[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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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), [[Page 26988]] 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] BILLING CODE 4160-01-F