[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 63077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22612]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2022-N-0008]


Blood Products Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, Agency, or we) 
announces a forthcoming public advisory committee meeting of the Blood 
Products Advisory Committee. The general function of the committee is 
to provide advice and recommendations to the Agency on FDA's regulatory 
issues related to blood and products derived from blood. At least one 
portion of the meeting will be closed to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held virtually on December 8, 2022, from 
9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: Please note that due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, 
all meeting participants will be joining this advisory committee 
meeting via an online teleconferencing platform. Answers to commonly 
asked questions about FDA advisory committee meetings may be accessed 
at: https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm408555.htm. The online web conference meeting will be available at 
the following link on the day of the meeting: https://youtu.be/AQhF3AM_ssg.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina Vert or Tonica Burke, Center 
for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 
10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 1244, Silver Spring, MD 20993-
0002, 240-402-8054, [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 FDA'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 joining 
the meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Agenda: The meeting presentations will be heard, viewed, captioned, 
and recorded through an online teleconferencing platform. On December 
8, 2022, the committee will meet in open session to hear an overview of 
the research programs of the Laboratory of Emerging Pathogens and the 
Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Division of Emerging and Transfusion 
Transmitted Diseases, Office of Blood Research and Review, Center for 
Biologics Evaluation and Research. After the open session, the meeting 
will be closed to the public for committee deliberations.
    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 on FDA's website at 
the time of the advisory committee meeting. Background material and the 
link to the online teleconference meeting room will be available at 
https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/default.htm. Scroll 
down to the appropriate advisory committee meeting link. The meeting 
will include slide presentations with audio components to allow the 
presentation of materials in a manner that most closely resembles an 
in-person advisory committee meeting.
    Procedure: On December 8, 2022, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:35 p.m. 
Eastern Time, 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 December 1, 2022. Oral presentations from 
the public will be scheduled between approximately 11:35 a.m. and 12:35 
p.m. Eastern Time. 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 November 17, 2022. 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 November 
18, 2022.
    Closed Committee Deliberations: On December 8, 2022, from 12:35 
p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time, the meeting will be closed to permit 
discussion where disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted 
invasion of personal privacy (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6)). The recommendations 
of the advisory committee regarding the progress of the individual 
investigators' research programs, along with other information, will be 
discussed during this session. We believe that public discussion of 
these recommendations on individual scientists would constitute an 
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
    For press inquiries, please contact the Office of Media Affairs at 
[email protected] or 301-796-4540.
    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 Christina Vert at [email protected] (see FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT) 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: October 11, 2022.
Lauren K. Roth,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2022-22612 Filed 10-17-22; 8:45 am]
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