[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27327-27328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13372]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2009-N-0664]


Oncologic Drugs 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: Oncologic 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 July 15, 2009, from 8 
a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Location: Hilton Washington DC North/Gaithersburg, The Ballrooms, 
620 Perry Pkwy, Gaithersburg, MD. The hotel telephone number is 301-
977-8900.
    Contact Person: Nicole Vesely, 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, 301-827-6793, FAX: 301-827-6776, e-mail: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1977707a76757c376f7c6a7c7560597f7d783771716a377e766f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3d53545e525158134b584e5851447d5b595c1355554e135a524b">[email protected]</span></a>, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 
1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 
3014512542. Please call the Information Line for up-to-date information 
on this meeting. A notice in the Federal Register about last minute 
modifications that impact a previously announced advisory committee 
meeting cannot always be published quickly enough to provide timely 
notice. Therefore, you should always check the agency's Web site and 
call the appropriate advisory committee hot line/phone line to learn 
about possible modifications before coming to the meeting.
    Agenda: The committee will discuss: (1) new drug application (NDA) 
022-447, proposed trade name YONDELIS (trabectedin) powder, for 
concentrate for solution for intravenous infusion, Centocor Ortho 
Biotech Products, L.P., proposed indication in combination with DOXIL 
(doxorubicin HCl liposome injection), for the treatment of patients 
with relapsed ovarian cancer; and (2) supplemental new drug application 
(sNDA) 050-718/S-039, DOXIL (doxorubicin HCl liposome injection), for 
intravenous infusion, Centocor Ortho Biotech Products, L.P., proposed 
indication in combination with docetaxel for the treatment of patients 
with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer who have received 
prior anthracycline treatment.
    FDA intends to make background material available to the public no 
later than 2 business days before the meeting. If FDA is unable to post 
the background material on its Web site prior to the meeting, the 
background material will

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be made publicly available at the location of the advisory committee 
meeting, and the background material will be posted on FDA's Web site 
after the meeting. Background material is available at http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/acmenu.htm, click on the year 2009 and 
scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee link.
    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 June 
30, 2009. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between 
approximately 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., and 3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. 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 June 22, 2009. Time 
allotted for each presentation may be limited. If the number of 
registrants requesting to speak is greater than can be reasonably 
accommodated during the scheduled open public hearing session, FDA may 
conduct a lottery to determine the speakers for the scheduled open 
public hearing session. The contact person will notify interested 
persons regarding their request to speak by June 23, 2009.
    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 Nicole Vesely at 
least 7 days in advance of the meeting.
    FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee 
meetings. Please visit our Web site at http://www.fda.gov/oc/advisory/default.htm for procedures on public conduct during advisory committee 
meetings.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

    Dated: May 29, 2009.
Randall W. Lutter,
Deputy Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. E9-13372 Filed 6-8-09; 8:45 am]
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