[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 122 (Friday, June 24, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 37131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-15823]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2011-N-0002]


Joint Meeting of the Gastrointestinal Drugs Advisory Committee 
and the Drug Safety and Risk Management 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). At least one 
portion of the meeting will be closed to the public.
    Name of Committees: Gastrointestinal Drugs Advisory Committee and 
the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee.
    General Function of the Committees: To provide advice and 
recommendations to the Agency on FDA's regulatory issues.
    Date and Time: The meeting will be held on July 20, 2011, from 8 
a.m. to 1 p.m.
    Location: Hilton Washington DC/Silver Spring, The Ballrooms, 8727 
Colesville Rd., Silver Spring, MD. The hotel telephone number is 301-
589-5200.
    Contact Person: Kristine T. Khuc, Center for Drug Evaluation and 
Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 
31, rm. 2417, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-9001, Fax: 301-847-
8533, e-mail: [email protected], or FDA Advisory Committee Information 
Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), and 
follow the prompts to the desired center or product area. 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 meeting will be open to the public from 8 a.m. to 9 
a.m., unless public participation does not last that long; from 9 a.m. 
to 1 p.m., the meeting will be closed to permit discussion and review 
of trade secret and/or confidential commercial information.
    FDA generally makes background material available to the public no 
later than 2 business days before the meeting or follows other 
procedures to make such material available to the public. There is no 
background material that is publicly available for this meeting.
    Procedure: On July 20, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., the meeting is 
open to the public. 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 
6, 2011. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between 
approximately 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. Those individuals interested in making 
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 June 27, 2011. 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 June 28, 2011.
    Closed Committee Deliberations: On July 20, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 1 
p.m., the meeting will be closed to permit discussion and review of 
trade secret and/or confidential commercial information (5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(4)). During this session, the committees will discuss the drug 
development program of an investigational gastroenterology drug.
    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 Kristine T. Khuc 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.

    Dated: June 21, 2011.
Jill Hartzler Warner,
Acting Associate Commissioner for Special Medical Programs.
[FR Doc. 2011-15823 Filed 6-23-11; 8:45 am]
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