
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 2, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76362-76363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26491]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2016-N-0001]


Science Board to the Food and Drug Administration Advisory 
Committee; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces a forthcoming 
public advisory committee meeting of the Science Board to the Food and 
Drug Administration. The Science Board provides advice to the 
Commissioner of Food and Drugs and other appropriate officials on 
specific, complex scientific and technical issues important to FDA and 
its mission, including emerging issues within the scientific community. 
Additionally, the Science Board provides advice to the Agency on 
keeping pace with technical and scientific developments including in 
regulatory science, input into the Agency's research agenda and on 
upgrading its scientific and research

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facilities and training opportunities. It will also provide, where 
requested, expert review of Agency sponsored intramural and extramural 
scientific research programs. The meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on November 15, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. 
until 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: FDA White Oak Campus, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Building 31 
Conference Center, the Great Room (Rm. 1503, Section C), Silver Spring, 
MD 20993. For those unable to attend in person, the meeting will also 
be Web cast. The link for the Web cast is available at https://collaboration.fda.gov/sbm1116/. Answers to commonly asked questions 
including information regarding special accommodations due to a 
disability, visitor parking, and transportation may be accessed at: 
http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm408555.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rakesh Raghuwanshi, Office of the 
Chief Scientist, Office of the Commissioner, Food and Drug 
Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 1, Rm. 3309, Silver 
Spring, MD 20993, 301-796-4769, rakesh.raghuwanshi@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 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Agenda: The Science Board will hear about: (1) The Center for 
Biologics Evaluation and Research's strategic goals for regulatory 
science; (2) a progress update on FDA's Opioid Action Plan and the 
Bovine Heparin Initiative; (3) a response from the Office of Scientific 
Professional Development to the Science Board's report on the 
Commissioner's Fellowship Program; (4) a report from the Scientific 
Engagements Subcommittee; (5) and a report from the Food Emergency 
Response Network Cooperative Agreement Program Evaluation Subcommittee.
    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 meeting 
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 
November 8, 2016. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled 
between approximately 4 p.m. and 5 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 November 2, 2016. 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 November 4, 2016.
    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 
disabilities. If you require accommodations due to a disability, please 
contact Rakesh Raghuwanshi 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: October 28, 2016.
Janice M. Soreth,
Acting Associate Commissioner, Special Medical Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016-26491 Filed 11-1-16; 8:45 am]
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