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Blood Products Advisory Committee
(Updated Announcement)

Center Date Time Location
CBER June 19, 2003
June 20, 2003
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Hilton Gaithersburg
Grand Ballrooms A, B, C, and D
620 Perry Parkway
Gaithersburg, MD

Agenda:
On June 19, 2003, the committee will hear updates on the following tentative topics: Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act, secure e-mail and electronic submissions, white particulate matter in blood bags, and safety reporting requirements for human drug and biological products. The committee will further hear informational presentations on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and West Nile Virus.

On June 20, 2003, the committee will hear presentations, discuss and provide recommendations on the topic of recovered plasma. In the afternoon, the committee will hear an informational presentation on the current thinking and indications for use on vaccinia immune globulin intravenous.

Background material will become available no later than the day before the meeting and will be posted under the Dockets Management Branch site at http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/03acdocs.htm. (Scroll down and select 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 by June 13, 2003. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between approximately 10:45 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. on June 19, 2003; and between approximately 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. on June 20, 2003. Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. Those desiring to make formal oral presentations should notify the contact person before June 13, 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. 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 Linda A. Smallwood at (301) 827-3514 or Pearline K. Muckelvene at (301) 827-1281 at least 7 days in advance of the meeting.

Contact Person:
Linda A. Smallwood, Ph.D., Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (HFM-302), Food and Drug Administration, 1401 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-1448, 301-827-3514, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 19516. Please call the Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting.

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