[Federal Register: February 12, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 29)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
Anti-Infective 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). At least one
portion of the meeting will be closed to the public.
Name of Committee: Anti-Infective 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 March 4, 2003, from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m., and March 5, 2003, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and March 6,
2003, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon.
Location: Marriott Washingtonian Center, Grand Ballroom, 9751
Washingtonian Blvd., Gaithersburg, MD.
Contact Person: Tara P. Turner, 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, e-mail: TurnerT@cder.fda.gov, or FDA Advisory Committee
Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC
area), code 12530. Please call the Information Line for up-to-date
information on this meeting.
Agenda: On March 4, 2003, the committee will discuss new drug
application (NDA) 21-158, Factiver (gemifloxacin mesylate) Tablets,
Parexel International, U.S. Agent for LG Life Sciences, Ltd., proposed
for the treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) and Acute
Bacterial Exacerbation of Chronic Bronchitis (ABECB). On March 5, 2003,
the committee will discuss the formation of a list of pathogens of
public health importance for which antimicrobial drug development would
be desirable. The committee also will discuss the concept of how
preclinical data and clinical data from one disease state may support
approval of antimicrobial drugs in another, separate disease state.
Procedure: On March 4 and 5, 2003, the meeting is open to the
public. 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 by February 25, 2003.
Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between
approximately 1 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. on both days. Time allotted for each
presentation may be limited. Those desiring to make formal oral
presentations should notify the contact person before February 25,
2003, 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.
Closed Committee Deliberations: On March 6, 2003, from 8 a.m. to 12
noon, the meeting will be closed to permit discussion and review of
trade secret and/or confidential information (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)).
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
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a disability, please contact Tara Turner at least 7 days in advance of
the meeting.
Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).
Dated: February 3, 2002.
Linda Arey Skladany,
Associate Commissioner for External Relations.
[FR Doc. 03-3437 Filed 2-11-03; 8:45 am]
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