 
Blvd., Rockville, MD.
    Contact Person: Robert J. Doyle, Center for Devices and 
Radiological Health (HFZ-470), Food and Drug Administration, 9200 
Corporate Blvd., Rockville, MD 20850, 301-594-1212, or FDA Advisory 
Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the 
Washington, DC area), code 12526. Please call the Information Line for 
up-to-date information on this meeting.
    Agenda: The committee will discuss, make recommendations and vote 
on a premarket approval application for a computer aided detection 
system for screening mammograms.
    Procedure: On May 11, 1998, from 9 a.m. to 12 m., and from 1 p.m. 
to 5 p.m., 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 May 4, 1998. Oral presentations from the public will 
be scheduled between approximately 9:15 a.m. and 9:45 a.m., and for an 
additional one half hour near the end of the Committee deliberations. 
Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. Those desiring to 
make formal oral presentations should notify the contact person before 
May 4, 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.
    Closed Committee Deliberations: On May 11, 1998, from 12 m. to 1 
p.m., the meeting will be closed to permit discussion and review of 
trade secret and/or confidential information. (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)). 
This portion of the meeting will be closed to permit discussion of this 
information.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

    Dated: April 20, 1998.
Michael A. Friedman,
Deputy Commissioner for Operations.
[FR Doc. 98-10971 Filed 4-23-98; 8:45 am]
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