[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 222 (Friday, November 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66956-66957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19492]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration


Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Toxicology 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: Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Toxicology 
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 December 6, 2006, from 8 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
    Location: Holiday Inn, Ballroom, Two Montgomery Village Ave., 
Gaithersburg, MD.
    Contact Person: Veronica J. Calvin, Center for Devices and 
Radiological Health (HFZ-440), Food and Drug Administration, 2098 
Gaither Rd.,

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Rockville, MD 20850, 240-276-0491, ext. 161, or FDA Advisory Committee 
Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC 
area), code 3014512514. Please call the Information Line for up-to-date 
information on this meeting.
    Agenda: The committee will hear an update on the status of recent 
devices brought before the committee. The committee will also hear a 
presentation regarding the FDA Critical Path Initiative. The committee 
will discuss general issues concerning high and low density lipoprotein 
subfraction assays. Background information, 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/index.html.
    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 24, 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 November 24, 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, 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: November 8, 2006.
Randall W. Lutter,
Associate Commissioner for Policy and Planning.
[FR Doc. E6-19492 Filed 11-16-06; 8:45 am]
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