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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).  At least one portion of the meeting will be closed to the public.

*Name of Committee*: Vaccines and Related Biological Products 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 11, 2001, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.                

*Location*: Food and Drug Administration, 8800 Wisconsin Ave., Bldg. 29-B, conference room 1NN06, Bethesda, MD.  This meeting will be held via telephone conference call.  A speaker phone will be provided in the conference room to allow public participation in the meeting.                

*Contact*: Nancy T. Cherry or Denise H. Royster, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (HFM-71), Food and Drug Administration, 1401 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, 301-827-0314, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138, (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 12391.  Please call the Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting.                

*Agenda*: The committee will discuss the intramural scientific research program of the Laboratory of Pediatric and Respiratory Viral Diseases.                

*Procedure*:  On June 11, 2001, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., the meeting is open to the public.  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 May 31, 2001.  Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between approximately 12:20 p.m. and 1:25 p.m.  Time allotted for each presentation may be limited.  Those desiring to make formal oral presentations should notify the contact person before May 31, 2001, 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.                

*Closed Committee Deliberations*:  On June 11, 2001, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., the meeting will be closed to permit discussion where disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6)).  The meeting will be closed to discuss personal information concerning individuals associated with the research program.                

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

Dated: May 17, 2001.

Linda A.  Suydam,

Senior Associate Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 01-13070 Filed 5-22-01; 8:45 am]

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