[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 100 (Thursday, May 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30929-30930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12226]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2013-N-0001]


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). The meeting will 
be open to the public.
    Name of Committee: Drug Safety and Risk Management 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 July 10, 2013, from 8 
a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Location: FDA White Oak Campus, Building 31, the Great Room, White 
Oak Conference Center (Rm. 1503), 10903 New Hampshire Ave., 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: Nicole Vesely, Center for Drug Evaluation and 
Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., WO31-
2417, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-9001, FAX: 301-847-8533, 
email: [email protected], or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 
1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area). 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 at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm and scroll down to the appropriate 
advisory committee meeting link, or call the advisory committee 
information line to learn about possible modifications before coming to 
the meeting.
    Agenda: The Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 
requires FDA to bring, at least annually, one or more drugs with Risk 
Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) with elements to assure 
safe use (ETASU) before its Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory 
Committee (DSaRM). On July 10, 2013, the Agency plans to discuss the 
risk management of LOTRONEX (alosetron hydrochloride) tablets, by 
Prometheus Laboratories Inc., which is approved for the treatment of 
women with severe diarrhea predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-
d). The Agency will seek the committee's comments as to whether the 
REMS with ETASU for this drug assures safe use, is not unduly 
burdensome to patient access to the drug, and to the extent 
practicable, minimizes the burden to the health care delivery system.
    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 meeting 
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 June 
25, 2013. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between 
approximately 1 p.m. to 2 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 June 17, 2013. 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 18, 2013.
    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 Nicole Vesely 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/

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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: May 17, 2013.
Jill Hartzler Warner,
Acting Associate Commissioner for Special Medical Programs.
[FR Doc. 2013-12226 Filed 5-22-13; 8:45 am]
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