[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 158 (Thursday, August 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66416-66417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18263]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2024-N-0008]


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. The Science Board provides advice to 
the Commissioner of Food and Drugs and other appropriate officials on 
specific, complex scientific

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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.

DATES: The meeting will be held virtually on October 7, 2024, from 9 
a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: All meeting participants will be heard, viewed, captioned, 
and recorded for this advisory committee meeting via an online 
teleconferencing and/or video conferencing 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 to FDA will receive an update from the New Alternative Methods 
subcommittee and will hear details about FDA's reorganization scheduled 
for implementation on October 1, 2024, that includes significant 
updates to the Office of the Chief Scientist and the creation of a 
unified Human Foods Program.
    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 and/or video conference meeting 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. 
All electronic and written submissions to the Docket (see ADDRESSES) on 
or before September 30, 2024, will be provided to the committee. Oral 
presentations from the public will be scheduled between approximately 
12 p.m. and 1 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 September 20, 2024. 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 September 23, 2024.
    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. 1001 et seq.). This meeting notice also serves 
as notice that, pursuant to 21 CFR 10.19, the requirements in 21 CFR 
14.22(b), (f), and (g) relating to the location of advisory committee 
meetings are hereby waived to allow for this meeting to take place 
using an online meeting platform. This waiver is in the interest of 
allowing greater transparency and opportunities for public 
participation, in addition to convenience for advisory committee 
members, speakers, and guest speakers. The conditions for issuance of a 
waiver under 21 CFR 10.19 are met.

    Dated: August 12, 2024.
Lauren K. Roth,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2024-18263 Filed 8-14-24; 8:45 am]
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