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Docket ID: [Docket No. FDA-2008-N-0038]

NOTICE: NOTICES

ACTION: Meetings:

DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

DOCUMENT SUMMARY:

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: General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel of the Medical Devices 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 November 18, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and November 19, 2008, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Location: Marriott Gaithersburg Washingtonian Center, Salons C and D, 9751 Washingtonian Blvd., Gaithersburg, MD.

Contact Person: Lisa M. Lim, Center for Devices and Radiological Health (HFZ410), Food and Drug Administration, 9200 Corporate Blvd., Rockville, MD 20850, 2402763555, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 18007418138 (3014430572 in the Washington, DC area), code 3014512519. Please call the Information Line for uptodate 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 November 18, 2008, the committee will receive an update on safety information collected on dermal fillers in the commercial setting, discuss current premarket and postmarket approved study designs, and make recommendations on general issues concerning the study of various dermal fillers. In addition, the committee will discuss the design of clinical trials for future premarket submissions seeking approval of dermal fillers for new intended uses.

On November 19, 2008, the committee will discuss and make recommendations on general issues related to the clinical trials of cosmetic devices. Specifically, the committee will make recommendations on how to quantify the effects of devices with various types of energy sources, such as lightbased products, lightbased combination devices, ultrasound devices (including focused ultrasound devices), massagers combined with other energy modalities, cryogenic energy devices, radiofrequency ablation devices, and microwave systems, on dermatologic conditions.

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/ohrms/dockets/ac/acmenu.htm, click on the year 2008 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 November 10, 2008. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between approximately 9 a.m. and 10 a.m., and between 1:15 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. on November 18, 2008, and between approximately 8:15 a.m. and 9:15 a.m. on November 19, 2008. 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 October 31, 2008. 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 November 3, 2008.

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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 AnnMarie Williams, Conference Management Staff, at 2402768932 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.

Dated: October 3, 2008.
Randall W. Lutter,
Deputy Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. E824163 Filed 10908; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 416001S

SUMMARY: General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee,

DOCUMENT BODY:

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: General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel of the Medical Devices 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 November 18, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and November 19, 2008, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Location: Marriott Gaithersburg Washingtonian Center, Salons C and D, 9751 Washingtonian Blvd., Gaithersburg, MD.

Contact Person: Lisa M. Lim, Center for Devices and Radiological Health (HFZ410), Food and Drug Administration, 9200 Corporate Blvd., Rockville, MD 20850, 2402763555, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 18007418138 (3014430572 in the Washington, DC area), code 3014512519. Please call the Information Line for uptodate 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 November 18, 2008, the committee will receive an update on safety information collected on dermal fillers in the commercial setting, discuss current premarket and postmarket approved study designs, and make recommendations on general issues concerning the study of various dermal fillers. In addition, the committee will discuss the design of clinical trials for future premarket submissions seeking approval of dermal fillers for new intended uses.

On November 19, 2008, the committee will discuss and make recommendations on general issues related to the clinical trials of cosmetic devices. Specifically, the committee will make recommendations on how to quantify the effects of devices with various types of energy sources, such as lightbased products, lightbased combination devices, ultrasound devices (including focused ultrasound devices), massagers combined with other energy modalities, cryogenic energy devices, radiofrequency ablation devices, and microwave systems, on dermatologic conditions.

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/ohrms/dockets/ac/acmenu.htm, click on the year 2008 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 November 10, 2008. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between approximately 9 a.m. and 10 a.m., and between 1:15 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. on November 18, 2008, and between approximately 8:15 a.m. and 9:15 a.m. on November 19, 2008. 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 October 31, 2008. 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 November 3, 2008.

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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 AnnMarie Williams, Conference Management Staff, at 2402768932 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.

Dated: October 3, 2008.
Randall W. Lutter,
Deputy Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. E824163 Filed 10908; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 416001S