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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*:   Psychopharmacologic Drugs 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 December 2, 2005, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.                

*Location*:   Hilton, The Ballrooms, 620 Perry Pkwy., Gaithersburg, MD, 301-977-8900.                

*Contact Person*:  Cicely Reese, 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:                     *ReeseCi@cder.fda.gov*, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 3014512544.  Please call the Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting.  The background material will                           ( print page 62127)                        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 “Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee (PDAC).”  (Click on the year 2005 and scroll down to PDAC  meetings.)                

*Agenda*:   The committee will discuss new drug application (NDA) 21-514, proposed trade name METHYPATCH (Methylphenidate) Tdp, (Methylphenidate Transdermal System), Noven Pharmaceuticals, proposed indication for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).                

*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 November 18, 2005.  Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between approximately 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.  Time allotted for each presentation may be limited.  Those desiring to make formal oral presentations should notify the contact person before November 18, 2005, 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.                

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 Cicely Reese 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 21, 2005.

Jason Brodsky,

Acting Associate Commissioner for External Relations.

[FR Doc. 05-21524 Filed 10-27-05; 8:45 am]

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