[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 111 (Thursday, June 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36451-36452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14370]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration


Gastroenterology and Urology Devices Panel of the Medical Devices 
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: Gastroenterology and Urology Devices Panel of 
the Medical Devices 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 June 19, 2000, 10 a.m. 
to 5 p.m.
    Location: Hilton, Salons D and E, 620 Perry Pkwy., Gaithersburg, 
MD.
    Contact Person: Mary J. Cornelius, Center for Devices and 
Radiological Health (HFZ-470), Food and Drug Administration, 9200 
Corporate Blvd., Rockville, MD 20850, 301-594-2194, ext. 118, or FDA 
Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in 
the Washington, DC area), code 12523. Please call the information Line 
for up-to-date information on this meeting.
    Agenda: The committee will discuss, make recommendations, and vote 
on a premarket approval application for a device for the treatment of 
obesity.
    Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or 
views,

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orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee. Written 
submissions may be made to the contact person by June 12, 2000. Oral 
presentations from the public will be scheduled between approximately 
10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., and between approximately 3:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. 
Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. Those desiring to 
make formal oral presentations should notify the contact person before 
June 12, 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.
    FDA regrets that it was unable to publish this notice 15 days prior 
to the June 19, 2000, Gastroenterology and Urology Devices Panel of the 
Medical Devices Advisory Committee meeting. Because the agency believes 
there is some urgency to bring this issue to public discussion and 
qualified members of the Gastroenterology and Urology Devices Panel of 
the Medical Devices Advisory Committee were available at this time, the 
Commissioner of Food and Drugs concluded that it was in the public 
interest to hold this meeting even if there was not sufficient time for 
the customary 15-day public notice.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

    Dated: June 1, 2000.
Linda A. Suydam,
Senior Associate Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 00-14370 Filed 6-7-00; 8:45 am]
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