Document ID: FDA-2010-N-0001-0154
Agency: fda
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Third Annual Sentinel Initiative; Public Workshop
Posted Date: 2010-12-07T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 76018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-30562]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2010-N-0001]

Third Annual Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of public workshop.

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    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the following 
public workshop: Third Annual Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop. 
Hosted by the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at The Brookings 
Institution, this 1-day public workshop will bring together the 
stakeholder community for a productive discussion on a variety of 
topics in active medical product surveillance, including an update on 
Mini-Sentinel and related activities, near-term plans for FDA's 
Sentinel Initiative, and opportunities for coordination with other U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services efforts that use distributed 
systems of automated health care data.
    Date and Time: The public workshop will be held on January 12, 
2011, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
    Location: The public workshop will be held at the Renaissance 
Dupont Hotel, 1143 New Hampshire Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20037.
    Contact: Kayla Garvin, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, 
Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, rm. 
6331, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301-796-7578, e-mail: 
sentinelinitiative@fda.hhs.gov.
    Registration: To attend the public workshop, please register at 
http://guest.cvent.com/d/hdq5r4/1Q. When registering, provide the 
following information: Your name, title, company or organization (if 
applicable), address, phone number, and e-mail address. There is no fee 
to register for the public workshop, but because seating is limited, 
registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis. A 1-hour 
lunch break is scheduled; however, food will not be provided. There are 
multiple restaurants within walking distance of the hotel where 
attendees can get food. If you need special accommodations due to a 
disability, please contact The Brookings Institution event coordinator 
at 202-797-4391 or e-mail: sentinelevent@brookings.edu at least 7 days 
in advance.
    Meeting Materials: Please be advised that as soon as workshop 
materials are available, they will be accessible at The Brookings 
Institution events Web site at http://www.brookings.edu//health/events.

    Dated: December 1, 2010.
Leslie Kux,
Acting Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2010-30562 Filed 12-6-10; 8:45 am]
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