[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42788-42789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15897]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration


Anti-Infective Drugs 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: Anti-Infective Drugs 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 July 10, 2002, from 8:30 
a.m. to 5 p.m., and on July 11, 2002, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    Location: Marriott Washingtonian Center, Grand Ballroom, 9751 
Washingtonian Blvd., Gaithersburg, MD.
    Contact Person: Tara P. Turner, Center for Drug Evaluation and 
Research (HFD-21), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane (for 
express delivery, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1093), Rockville, MD 20857, 
301-827-7001, e-mail: [email protected], or FDA Advisory Committee 
Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC 
area), code 12530. Please call the Information Line for up-to-date 
information on this meeting.
    Agenda: On July 10, 2002, the committee will discuss the new drug 
application (NDA) 21-242, artesunate rectal capsules, World Health 
Organization, proposed for emergency treatment of acute malaria in 
patients who cannot take oral medication and for whom parenteral 
treatment is not available. On July 11, 2002, the committee will 
discuss clinical trial design for studies of otitis media. Since the 
publication of the 1998 ``Draft Guidance to Industry on Acute Otitis 
Media--Developing Antimicrobial Drugs for Treatment'' (see the FDA 
Internet Web site at http://www.fda.gov/cder/guidance/), the agency has 
received advice from the public and the Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory 
Committee on changes to clinical trial design (see transcripts from 
November 19, 1997; July 29 to 31, 1998; January 30, 2001; and November 
7, 2001, for various antimicrobials at the FDA Internet Web site at 
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/acmenu.htm). The

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agency has compiled these comments into a plan for further discussion 
by the committee.
    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 July 2, 2002. 
Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between 
approximately 1 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. on July 10, 2002, and between 
approximately 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. on July 11, 2002. Time allotted for 
each presentation may be limited. Those desiring to make formal oral 
presentations should notify the contact person before July 2, 2002, 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.
    Persons attending FDA's advisory committee meetings are advised 
that the agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical 
outlets.
    FDA welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee 
meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with 
physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special 
accommodations due to a disability, please contact Tara Turner at least 
7 days in advance of the meeting.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

    Dated: June 17, 2002.
Margaret M. Dotzel,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 02-15897 Filed 6-24-02; 8:45 am]
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