[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 247 (Monday, December 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72354-72355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33393]


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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 January 13, 2000, 8:30 
a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
    Location: Holiday Inn, Versailles Ballrooms I and II, Two 
Montgomery Village Ave., Gaithersburg, MD.
    Contact Person: Gail M. Dapolito or Rosanna L. Harvey, Center for 
Biologics Evaluation and Research (HFM-71), 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: The Xenotransplantation Subcommittee will discuss the 
following public health issues concerning xenotransplantation: (1) 
Update of scientific data concerning porcine endogenous retrovirus, (2) 
blood donor deferral, and (3) examination of risks posed by different 
types of xenotransplantation products.
    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 3, 
2000. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between 
approximately 9:45 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Time allotted for each 
presentation may be limited. Those desiring to make formal oral 
presentations should notify the contact person before January 3, 2000, 
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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 15, 1999.
Linda A. Suydam,
Senior Associate Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 99-33393 Filed 12-23-99; 8:45 am]
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