[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 30126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10436]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration


Pediatric 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: Pediatric Advisory Committee.
    General Function of the Committee: To provide advice and 
recommendations to the agency on FDA's regulatory issues. The committee 
also advises and makes recommendations to the Secretary of the 
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) under 45 CFR 46.407 on 
research involving children as subjects that is conducted or supported 
by DHHS, when that research is also regulated by FDA.
    Date and Time: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 29, 
2005, from 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. and on Thursday, June 30, 2005, from 8 
a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Location: The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Advisory 
Committee Conference Room, rm. 1066, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD.
    Contact Person: Jan N. Johannessen, Office of Science and Health 
Coordination of the Office of the Commissioner (HF-33), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane (for express delivery, rm. 14C-06), 
Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-6687, or by e-mail: [email protected] 
or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-
0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 8732310001. Please call the 
Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting.
    Agenda: On Wednesday, June 29, 2005, the committee will hear and 
discuss the recommendation of the Pediatric Ethics Subcommittee from 
its meeting on June 28, 2005, regarding a referral by an Institution 
Review Board of a proposed clinical investigation involving children as 
subjects that is regulated by FDA and is conducted or supported by 
DHHS. The committee will also discuss a report by the agency on Adverse 
Event Reporting, as mandated in section 17 of the Best Pharmaceuticals 
for Children Act (BPCA), for ethinyl estradiol; norgestimate (ORTHO 
TRI-CYCLEN), ciprofloxacin (CIPRO), tolterodine (DETROL LA), 
leflunomide (ARAVE), paricalcitol (ZEMPLAR), zolmitriptan (ZOMIG), 
dorzolamide (TRUSOPT).
    On Thursday, June 30, 2005, the committee will discuss a report by 
the agency on Adverse Event Reporting, as mandated in section 17 of the 
BPCA, for methylphendidate (CONCERTA and other methtylphenidates).
    The background material will become available no later than the day 
before the meeting and will be posted under the Pediatric Advisory 
Committee (PAC) Docket site at http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/acmenu.htm. (Click on the year 2005 and scroll down to PAC meetings).
    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 June 17, 2005. 
Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled on Wednesday, June 
29, 2005, between approximately 3:20 p.m. and 3:50 p.m., and Thursday, 
June 30, 2005, between approximately 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Time 
allotted for each presentation may be limited. Those desiring to make 
formal oral presentations should notify the contact person by June 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 notify Jan Johannessen 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: May 19, 2005.
Sheila Dearybury Walcoff,
Associate Commissioner for External Relations.
[FR Doc. 05-10436 Filed 5-24-05; 8:45 am]
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