Document ID: FDA-2010-N-0001-0165
Agency: fda
Document Type: Notice
Title: Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
Posted Date: 2011-01-20T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 13 (Thursday, January 20, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 3639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1105]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

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

Vaccines and Related Biological Products 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: 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 February 25, 2011, 
between approximately 8:30 a.m. and 1:50 p.m.
    Location: DoubleTree Hotel Bethesda and Executive Meeting 
Center, 8120 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814.
    Contact Person: Donald W. Jehn or Denise 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), and follow the prompts to 
the desired center or product area. 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: On February 25, 2011, the committee will discuss and 
make recommendations on the selection of strains to be included in 
the influenza virus vaccine for the 2011-2012 influenza season. The 
committee will also hear an update on Pandemic Influenza 
Surveillance.
    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 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/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/default.htm. 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 
February 18, 2011. Oral presentations from the public will be 
scheduled between approximately 11:50 a.m. and 12:50 p.m. Those 
individuals interested in making 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 February 10, 2011. 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 
February 11, 2011.
    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 Donald W. Jehn or 
Denise Royster 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/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm111462.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: January 12, 2011.
Jill Hartzler Warner,
Acting Associate Commissioner for Special Medical Programs.
[FR Doc. 2011-1105 Filed 1-19-11; 8:45 am]
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