[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 198 (Monday, October 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58311-58312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-20304]


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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 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 Thursday, November 29, 
2007, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    Location: Hilton, Washington DC North/Gaithersburg, Grand Ballroom, 
620 Perry Pkwy., Gaithersburg, MD.
    Contact Person: Carlos Pe[ntilde]a, 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, 301-827-3340, e-mail: 
Carlos.Pe[ntilde][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. A notice in the Federal Register about last minute 
modifications that impact a previously announced advisory committee 
meeting cannot always be published quickly enough to provide timely 
notice. Therefore, you should always check the agency's Web site and 
call the appropriate advisory committee hot line/phone line to learn 
about possible modifications before coming to the meeting.
    Agenda: The Pediatric Advisory Committee will hear and discuss 
issues related to FDA's draft guidance for Industry entitled ``Clinical 
Lactation Studies--Study Design, Data Analysis, and Recommendations for 
Labeling,'' that published in the Federal Register of Tuesday, February 
8, 2005 (70 FR 6697). As part of the review and consideration of public 
comments received by FDA in response to this draft guidance, the 
Pediatric Advisory Committee will hear and discuss information on: 
Labeling of drugs for use by lactating women; breastfeeding physiology, 
benefits, and current research; the physiology and pharmacology of drug 
transfer into breast milk; and ethical issues related to studying 
breastfeeding mother/infant pairs.
    FDA intends to make background material available to the public no 
later than 2 business days before the meeting. If FDA is unable to post 
the background material on its Web site prior to the meeting, the 
background material will be made publicly available at the location of 
the advisory committee meeting, and the background material will be 
posted on FDA's Web site after the meeting. Background material will be 
available at http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/acmenu.htm, click on 
the year 2007 and scroll down to the appropriate 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 5, 2007. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled 
between approximately 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. 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 26, 2007. Time allotted for each presentation may 
be limited. If the number of registrants requesting to speak is greater 
than can be reasonably accommodated during the scheduled open public 
hearing session, FDA may conduct a lottery to determine

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the speakers for the scheduled open public hearing session. The contact 
person will notify interested persons regarding their request to speak 
by October 29, 2007.
    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 Dr. Carlos 
Pe[ntilde]a at least 7 days in advance of the meeting.
    FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee 
meetings. Please visit our Web site athttp://www.fda.gov/oc/advisory/default.htm for procedures on public conduct during advisory committee 
meetings.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

    Dated: October 8, 2007.
Randall W. Lutter,
Deputy Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. E7-20304 Filed 10-12-07; 8:45 am]
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