[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 76 (Friday, April 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 21144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-8351]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs 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: Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory
Committee.
General Function of the Committee: To provide advice and
recommendations to the agency on FDA's regulatory issues.
Date and Time: The meeting will be held on May 29, 2008, from 8
a.m. to 1 p.m.
Location: Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation
and Research Advisory Committee Conference Room, Rm. 1066, 5630 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD.
Contact Person: Yvette Waples, Center for Drug Evaluation and
Research (HFD-21), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane (for
express delivery, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1093) Rockville, MD 20857,
301-827-7001, FAX: 301-827-6776, e-mail: [email protected], or
FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572
in the Washington, DC area), code 3014512534. 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: The committee will discuss new drug application (NDA) 22-
212, difluprednate ophthalmic emulsion, Sirion Therapeutics, Inc.,
proposed for the treatment of inflammation and pain following ocular
surgery.
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 2008 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 May
14, 2008. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between
approximately 11 a.m. and 12 noon. 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 May 6, 2008. 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 May 7,
2008.
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 Yvette Waples 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 at http://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: April 10, 2008.
Randall W. Lutter,
Deputy Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. E8-8351 Filed 4-17-08; 8:45 am]
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