[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 26, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 44595]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18877]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

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


Oncologic Drugs 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: Oncologic Drugs 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 September 14, 2011, from 
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Location: FDA White Oak Campus, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Building 
31 Conference Center, the Great Room (Rm. 1503), Silver Spring, MD 
20993-0002. Information regarding special accommodations due to a 
disability, visitor parking, and transportation may be accessed at: 
http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm; under the heading 
``Resources for You,'' click on ``Public Meetings at the FDA White Oak 
Campus.'' Please note that visitors to the White Oak Campus must enter 
through Building 1.
    Contact Person: Caleb Briggs, 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: On September 14, 2011, during the morning session, the 
committee will discuss new drug application 021825, with the proposed 
trade name Ferriprox (deferiprone) film-coated tablets, application 
submitted by ApoPharma, Inc., represented by Cato Research Ltd. 
(authorized U.S. agent). The proposed indication (use) for this product 
is for the treatment of patients with transfusional iron overload 
(excess iron in the body related to blood transfusions), when current 
chelation therapy is inadequate. (Chelation therapy in these patients 
binds iron in a form that allows it to be eliminated from the body).
    During the afternoon session, the committee will consider the 
development of products for the treatment of patients with 
nonmetastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) who have a 
rising serum level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) despite being on 
androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). There are no products currently 
approved for this indication. No specific products will be presented or 
discussed; rather, the committee will be asked to consider possible 
trial designs and suitable clinical endpoints to establish efficacy 
that would support a labeled indication for treatment of non-metastatic 
CRPC after PSA progression on ADT. Because ADT is an unproven therapy 
for this condition with serious long-term toxicity, the committee will 
be asked whether approval of a new therapy in conjunction with 
continued ADT would be appropriate for patients with non-metastatic 
CRPC.
    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. 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 
August 30, 2011. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled 
between approximately 10:30 to 11 a.m., and 3 to 3:30 p.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 
August 22, 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 August 23, 2011.
    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 Caleb Briggs 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: July 20, 2011.
Jill Hartzler Warner,
Acting Associate Commissioner for Special Medical Programs.
[FR Doc. 2011-18877 Filed 7-25-11; 8:45 am]
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