2018-05740. Office of The Director, National Institutes of Health; Notice of Meeting

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Advisory Committee to the Director, National Institutes of Health.

The meeting will be held as a teleconference call only and is open to the public to dial-in for participation. Individuals who plan to dial-in to the meeting and need special assistance or other reasonable accommodations in order to do so, should notify the Contact Person listed below in advance of the meeting.

Name of Committee: Advisory Committee to the Director, National Institutes of Health.

Date: April 6, 2018.

Time: 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Agenda: Report from the Working Group on Ethical Consideration for Industry Partnership on Research to Help End the Opioid Crisis.

Place: National Institutes of Health, Building 1, One Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 (Telephone Conference Call), 888-324-9616, Access Code: 1986191.

Contact Person: Gretchen Wood, Staff Assistant, National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director, One Center Drive, Building 1, Room 126, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301-496-4272, [e-mail].

Any interested person may file written comments with the committee by forwarding the statement to the Contact Person listed on this notice. The statement should include the name, address, telephone number and when applicable, the business or professional affiliation of the interested person.

Information is also available on the Institute's/Center's home page: http://acd.od.nih.gov,, where an agenda and any additional information for the meeting will be posted when available.

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Dated: March 16, 2018.

Natasha M. Copeland,

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.