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

###### Food and Drug Administration 

# 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. 

*Name of Committee:*                     Arthritis 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 July 12, 2000, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.                 

*Location:*                     Gaithersburg Holiday Inn, Walker and Whetstone Rooms, Two Montgomery Village Ave., Gaithersburg, MD.                 

*Contact Person:*                     Kathleen R. Reedy or LaNise S. Giles, 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, 301-827-7001, or e-mail: reedyk@cder.fda.gov, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 12532. Please call the Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting.                 

*Agenda:*                     The Committee will discuss biologics license application (BLA) 99-1234, RemicadeTM                     (infliximab, Centocor) for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, prevention of radiographic progression and prevention of physical disability. The Committee will also discuss general issues regarding claims based on radiographic data in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.                 

*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 July 6, 2000. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between approximately 11                           ( print page 35944)                        a.m. and 12 noon. Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. Those desiring to make formal oral presentations should notify the contact person before July 6, 2000, 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: May 31, 2000. 

Linda A. Suydam, 

Senior Associate Commissioner. 

[FR Doc. 00-14213 Filed 6-5-00; 8:45 am] 

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