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  1. Public Calendar - Meetings With FDA Officials

Public Calendar: August 17, 2025 - August 23, 2025

This public calendar is issued by the Food and Drug Administration. It lists significant meetings held by designated FDA policy makers with persons outside the executive branch of the federal government.

Official Name: Martin A. Makary, M.D., M.P.H., Commissioner for Food and Drugs

Event Date: 08/21/2025
Location: Virtual
Subject: CEO Listening Tour Follow-up
FDA Participant/Group: SAMUEL DORAN;
Non FDA Participant/Group: Paul Hudson (Sanofi);

Event Date: 08/22/2025
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Subject: Elamipretide and Barth Syndrome
FDA Participant/Group: Several FDA staff
Non FDA Participant/Group: Barth Syndrome Foundation members and other invited guests

Official Name: Sara Brenner, M.D., M.P.H., Principal Deputy Commissioner for Food and Drugs

No Significant Event

Official Name: Sean R. Keveney, Chief Counsel

No Significant Event

Official Name: Grace Graham, Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Legislation, and International Affairs

Event Date: 08/20/2025 Location: Washington, DC
Subject: International Matters of Mutual Interest
FDA Participant/Group: JAMES TRAFICANT; MARK ABDOO;
Non FDA Participant/Group: Ernesto Acevedo, Luis Rosendo Gutierrez, Marcelo Ebrard (Mexican Government); Noah Sofio (Health and Human Services (HHS));

Official Name: Kyle Diamantas, J.D., Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods

Event Date: 08/18/2025
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Subject: Introductory Meeting
FDA Participant/Group: JEREMY WALSH;
Non FDA Participant/Group: Ben Stuart (SAS Institute Inc); Usman Rahim (Checkmate Government Relations);

Event Date: 08/18/2025
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Subject: Food Safety Issues of Mutual Interest
FDA Participant/Group: ERIK METTLER;
Non FDA Participant/Group: Ted McKinney (National Association of State Departments of Agriculture);

Event Date: 08/19/2025
Location: Richmond, VA
Subject: Virgina Farm Tours and Produce Safety Issues of Mutual Interest
FDA Participant/Group: Several FDA staff
Non FDA Participant/Group: National Association of State Departments of Agriculture staff, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services staff, academia, and produce farmers

Event Date: 08/21/2025
Location: College Park, MD
Subject: Food is Medicine
FDA Participant/Group: ROBIN MCKINNON; LAURA CARROLL;
Non FDA Participant/Group: Dana Thomas (The Rockefeller Foundation); Ninio Fetalvo (Michael Best Strategies LLC);

Event Date: 08/21/2025
Location: Virtual
Subject: Introductory Meeting
FDA Participant/Group: N/A
Non FDA Participant/Group: Bill Behrens (Kraft Heinz);

Event Date: 08/22/2025
Location: Washington, DC
Subject: Food Safety Issues of Mutual Interest
FDA Participant/Group: N/A
Non FDA Participant/Group: Sara Gallo (Consumer Brands Association);

Official Name: Barclay Butler, Ph.D., Deputy Commissioner for Operations

No Significant Event

Official Name: Lowell Zeta, J.D., Deputy Commissioner for Strategic Initiatives

Event Date: 08/21/2025
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Subject: Introductory Meeting
FDA Participant/Group: SAMUEL DORAN; BRIAN FAHEY;
Non FDA Participant/Group: James Johnson (Merck & Co., Inc.);

Event Date: 08/22/2025
Location: Virtual
Subject: New Approach Methodologies (NAMs)
FDA Participant/Group: MICHAEL DAVIS
Non FDA Participant/Group: Jake Reder (Celdara Medical, LLC);

Official Name: Elizabeth Miller, Pharm.D., Acting Associate Commissioner for Inspections and Investigations

No Significant Event

Official Name: Vinayak Prasad, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Center for Biologics and Research

No Significant Event

Official Name: Michelle Tarver, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health

No Significant Event

Official Name: George F. Tidmarsh, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

Event Date: 08/21/2025
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Subject: Introductory Meeting
FDA Participant/Group: N/A
Non FDA Participant/Group: Ron Piervincenzi (US Pharmacopeia);

Event Date: 08/21/2025
Location: Virtual
Subject: Naloxone Availability
FDA Participant/Group: N/A
Non FDA Participant/Group: Chuck Nicholls, Suzanne Kiani, Theresa Matkovits (Kaleo);

Official Name: Bret Koplow, Ph.D., J.D., Acting Director, Center for Tobacco Products

No Significant Event

Official Name: Timothy Schell, Ph.D., Acting Director, Center for Veterinary Medicine

No Significant Event

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