[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 28501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13348]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
Ear, Nose, and Throat Devices Panel of the Medical Devices
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). At least one
portion of the meeting will be closed to the public.
Name of Committee: Ear, Nose, and Throat 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 June 18, 1999, 8:30 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m.
Location: Corporate Bldg., conference room 020B, 9200 Corporate
Blvd., Rockville, MD.
Contact Person: Harry R. Sauberman, Center for Devices and
Radiological Health (HFZ-460), Food and Drug Administration, 9200
Corporate Blvd., Rockville, MD 20850, 301-594-2080, or FDA Advisory
Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the
Washington, DC area), code 12522. Please call the Information Line for
up-to-date information on this meeting.
Agenda: The committee will discuss generic issues relating to the
safety and efficacy of middle ear amplification devices.
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 by June 4, 1999.
Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between
approximately 9 a.m. and 10 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 June 4, 1999, 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 June 18, 1999, from 4:30 p.m. to
5:30 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)) relating to present and future agency
issues.
Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).
Dated: May 20, 1999.
Michael A. Friedman,
Deputy Commissioner for Operations.
[FR Doc. 99-13348 Filed 5-25-99; 8:45 am]
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