[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 58416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16319]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration


Immunology Devices Panel of the Medical Devices 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: Immunology Devices Panel of the Medical Devices 
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 November 16, 2006, from 
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Location: Holiday Inn, Walker/Whetstone Rooms, Two Montgomery 
Village Ave., Gaithersburg, MD.
    Contact Person: Rufina Carlos, Office of In Vitro Diagnostic Device 
Evaluation and Safety (HFZ-440), Food and Drug Administration, 2098 
Gaither Rd., Rockville, MD. 20850, 240-276-0493 ext. 167, or FDA 
Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in 
the Washington, DC area), code 3014512516. Please call the Information 
Line for up-to-date information on this meeting.
    Agenda: The committee will discuss, make recommendations, and vote 
on a premarket approval application for a laboratory assay designed for 
the rapid detection of clinically relevant (greater than 0.2 
millimeters) metastases in lymph node tissue removed from breast cancer 
patients. Results from the assay can be used to guide the surgeon's 
decision to excise additional lymph nodes and aid in staging.
    Background information for the topic, including the agenda and 
questions for the committee, will be available to the public 1 business 
day before the meeting on the Internet at http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/panel 
(click on Upcoming CDRH Advisory Panel/Committee 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 on or before 
October 30, 2006. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled 
for approximately 30 minutes at the beginning of committee 
deliberations and for approximately 30 minutes near the end of the 
deliberations. Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. 
Those desiring to make formal oral presentations should notify the 
contact person 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 on or before October 30, 2006.
    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 Shirley Meeks, 
Conference Management Staff, at 301-827-7292, 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: September 25, 2006.
Randall W. Lutter,
Associate Commissioner for Policy and Planning.
[FR Doc. E6-16319 Filed 10-2-06; 8:45 am]
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