[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 161 (Wednesday, August 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44282-44283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22088]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration


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: Blood Products Advisory Committee.
    General Function of the Committee: To provide advice and 
recommendations to the agency on FDA regulatory issues.
    Date and Time: The meeting will be held on September 18, 1997, 8 
a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and September 19, 1997, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    Location: Quality Suites Hotel, Potomac Rooms I, II, and III, Three 
Research Ct. (off Shady Grove Rd.), Rockville, MD.
    Contact Person: Linda A. Smallwood, Center for Biologics Evaluation 
and Research (HFM-350), Food and Drug Administration, 1401 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, 301-827-3514, or FDA Advisory Committee 
Information

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Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 
12388. Please call the Information Line for up-to-date information on 
this meeting.
    Agenda: On the morning of September 18, 1997, the committee will 
discuss the topic of inadvertent contamination of plasma. In the 
afternoon, the committee will hear a proposal for management of plasma 
and plasma donors presented by the International Plasma Products 
Industry Association. On September 19, 1997, the committee will discuss 
the topic of cryoprecipitate-depleted plasma.
    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 September 10, 
1997. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between 
approximately 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. on September 
18, 1997. Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. Those 
desiring to make formal oral presentations should notify the contact 
person before September 10, 1997, 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.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

    Dated: August 14, 1997.
Michael A. Friedman,
Deputy Commissioner for Operations.
[FR Doc. 97-22088 Filed 8-19-97; 8:45 am]
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