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

###### Food and Drug Administration

# AGENCY:

Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

# ACTION:

Notice.
      ( print page 61980)    
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  November 29, 2006, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.                

*Location*:   Hilton Washington DC North/Gaithersburg, The Ballrooms, 620 Perry Pkwy., Gaithersburg, MD.                

*Contact Person*:   Johanna M. Clifford, 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, FAX:  301-827-6776, e-mail:                     *Johanna.Clifford@fda.hhs.gov*, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 3014512532.   Please call the Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting.   The background material will become available no later than the day before the meeting and will be posted on FDA's Web site at                     *http://www.fda.gov/​ohrms/​dockets/​ac/​acmenu.htm*                     under the heading “Arthritis Advisory Committee.”  (Click on the year 2006 and scroll down to the above named committee meeting).                

*Agenda*:   The committee will discuss the safety and efficacy of the nonsteriodal anti-inflammatory drug (COX-2 inhibitor)  new drug application (NDA) 20-998/S021, CELEBREX (celecoxib), Pfizer, Inc., for the proposed indication of the relief of the signs and symptoms of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis  in patients 2 years and older.                

*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 15, 2006.   Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between approximately 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.   Time allotted for each presentation may be limited.  Those desiring to make 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 15, 2006.                

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 Johanna Clifford at least 7 days in advance of the meeting.

Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.  app. 2).

Dated: October 13, 2006.

Randall W. Lutter,

Associate Commissioner for Policy.

[FR Doc. 06-8787 Filed 10-19-06; 8:45 am]

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