[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 115 (Friday, June 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 33228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-2963]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Notice of Meeting: Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, 
Health, and Society

     Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of the 
thirteenth meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, 
Health, and Society (SACGHS), U.S. Public Health Service. The meeting 
will be held from on Tuesday, July 10, 2007, from 8:30 a.m. to 
approximately 5 p.m. in Room 800 of the Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 
200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20001. The meeting will be 
open to the public with attendance limited to space available. The 
meeting also will be Web cast.
    The meeting will focus primarily on the issue of gene patents and 
licensing practices and consist of a series of presentations and 
discussions involving international experts on how other countries are 
addressing questions related to the impact of gene patents and 
licensing practices on patient access to genetic tests. In addition, 
the SACGHS task force on oversight of genetic testing will present a 
brief report on the progress of its fact-finding and consultative 
efforts with regard to the Secretary's charge. The Committee will also 
be updated about the public comments received in response to the 
Committee's solicitation on its draft report on pharmacogenomics.
    Time will be provided for public comments. The Committee would 
welcome hearing from anyone wishing to provide public comment on any 
issue related to genetics, health, and society. Individuals who would 
like to provide public comment should notify the SACGHS Executive 
Secretary, Ms. Sarah Carr, by telephone at 301-496-9838 or e-mail at 
[email protected]. The SACGHS office is located at 6705 Rockledge Drive, 
Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20892. Anyone planning to attend the meeting 
who is in need of special assistance, such as sign language 
interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, is also asked to 
contact the Executive Secretary.
    Under authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, Section 222 of the Public Health 
Service Act, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services 
established SACGHS to serve as a public forum for deliberations on the 
broad range of human health and societal issues raised by the 
development and use of genetic and genomic technologies and, as 
warranted, to provide advice on these issues. The draft meeting agenda 
and other information about SACGHS, including information about access 
to the Web cast, will be available at the following Web site: http://www4.od.nih.gov/oba/sacghs.htm.

    Dated: June 7, 2007.
Jennifer Spaeth,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 07-2963 Filed 6-14-07; 8:45 am]
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