[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 242 (Thursday, December 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 69634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33352]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration


Ophthalmic 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). The meeting will 
be open to the public.
    Name of Committee: Ophthalmic Devices Panel of the Medical Devices 
Advisory Committee.
    General Function of the Committee: To provide advice and 
recommendations to the agency on FDA's regulatory issues.
    Date and Time: The meeting will be held on January 12, 1999, 8 a.m. 
to 4:30 p.m.
    Location: Corporate Bldg., conference room 020B, 9200 Corporate 
Blvd., Rockville, MD.
    Contact Person: Sara M. Thornton, Center for Devices and 
Radiological Health (HFZ-460), Food and Drug Administration, 9200 
Corporate Blvd., Rockville, MD 20850, or FDA Advisory Committee 
Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC 
area), code 12396. 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 (PMA) for intrastromal corneal ring 
segments for the correction of myopia from -1.00 to -3.50 diopters in 
patients having 1.0 diopter or less of astigmatism.
    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 January 8, 
1999. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between 
approximately 8:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. on January 12, 1999. Near the end of 
the committee deliberations, a 30-minute open public session will be 
conducted for interested persons to address issues specific to the 
submission before the committee. Time allotted for each presentation 
may be limited. Those desiring to make formal oral presentations should 
notify the contact person before January 8, 1999, 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: December 8, 1998.
Michael A. Friedman,
Deputy Commissioner for Operations.
[FR Doc. 98-33352 Filed 12-16-98; 8:45 am]
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