[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 208 (Thursday, October 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 64224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27456]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration


Science Board to the Food and Drug Administration; 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: Science Board to the Food and Drug 
Administration.
    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 November 17, 2000, 
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Location: Food and Drug Administration, CDER Advisory Committee 
Meeting Room, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
    Contact Person: Susan Mackie Bond, Office of Science 
Coordination and Communication (HF-33), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-
6687, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 
(301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 12603. Please call 
the Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting.
    Agenda: The board will meet to hear and to discuss the following 
issues: (1) Emerging science issues at FDA, (2) strategies for 
maintaining quality of science at FDA, and (3) programmatic peer 
review.
    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 November 7, 
2000. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between 
approximately 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Time allotted for each presentation 
may be limited. Those desiring to make formal oral presentations 
should notify the contact person before November 7, 2000, 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: October 18, 2000.
Linda S. Suydam,
Senior Associate Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 00-27456 Filed 10-25-00; 8:45 am]
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