DRAFT AGENDA (revised 3/05/02)

 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH
ALLERGENIC PRODUCTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING

March 15, 2002

Versailles I and II
Bethesda Holiday Inn
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
 

  8:00 a.m.  Administrative Remarks  
  8:10 Opening Remarks
Samuel Lehrer, Ph.D., Committee Chair

COMMITTEE UPDATES (Open Session)

  8:15 Overview of the Division of Bacterial, Parasitic & Allergenic Products (DBPAP)  
    Richard Walker, Ph.D., Division Director  
   8:30 Overview of the Laboratory of Immunobiochemistry:  
Personnel, organizational, and lot release activities
Jay E. Slater, M.D., DBPAP, Laboratory Chief  
  8:45 Discussion   
     
   8:50 Research Updates  
Jay E. Slater, M.D  
Ronald Rabin, M.D., DBPAP, FDA  
   9:35 Discussion
  9:50 Break  
  10:05 Particulates in Allergen Extracts and Compliance Overview
Jay E. Slater, M.D  
Teddi Lopez, OCBQ, FDA  
  10:35 Discussion  
  10:50  Reduction of Possible Exposure to TSE Agents in Allergen Extracts  
Jay E. Slater, M.D  
  11:05    Discussion  
   11:15     Open Public Hearing  
  11:45 Lunch

REGULATORY DISCUSSION TOPICS (Open Session)

  12:45 p.m. Considerations for the Regulation of Recombinant Allergens for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Allergic Disease
Jay E. Slater, M.D  
  1:15 Discussion
   1:30 Glycerol in Allergen Extracts
Jay E. Slater, M.D
  1:45     Discussion  
   2:00      Open Public Hearing

CLOSED SESSION

  2:30  Presentation and Discussion of Site Visit Report  
  3:30 p.m   Adjourn