[Federal Register: October 15, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 198)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
Pediatric 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: Pediatric Advisory Committee.
General Function of the Committee: To provide advice and
recommendations to the agency on FDA's regulatory issues. The committee
also advises and makes recommendations to the Secretary of Health and
Human Services under 45 CFR 46.407 on research involving children as
subjects that is conducted or supported by the Department of Health and
Human Services, when that research is also regulated by FDA.
Date and Time: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 27,
2007, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Wednesday, November 28, 2007, from 8
a.m. to 6 p.m.
Location: Hilton, Washington DC North/Gaithersburg, Grand Ballroom,
620 Perry Pkwy., Gaithersburg, MD.
Contact Person: Carlos Pe[ntilde]a, Office of Science and Health
Coordination, Office of the Commissioner (HF-33), Food and Drug
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane (for express delivery, rm. 14B-08),
Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-3340, e-
mail:Carlos.Pe[ntilde]a@fda.hhs.gov, or FDA Advisory Committee
Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC
area), code 8732310001. Please call the Information Line for up to date
information on this meeting. 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
and call the appropriate advisory committee hot line/phone line to
learn about possible modifications before coming to the meeting.
Agenda: On November 27, 2007, in response to the Pediatric Advisory
Committee's 2005 request for specific updates after 2 additional years
of influenza seasons, the committee will receive information on adverse
event reports, focusing on neuropsychiatric and behavioral events, for
Tamiflu (OSELTAMIVIR). On November 28, 2007, the Pediatric Advisory
Committee will hear and discuss reports by the agency, as mandated in
Section 17 of
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the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (BPCA), on adverse event
reports for Serevent (SALMETEROL), Provigil (MODAFINIL), Azopt
(BRINZOLAMIDE), Bextaxon (LEVOBETAXOLOL), Emtrivia (EMTRICITABINE), and
Gleevec (IMATINAB MESYLATE). The Pediatric Advisory Committee will also
hear about and discuss the Pediatric Initiatives between FDA and the
European Medicines Agency.
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/ohrms/dockets/ac/acmenu.htm, click on
the year 2007 and scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee
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
November 5, 2007. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled
between approximately 1 p.m. to 2: p.m. on November 27, 2007 and 11
a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on November 28, 2007. Those
desiring to make 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 October 26, 2007.
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 October 29, 2007.
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 Dr. Carlos
Pe[ntilde]a 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 athttp://www.fda.gov/oc/advisory/default.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 8, 2007.
Randall W. Lutter,
Deputy Commissioner for Policy.
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