[Federal Register: January 25, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 17)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
Anesthetic and Life Support Drugs Advisory Committee; Notice of
Meeting
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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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: Anesthetic and Life Support Drugs Advisory
Committee.
General Function of the Committee: To provide advice and
recommendations to the agency on FDA's regulatory issues.
Date and Time: The meeting will be held on March 11, 2008, from
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Hilton Washington DC/Silver Spring, Maryland Ballroom,
8727 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring, MD. The hotel phone number is 301-
589-5200.
Contact Person: Mimi Phan, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research,
Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, (for express delivery,
5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1093), Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-7001, FAX:
301-827-6776,e-mail: mimi.phan@fda.hhs.gov, or FDA Advisory Committee
Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in Washington, DC area),
code 3014512529. Please call the Information Line for up-to-date
information on this meeting. A notice in the Federal Register about
last minute modifications that impact a previously announced advisory
committee meeting cannot always be published quickly enough to provide
timely notice. Therefore, you should always check the agency's Web site
and call the appropriate advisory committee hotline/phone line to learn
about possible modifications before coming to the meeting.
Agenda: The committee will discuss the new drug application (NDA)
22-225, sugammadex sodium injection (proposed tradename BRIDION),
Organon USA Inc., for the proposed indication of routine reversal of
shallow and profound neuromuscular blockade (NMB) induced by rocuronium
or vecuronium and immediate reversal of NMB at three minutes after
administration of rocuronium. FDA intends to make background material
available to the public no later than 2 business days before the
meeting. If FDA is unable to post the background material on its Web
site prior to the meeting, the background material will be made
publicly available at the location of the advisory committee meeting,
and the background material will be posted on FDA's Web site after the
meeting. Background material is available at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/acmenu.htm
, click on the year 2008 and scroll down to the
appropriate advisory committee link.
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 on or before
February 26, 2008. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled
between approximately 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Those desiring to make formal
oral presentation should notify the contact person 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
on or before February 15, 2008. Time allotted for each presentation may
be limited. If the number of registrants requesting to speak is greater
than can be reasonably accommodated during the scheduled open public
hearing session, FDA may conduct a lottery to determine the speakers
for the scheduled open public hearing session. The contact person will
notify interested persons regarding their request to speak by February
19, 2008.
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 Mimi Phan at least 7
days in advance of the meeting.
FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee
meetings. Please visit our Web site at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.fda.gov/oc/advisory/default.htm
for procedures on public conduct during advisory committee
meetings.
Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).
Dated: January 17, 2008.
Randall W. Lutter,
Deputy Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. E8-1239 Filed 1-24-08; 8:45 am]
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