[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 157 (Thursday, August 14, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 48616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20740]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Notice 
of Closed Meeting

    Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2) notice is hereby given of the following 
meeting.
    The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with the 
provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 
U.S.C., as amended. The purpose of this meeting is to evaluate clinical 
research projects with yearly direct costs greater than $1 million for 
their relevance to the mission and the goals of NINDS. The outcome of 
the evaluation will be a decision whether NINDS should accept the 
application for scientific review. The research proposals and the 
discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial 
property such as patentable material, and personal information 
concerning individuals associated with the proposed research projects, 
the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion 
of personal privacy.

    Name of Committee: Clinical Trials Subcommittee of the National 
Advisory Neurological Disorders and Stroke Council.
    Date: August 21, 2003.
    Time: 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
    Agenda: To evaluate the rationale of large proposed clinical 
research projects.
    Place: 6001 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Telephone 
Conference Call).
    Contact Person: Dr. Constance W. Atwell, Associate Director for 
Extramural Research, National Institute of Neurological Disorders 
and Stroke, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Suite 3309, MSC 9531, 
Bethesda, MD 20892-9531, 301-496-9248.
    This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the 
meeting due to the timing limitations imposed by the review and 
funding cycle.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.853, 
Clinical Research Related to Neurological Disorders; 93.854, 
Biological Basis Research in the Neurosciences, National Institutes 
of Health, HHS)

    Dated: August 7, 2003.
LaVerne Y. Stringfield,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 03-20740 Filed 8-13-03; 8:45 am]
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