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BILLING CODE 4160-01-S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration Radiological Devices Panel of the Medical Devices 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). 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 December 10, 2002, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. *Location* : Gaithersburg Holiday Inn, Walker/Whetstone Rooms, Two Montgomery Village Ave., Gaithersburg, 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 a device that produces a computerized thermal image of the breast of women recommended for biopsy. Background information, including the agenda and questions for the committee, will be available to the public one business day before the meeting, on the Internet at *http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/panelmtg.html* .
Material will be posted on December 9, 2002. *Procedure* : On December 10, 2002, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and from 1 p.m. to 5 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 December 3, 2002. On December 10, 2002, oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between approximately 9:15 a.m. and 9:45 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 December 3, 2002, 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 December 10, 2002, from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m., the meeting will be closed to the public to permit FDA to present to the committee trade secret and/or confidential commercial information (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)) regarding pending and future agency issues.
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 Shirley Meeks, Conference Management Staff, at 301-594-1283, ext. 105, 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: November 21, 2002. William K. Hubbard, Associate Commissioner for Policy and Planning. [FR Doc. 02-30158 Filed 11-27-02; 8:45 am]
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