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Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee

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September 14-15, 1999 Meeting

Date and Time

The meeting will be held on September 14, 1999 from 1:00 to 5:00 pm and on September 15, 1999 from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Location

Holiday Inn, Versailles Ballrooms I and II, 8120 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814, 301-652-2000.

Contact Person

Nancy T. Cherry or Denise H. Royster, 301-827-0314, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area) code 12391. Please call the Information line for up-to-date information on this meeting.

Oral Presentations

Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled on September 14, 1999 between approximately 2:10 to 2:50 pm and on September 15, 1999 between approximately 12:10 to 12:30 pm. Those desiring to make formal oral presentations should notify the contact person before September 7, 1999.

Agenda

On September 14, 1999 the committee will hear reports on recent workshops on Thimerosal in Vaccines and Cell Substrates for Vaccine Development and be updated on recent developments concerning the rotavirus vaccine manufactured by Wyeth Laboratories, Inc. The committee will also be briefed on selected individual research programs in the Laboratory of Parasitic Biology and the Laboratory of Biophysics. On September 15, 1999 the committee will discuss the use of immunologic surrogates for demonstration of protective efficacy of meningococcal conjugate vaccines.

Closed Committee Deliberations

On September 14, 1999 from 3:10 to 4:00 pm the meeting will be closed to permit discussion and review of trade secret and/or confidential information. (5 U.S.C. 552b (c) (4)). Also, on September 14, 1999 from 4:00 to 5:00 pm the meeting will be closed to permit discussion where disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy (5 U.S.C. 552b (c) (6)).

 

 
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