[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 120 (Tuesday, June 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 34187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16604]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Notice of Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and 
Availability

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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    The Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability will meet 
on August 27, 1998, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and on August 28, 1998 from 
8:00 am to 3:00 pm. The meeting will take place in the Ticonderoga Room 
of the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey, NW., 
Washington, DC. 2001. The meeting will be entirely open to the public.
    The Committee will consider potential barriers to the evolution 
from human- to recombinant-based blood products. On August 27, 1998 the 
committee will review information presented to it by representatives of 
consumers, industry and government agencies. At the conclusion of these 
presentations, the public will be invited to comment. Following these 
presentations, the Committee will consider what, if any, 
recommendations to make to the Department on this matter.
    Prospective speakers should notify the Executive Secretary of their 
desire to address the Committee and should plan for no more than 5 
minutes of comment.
    An attempt will be made to schedule future meetings of the Advisory 
Committee on Blood Safety and Availability on the last Thursday and 
Friday of January, April and August in 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen D. Nightingale, M.D., Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee 
on Blood Safety and Availability, Office of Public Health and Safety, 
Department of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20201. Phone (202) 690-5560 FAX (202) 690-6584 e-mail 
[email protected].

    Dated: June 15, 1998.
Stephen D. Nightingale, MD.,
Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and 
Availability.
[FR Doc. 98-16604 Filed 6-22-98; 8:45 am]
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