
[Federal Register: August 25, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 163)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2009-N-0664]

 
Oncologic 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: Oncologic 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 October 6, 2009, from 
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    Location: Hilton Washington DC North/Gaithersburg, The 
Ballrooms, 620 Perry Pkwy., Gaithersburg, MD. The hotel phone number 
is 301-977-8900.
    Contact Person: Nicole Vesely, Center for Drug Evaluation and 
Research (HFD-21), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane 
(for express delivery, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1093), Rockville, MD 
20857, 301-827-6793, FAX: 301-827-6776, e-mail: 
nicole.vesely@fda.hhs.gov, or FDA Advisory Committee Information 
Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 
3014512542. 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 hot 
line/phone line to learn about possible modifications before coming 
to the meeting.
    Agenda: The committee will discuss new drug application (NDA) 
021-825, proposed trade name FERRIPROX (deferiprone) film-coated 
tablets and oral solution, manufactured by ApoPharma Inc. The 
proposed indications (uses) for this product is as an iron chelating 
agent, which is a drug that binds with iron in the body and helps to 
make elimination of iron easier, reducing iron build-up. There are 
two specific proposed indications (uses) of FERRIPROX: (1) the 
treatment of iron overload, or build-up in patients with 
transfusion-dependent thalassemia, an inherited blood disorder that 
necessitates frequent transfusion of normal blood which can lead to 
iron build-up due to the iron content in the blood a patient 
receives; and (2) for the treatment of iron overload in patients 
with other transfusion-dependent anemias (other blood disorders that 
require frequent transfusions) for which the use of other iron 
chelating agents has been considered inappropriate.
    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://www.fda.gov/
AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/default.htm. 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 
September 21, 2009. Oral presentations from the public will be 
scheduled between approximately 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Those desiring to 
make formal oral presentations 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 September 11, 2009. 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 September 14, 
2009.
    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 Nicole Vesely 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://www.fda.gov/
AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm111462.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: August 19, 2009.
David Horowitz,
Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
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