[Federal Register: December 28, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 249)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
Pulmonary-Allergy 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: Pulmonary-Allergy 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 January 17, 2002, from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m., and January 18, 2002, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Location: Holiday Inn, The Ballrooms, Two Montgomery Village Ave.,
Gaithersburg, MD.
Contact: Kimberly L. Topper, 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, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-
8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 12545. Please call
the Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting.
Agenda: On January 17, 2002, the committee will discuss the use of
two new drug applications (NDAs): NDA 20-833, Flovent Diskus, and NDA
21-077, Advair Diskus, GlaxoSmithKline, as maintenance therapy in
patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). On January
18, 2002, the meeting will be open to the public from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.,
unless public participation does not last that long; from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m., the meeting will be closed to permit discussion and review of
trade secret and/or confidential information.
Procedure: On January 17, 2002, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on
January 18, 2002, from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., the meeting will be 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 January 11, 2002. Oral
presentations from the public will be scheduled between approximately 1
p.m. and 2 p.m. on January 17, 2002, and between approximately 8 a.m.
and 9 a.m. on January 18, 2002. Time allotted for each presentation may
be limited. Those desiring to make formal oral presentations should
notify the contact person before January 11, 2002, 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 January 18, 2002, from 9 a.m. to
3 p.m., the meeting will be closed to permit discussion and review of
trade secret and/or confidential information (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)).
Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).
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Dated: December 19, 2001.
Linda A. Suydam,
Senior Associate Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 01-31878 Filed 12-27-01; 8:45 am]
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