[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71334-71335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25405]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2022-N-2841]


Science Board to the Food and Drug Administration Advisory 
Committee; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) announces a 
forthcoming public advisory committee meeting of the Science Board to 
the Food and Drug Administration (Science Board). The Science Board 
provides advice to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs and other 
appropriate officials on specific, complex scientific and technical 
issues important to FDA and its mission, including emerging issues 
within the scientific community. Additionally, the Science Board 
provides advice to the Agency on keeping pace with technical and 
scientific developments, including in regulatory science, input into 
the Agency's research agenda, and on upgrading its scientific and 
research facilities and training opportunities. It will also provide, 
where requested, expert review of Agency-sponsored intramural and 
extramural scientific research programs. The meeting will be open to 
the public.

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DATES: The meeting will be held virtually on December 8, 2022, from 9 
a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: Please note that due to the impact of this 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rakesh Raghuwanshi, Office of the 
Chief Scientist, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire 
Ave., Bldg. 1, Rm. 3309, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301-796-4769, 
[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 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: The meeting presentations will be heard, viewed, captioned, 
and recorded through an online teleconferencing platform. The Science 
Board will consider research needs for the evaluation of potential 
adverse health effects in children associated with oral cadmium 
exposure. The Science Board will also hear about the Agency's cross-
cutting regulatory science research activities and its recent Focus 
Areas of Regulatory Science report.
    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: 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 2, 2022. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled 
between approximately 11 a.m. and 12 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 December 1, 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 December 2, 2022.
    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 Rakesh Raghuwanshi (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: November 16, 2022.
Lauren K. Roth,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2022-25405 Filed 11-21-22; 8:45 am]
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