[Federal Register: June 1, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 103)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2009-N-0664]
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 June 26, 2009, from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Hilton Washington DC/Silver Spring, Maryland Ballrooms,
8727 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring, MD. The hotel phone number is 301-
589-5200.
Contact Person: Paul Tran, 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: 301-827-6778, e-mail: paul.tran@fda.hhs.gov, 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 applications (NDAs) 22-
288, BEPREVE (bepotastine besilate) ophthalmic solution, 1.5%, ISTA
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., proposed for the treatment of ocular itching
associated with allergic conjunctivitis, and NDA 22-358, sodium
hyaluronate ophthalmic solution, 0.18%, River Plate Biotechnology,
Inc., proposed for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of dry eye
disease.
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 2009 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 June
17, 2009. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between
approximately 9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., and 1:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. 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
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participants, and an indication of the approximate time requested to
make their presentation on or before June 11, 2009. 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 June 12, 2009.
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 John Lauttman at
301-827-7001, 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: May 20, 2009.
Randall W. Lutter,
Deputy Commissioner for Policy.
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