[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26987-26988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12519]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration


Subcommittee of the Biological Response Modifiers 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: Subcommittee of the Biological Response 
Modifiers 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 June 3, 1999, 8:30 a.m. 
to 6 p.m., and June 4, 1999, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
    Location: Holiday Inn, Versailles Ballrooms I and II, 8120 
Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD.
    Contact Person: Gail M. Dapolito or Rosanna L. Harvey, Center for 
Biologics Evaluation and Research (HFM-71),

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Food and Drug Administration, 1401 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, 
301-827-0314, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-
8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 12389. Please call 
the Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting.
    Agenda: On June 3 and 4, 1999, the Xenotransplantation Subcommittee 
will discuss the following public health issues concerning porcine 
xenotransplantation: (1) Update of scientific data concerning porcine 
endogenous retrovirus, (2) update of patient monitoring and screening 
data concerning patients who have received a porcine xenograft, (3) 
update on FDA xenotransplantation policy development, and (4) proposals 
for solid organ xenotransplantation.
    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 27, 1999. 
Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between 
approximately 8:45 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on June 3, 
1999. Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. Those 
desiring to make formal oral presentations should notify the contact 
person before May 20, 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: May 12, 1999.
Michael A. Friedman,
Deputy Commissioner for Operations.
[FR Doc. 99-12519 Filed 5-13-99; 4:24 pm]
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