Document ID: FDA-2014-N-0001-0100
Agency: fda
Document Type: Notice
Title: Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel of the Medical 
Devices Advisory Committee; Notice of Postponement of Meeting
Posted Date: 2014-12-10T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 237 (Wednesday, December 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73324-73325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-28881]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2014-N-0001]

Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel of the Medical 
Devices Advisory Committee; Notice of Postponement of Meeting

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is postponing the 
meeting of the Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel of the 
Medical Devices Advisory scheduled for December 12, 2014. The meeting 
was announced in the Federal Register of September 22, 2014 (79 FR 
56589). The meeting is postponed from December 12, 2014, until February 
20, 2015. The location of the meeting has also changed.
    Date and Time: The meeting will be held February 20, 2015, from 8 
a.m. to 6 p.m.
    Location: Hilton/Washington DC North, 620 Perry Pkwy., 
Gaithersburg, MD 20877. The hotel's telephone number is 301-977-8900.
    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 13, 2015. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled 
between approximately 1 p.m. and 2 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 4, 2015. 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 6, 2015.
    Contact Person: Sara Anderson, Center for Devices and Radiological 
Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 
66, Rm. 1611, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, or FDA Advisory Committee

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    Dated: December 4, 2014.
Jill Hartzler Warner,
Associate Commissioner for Special Medical Programs.
[FR Doc. 2014-28881 Filed 12-9-14; 8:45 am]
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