[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37503-37504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-15890]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration


Antiviral 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: Antiviral 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 August 20, 2003, from 8 
a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Location: Holiday Inn, Versailles Ballroom, 8120 Wisconsin Ave., 
Bethesda, 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 12531. Please call the Information Line for up-to-date 
information on this meeting.
    Agenda: The committee will discuss clinical trial design issues in 
the development of topical microbicides for the reduction of HIV 
transmission.
    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 August 13, 
2003. Oral presentations from the public will be

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scheduled between approximately 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Time allotted for 
each presentation may be limited.
    Those desiring to make formal oral presentations should notify the 
contact person before August 13, 2003, 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 13, 2003.
Peter J. Pitts,
Associate Commissioner for External Relations.
[FR Doc. 03-15890 Filed 6-23-03; 8:45 am]
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