[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 207 (Thursday, October 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 62595]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17965]


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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 Health and 
Human Services under 21 CFR 50.54 and 45 CFR 46.407 on research 
involving children as subjects that is conducted or supported by the 
Department of Health and Human Services, when that research is also 
regulated by FDA.
    Date and Time: The meeting will be held on November 16, 2006, from 
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    Location: Advisory Committee Conference Room, rm. 1066, 5630 
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD.
    Contact Person: Jan Johannessen, Office of Science and Health 
Coordination, Office of the Commissioner (HF-33), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, (for express delivery, rm. 14B-08), 
Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-6687, 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: The Pediatric Advisory Committee will hear and discuss a 
report by the agency, as mandated in section 17 of the Best 
Pharmaceuticals for Children Act, on adverse event reports for 
ertapenem (INVANZ), gemcitabine (GEMZAR), glimepiride (AMARYL), insulin 
aspart recombinant (NOVOLOG), linezolid (ZYVOX), meloxicam (MOBIC), 
ondansetron (ZOFRAN), oxcarbazepine (TRILEPTAL), ritonavir (NORVIR), 
rosiglitazone (AVANDIA), sirolimus (RAPAMUNE). The committee will also 
receive updates to adverse event reports for atorvastatin (LIPITOR), 
citalopram (CELEXA), oseltamivir (TAMIFLU), oxybutynin (DITROPAN), and 
simvastatin (ZOCOR), which were requested by the Pediatric Advisory 
Committee or its predecessor, the Pediatric Subcommittee of the Anti-
Infective Drugs Advisory Committee, when the reports were first 
presented.
    The background material will become available no later than 1 
business day before the meeting and will be posted on FDA's Web site at 
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/acmenu.htm. (Click on the year 2006 
and scroll down to Pediatric Advisory Committee link.)
    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 
November 1, 2006. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled 
between approximately 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. on November 16, 2006. 
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 by November 1, 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 Jan N. 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: October 23, 2006.
Randall W. Lutter,
Associate Commissioner for Policy and Planning.
[FR Doc. E6-17965 Filed 10-25-06; 8:45 am]
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