[Federal Register: June 30, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 125)] [Notices] [Page 38713-38714] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr30jn03-78] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The meeting will be open to the public. Name of Committee: Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee. General Function of the Committee: To provide advice and recommendations to the agency on FDA's regulatory issues. [[Page 38714]] Date and Time: The meeting will be held on September 18, 2003, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Location: Holiday Inn, Ballroom, Two Montgomery Village Ave., Gaithersburg, MD. Contact Person: Kimberly Littleton 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, e-mail at: topperk@cder.fda.gov, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 12535. Please call the Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting. Background materials for this meeting, when available, will be posted on the Web one business day before the meeting at: www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/acmenu.htm . Agenda: The committee will discuss medication errors relating to the labeling and packaging of various drug products in low-density polyethylene plastic vials. 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 September 12, 2003. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between approximately 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. Those desiring to make formal oral presentations should notify the contact person before September 12, 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 Kimberly Topper at least 7 days in advance of the meeting. Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2). Dated: June 23, 2003. Jeffrey Shuren, Assistant Commissioner for Policy. [FR Doc. 03-16358 Filed 6-27-03; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-01-S