Food and Drug Administration

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

    

Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee (NDAC)

 in joint session with the

Advisory Committee for Reproductive Heath Drugs (ACRHD)

        

Hilton, 620 Perry Parkway, Gaithersburg, Maryland 

 

Agenda                                                                                                          December 16, 2003

 

8:00             Call to Order and Opening Remarks Louis R. Cantilena, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.

                                                                                                            Chair, NDAC

                    Introduction of Committee

 

                    Conflict of Interest Statement                                              Karen M. Templeton-Somers, Ph.D.

                                                                                                            Executive Secretary, NDAC

 

NDA 21-045, proposing over-the-counter (OTC) use of Plan B (levonorgestrel),

Women’s Capitol Corporation, for reducing the chance of pregnancy after unprotected sex

 

8:10             Opening Remarks                                                            Sandra Kweder, M.D.

                                                                                                            Deputy Director, Office of New Drugs, FDA          

 

8:15             Introduction to the Issues                                                Curtis Rosebraugh, M.D., M.P.H.

Deputy Director, Division of Over-the-Counter Drug Products, FDA

 

8:30             Sponsor Presentation                                                       Women’s Capitol Corporation

                                                                                                            Barr Research 

                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Background Review                                                           Carole Ben-Maimon, M.D.

How Plan B Works                                                                        President and Chief Operating Officer

                    Rationale for OTC Switch                                                   Barr Research

 

ACOG Presentation                                                            Vivian Dickerson, M.D.

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 

Director, Obstetrics and Gynecology

University of California-Irvine Medical Center

 

Clinical Trials                                                                     Carole Ben-Maimon, M.D.

Label Comprehension

Actual Use

 

Health Consequences of Plan B OTC                                  David Grimes, M.D.

                                                                                        Vice President of Biomedical Affairs

Family Health International

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

University of North Carolina School of Medicine

 

CARESM Program                                                               Carole Ben-Maimon, M.D.   

 

9:30              Questions to the Sponsor from the Committee

 

9:45             Break

 

 

10:00            FDA Presentation

 

                    Safety Review                                                                   Daniel Davis, M.D.

                                                                                                            Medical Officer

                                                                                                            Division of Reproductive and Urologic

                                                                                                                        Drug Products

 

                    Plan B Label Comprehension Study                                     Karen Lechter, J.D., Ph.D.

Social Science Analyst

Division of Surveillance, Research and Communication Support

                                                                                                            Office of Drug Safety

 

                    Plan B Actual Use and Behavior Studies                              Jin Chen, M.D., Ph.D.

                                                                                                            Medical Officer

                                                                                                            Division of Over-the-Counter Drug Products

                                                                                                        

10:50            Questions to the FDA from the Committee

 

11:00            Open Public Hearing                   

 

12:30            Lunch

 

1:30             Committee Discussion

 

                    Questions to the Committee

 

3:30             Break

 

5:00             Adjourn