Rules and Regulations. Notice

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). At least one portion of the meeting will be closed to the public. Name of Committee: Radiological Devices Panel of the Medical Devices 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 November 6, 2000, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Location: Corporate Bldg., conference room 020B, 9200 Corporate Blvd., Rockville, MD. Contact Person: Robert J. Doyle, Center for Devices and Radiological Health (HFZ-470), Food and Drug Administration, 9200 Corporate Blvd., Rockville, MD 20850, 301-594-1212, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 12526. Please call the Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting. Agenda: The committee will discuss, make recommendations, and vote on a premarket approval application for an embolic radiation therapy device. Procedure: On November 6, 2000, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., the meeting is open to the public. 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 October 26, 2000. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between approximately 10:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m., and for an additional 30 minutes near the end of the committee deliberations. Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. Those desiring to make formal oral presentations should notify the contact person before October 26, 2000, 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. Closed Committee Deliberations: On November 6, 2000, from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m., the meeting will be closed to the public to permit discussion and review of trade secret and/or confidential commercial information (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)) regarding pending and future agency issues. Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2). Dated: October 13, 2000. Linda A. Suydam, Senior Associate Commissioner. [FR Doc. 00-26899 Filed 10-18-00; 8:45 am]
Citation: FR Doc. 00-26899