[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 1 (Monday, January 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 133-134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-34068]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration


General and Plastic Surgery 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). At least one 
portion of the meeting will be closed to the public.
    Name of Committee: General and Plastic Surgery 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.

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    Date and Time: The meeting will be held on January 12, 2000, 10 
a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Location: Corporate Bldg., conference room 020B, 9200 Corporate 
Blvd., Rockville, MD.
    Contact Person: David Krause, Center for Devices and Radiological 
Health (HFZ-410), Food and Drug Administration, 9200 Corporate Blvd., 
Rockville, MD 20850, 301-594-3090, ext. 141, or FDA Advisory Committee 
Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC 
area), code 12519. Please call the Information Line or access the 
Internet address of http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/panelmtg.html for up-to-
date information on this meeting.
    Agenda: The committee will discuss, make recommendations, and vote 
on a premarket approval application for an Absorbable Adhesion Barrier 
Device.
    Procedure: On January 12, 2000, from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. the 
meeting is open to the public. 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 
December 29, 1999. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled 
between approximately 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., and between approximately 
3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Time allotted for each presentation may be 
limited. Those desiring to make formal oral presentations should notify 
the contact person before January 5, 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.
    Closed Committee Deliberations: On January 12, 2000, from 10 a.m. 
to 10:30 a.m., the meeting will be closed to permit FDA to present to 
the committee trade secret and/or confidential commercial information 
(5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)) relating to pending issues and applications.
    FDA regrets that it was unable to publish this notice 15 days prior 
to the January 12, 2000, General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel of 
the Medical Devices Advisory Committee meeting. Because the agency 
believes there is some urgency to bring these issues to public 
discussion and qualified members of the General and Plastic Surgery 
Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee meeting were 
available at this time, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs concluded 
that it was in the public interest to hold this meeting even if there 
was not sufficient time for the customary 15-day public notice.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C., app. 2).

    Dated: December 21, 1999.
Linda A. Suydam,
Senior Associate Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 99-34068 Filed 12-29-99; 2:12 pm]
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