[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 29705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2009-N-0664]


Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs; 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: Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health 
Drugs.
    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 August 13, 2009, from 8 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
    Location: Hilton Washington DC North/Gaithersburg, The Ballrooms, 
620 Perry Pkwy, Gaithersburg, MD. The hotel phone number is 301-977-
8900.
    Contact: Kalyani Bhatt, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research 
(HFD-21), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, (for express 
delivery, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1093) Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-
7001, fax: 301-827-6776, e-mail: [email protected], or FDA 
Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572) in 
Washington, DC area), code 3014512537. 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 committee will discuss new biologics license 
applications (BLAs) 125-320, 125-331, 125-332, and 125-333, proposed 
trade name PROLIA (denosumab) subcutaneous injection, 60 milligrams 
(mg), Amgen Inc., for the proposed indications of the treatment and 
prevention of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, and the treatment 
and prevention of bone loss in patients undergoing hormone ablation for 
prostate or breast cancer. Hormone ablation is a term used to encompass 
therapies for hormone sensitive breast or prostate cancer administered 
to decrease sex hormone (estrogen or testosterone) levels. These 
therapies can result in increased bone loss.
    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 is 
available at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/default.htm, click on the year 2009 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 July 
30, 2009. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between 
approximately 1 p.m. and 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 July 22, 2009. 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 the speakers 
for the scheduled open public hearing session. The contact person will 
notify interested persons regarding their request to speak by July 23, 
2009.
    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 Kalyani Bhatt 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 at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm111462.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: June 11, 2009.
Randall W. Lutter,
Deputy Commissioner for Policy.
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