
[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 138 (Thursday, July 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42966-42967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17212]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2013-N-0001]


Advisory Committee for Pharmaceutical Science and Clinical 
Pharmacology; 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: Advisory Committee for Pharmaceutical Science 
and Clinical Pharmacology.
    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 September 25, 2013, from 
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Location: Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, 
White Oak Room, 5701 Marinelli Rd., Bethesda, MD. The hotel phone 
number is 301-822-9200.
    Contact Person: Yvette Waples, Center for Drug Evaluation and 
Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 
31, rm. 2417, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-9001, Fax: 301-847-
8533, email: ACPS-CP@fda.hhs.gov, or FDA Advisory Committee Information 
Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area). A 
notice in the Federal Register about last minute modifications that 
impact a previously

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announced advisory committee meeting cannot always be published quickly 
enough to provide timely notice. Therefore, you should always check the 
Agency's Web site at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm 
and scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee meeting link, or 
call the advisory committee information line to learn about possible 
modifications before coming to the meeting.
    Agenda: On September 25, 2013, the committee will discuss optimal 
strategies for the evaluation, interpretation, and communication of 
drug-drug interaction (DDI) information. FDA will seek input on: (1) 
Best practices in DDI communication through prescription drug product 
labels (i.e., ``package inserts''), namely: (a) Appropriate format for 
presentation (e.g. tables, graphs, text) of DDI information; (b) level 
of detail of DDI study results; and (c) appropriate wording for 
clinical recommendations based on empirical data versus anticipated 
interactions; (2) appropriate criteria for determining whether or not 
to describe DDI information derived from the literature in product 
labels; and (3) how package insert information on DDIs is used by 
various end-users (e.g., prescribers, dispensers, DDI database 
curators) in decision making and/or communication.
    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 11, 2013. Oral presentations from the public will be 
scheduled between approximately 12:45 p.m. and 1:45 p.m. Those 
individuals interested in making 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 3, 2013. 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 4, 
2013.
    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 Yvette Waples 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: July 12, 2013.
Leslie Kux,
Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2013-17212 Filed 7-17-13; 8:45 am]
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