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###### Department of Health and Human Services

###### Food and Drug Administration

          - [Docket No. FDA-2011-N-0002]

# AGENCY:

Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

# ACTION:

Notice.

                    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.                          ( print page 12973)    

*Name of Committees:*                     Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee and the Pediatric Advisory Committee.                

*General Function of the Committees:*                     To provide advice and recommendations to the Agency on FDA's regulatory issues.                

*Date and Time:*                     The meeting will be held on May 17, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on May 18, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon.                

# ADDRESSES:

                        FDA is opening a docket for public comment on this meeting. The docket number is FDA-2011-N-0002. The docket will open for public comment on                         *March 9, 2011.*                         The docket will close on June 30, 2011. Interested persons may submit electronic or written comments regarding this meeting. Submit electronic comments to                         *http://www.regulations.gov.*                         Submit written comments to the Division of Dockets Management, Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. All comments received will be posted without change, including any personal information provided. Submit a single copy of electronic comments or a paper copy of any mailed comments, except that individuals may submit one paper copy. Comments are to be identified with the docket number found in brackets in the heading of this meeting notice. Received comments may be seen in the Division of Dockets Management between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Comments received on or before May 3, 2011, will be provided to the committee before the meeting.                    

*Location:*                         Hilton Washington DC/Silver Spring, The Ballrooms, 8727 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring, MD. The hotel telephone number is 301-589-5200.                    

*Contact Person:*                         Diem-Kieu Ngo, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., WO31-2417, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-9001, FAX: 301-847-8533, e-mail:                         *diem.ngo@fda.hhs.gov,*                         or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), and follow the prompts to the desired center or product area. 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:*                         On May 17 and 18, 2011, the committees will review pertinent pharmacokinetic (how drugs are absorbed, distributed, used, and eliminated by the body), safety and efficacy data, and discuss whether new dosing information for oral over-the-counter (OTC) drug products containing acetaminophen should be added to the label for children less than 2 years of age. In addition, the committees will consider adding a weight-based dosing regimen to the existing age-based dosing regimen for children 2 to 12 years of age. Dosing for children 12 years of age and older will not be discussed. Lastly, the committees will discuss ways that administration by caregivers can be improved so that medication errors can be minimized.                    

                        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. All electronic and written submissions submitted to the Docket (                        *see*                         the                         **ADDRESSES**                         section of this document) on or before May 3, 2011, will be provided to the committees. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between approximately 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. on May 17, 2011. 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 April 25, 2011. 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 April 26, 2011.                    

FDA will work with sponsors of acetaminophen products who wish to make presentations to ensure that adequate time, separate from the 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. time slots for the general open public hearing, is provided. Sponsors interested in making formal presentations to the committees should notify the contact person on or before April 25, 2011. Sponsors with common interest are urged to coordinate their oral presentations.

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 Diem-Kieu Ngo 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: March 3, 2011.

Leslie Kux,

Acting Assistant Commissioner for Policy.

[FR Doc. 2011-5284 Filed 3-8-11; 8:45 am]

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