[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 21 (Thursday, January 31, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 747-748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-00464]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2019-N-0070]


Microbiology Devices Panel Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a 
forthcoming public advisory committee meeting of the Microbiology 
Devices Panel. The general function of the committee is to provide 
advice and recommendations to the Agency on FDA's regulatory issues. 
The meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on March 8, 2019, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Hilton Washington, DC North/Gaithersburg, Salons A, B, C and 
D, 620 Perry Pkwy., Gaithersburg, MD 20877. The hotel's phone number is 
301-977-8900; additional information available online at: https://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/maryland/hilton-washington-dc-north-gaithersburg-GAIGHHF/index.html. Answers to commonly asked questions 
including information regarding special accommodations due to a 
disability, visitor parking, and transportation may be accessed at: 
https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm408555.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aden Asefa, Center for Devices and 
Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire 
Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. G642, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 
[email protected], 301-796-0400, 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 website at https://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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Agenda: On March 8, 2019, the committee will discuss and make 
recommendations regarding new or alternative approaches to the clinical 
study design and evaluation of devices detecting Human Papillomavirus 
(HPV) nucleic acid. These approaches will take into consideration 
scientific data generated since the approval of the first High Risk 
(HR) HPV screening device in 2003 as well as the effects of HPV 
vaccination on clinical studies of devices for HPV detection. Topics to 
be addressed at the meeting include clinical study design and 
comparator methods. Additionally, the committee will discuss potential 
changes to the HR HPV device indications for use considering 
continually evolving cervical cancer screening guidelines. The 
committee will provide expert feedback regarding the benefits and risks 
from the adoption of changes in each of the above topics and make 
recommendations for future HR HPV device evaluation strategies that are 
both scientifically rigorous and least burdensome.
    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 website 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 website after the meeting. Background material is 
available at https://www.fda.gov/

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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 
March 1, 2019. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled on 
March 8, 2019, between approximately 1 p.m. and 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 
February 21, 2019. 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 February 22, 
2019.
    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 
disabilities. If you require accommodations due to a disability, please 
contact AnnMarie Williams at [email protected] or 301-796-
5966 at least 7 days in advance of the meeting.
    FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee 
meetings. Please visit our website at https://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: January 15, 2019.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2019-00464 Filed 1-30-19; 8:45 am]
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