[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 32 (Thursday, February 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 8104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3055]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration


Joint Meeting of the Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory 
Committee and the Nonprescription 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 Committees: Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory 
Committee and the Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee.
    General Function of the Committees: To provide advice and 
recommendations to the agency on FDA's regulatory issues.
    Date and Time: The meeting will be held on March 24, 2005, from 8 
a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
    Location: Hilton Washington DC North/Gaithersburg, The Ballrooms, 
620 Perry Pkwy., Gaithersburg, MD.
    Contact Person: Teresa A. Watkins, 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, FAX: 301-827-6801, or email: [email protected], or 
FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 
in the Washington, DC area), code 3014512534 or 3014512541. Please call 
the Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting.
    Agenda: The committee will discuss what should be the necessary and 
sufficient safety database in order to evaluate the prescription (Rx) 
to over-the-counter (OTC) switch of topical corticosteroids, especially 
the database to evaluate the potential for hypothalamic, pituitary, 
adrenal (HPA) and growth suppression and other systemic and local 
adverse events.
    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 March 17, 
2005. Oral presentations from the public will be 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 March 17, 2005, 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 LaNise Giles at 301-
827-7001, 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: February 10, 2005.
Sheila Dearybury Walcoff,
Assistant Commissioner for External Relations.
[FR Doc. 05-3055 Filed 2-16-05; 8:45 am]
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