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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 22 (Thursday, February 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 5675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-978]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Notice of Meeting: Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, 
Health, and Society

    Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of the ninth 
meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and 
Society (SACGHS), U.S. Public Health Service. The meeting will be held 
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 27, 2006 and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 
28, 2006 at the National Institutes of Health, Building 31, C Wing, 
Conference Room 6, 31 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892. The meeting 
will be open to the public with attendance limited to space available. 
The meeting will be webcast.
    The first day of the meeting will include sessions on 
pharmacogenomics and large population studies of genetic variation, the 
environment and common disease. The pharmacogenomics session will 
include a review of Federal efforts in pharmacogenomics and 
deliberation on draft recommendations in this area. The large 
population studies session will involve discussion of a draft report 
that identifies policy issues associated with mounting a large 
population study in the United States.
    The second day will be devoted to sessions on genetic 
discrimination and patents and licensing issues. The genetic 
discrimination session will include an update on the status of Federal 
genetic non-discrimination legislation. The patents and licensing 
session will involve a presentation on the findings and conclusions of 
a National Academy of Sciences report on intellectual property rights 
in genomic research and innovation, and a discussion of whether there 
are other issues in this area that warrant SACGHS's further attention.
    Time will be provided each day for public comments. The Committee 
would welcome hearing from anyone wishing to provide public comment on 
any issue related to genetics, health and society. Individuals who 
would like to provide public comment or who plan to attend the meeting 
and need special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or 
other reasonable accommodation, should notify the SACGHS Executive 
Secretary, Ms. Sarah Carr, by telephone at 301-496-9838 or e-mail at 
[email protected]. The SACGHS office is located at 6705 Rockledge Drive, 
Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20892.
    Under authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, Section 222 of the Public Health 
Service Act, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services 
established SACGHS to serve as a public forum for deliberations on the 
broad range of human health and societal issues raised by the 
development and use of genetic technologies and, as warranted, to 
provide advice on these issues. The draft meeting agenda and other 
information about SACGHS, including information about access to the 
webcast will be available at the following Web site: http://www4.od.nih.gov/oba/sacghs.htm.

    Dated: January 26, 2006.
Anna Snouffer,
Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 06-978 Filed 2-1-06; 8:45 am]
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