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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 123 / Tuesday, June 28, 2005 / Notices
pertaining to announcements of meetings and
other committee management activities for
both CDC and the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Dated: June 22, 2005.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services
Office, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05–12689 Filed 6–27–05; 8:45 am]
Board of Scientific Counselors
Meeting, National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH)
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC)
announces the following committee
meeting:
Name: Board of Scientific Counselors
(BSC), NIOSH.
Time and Date: 10 a.m.–3:30 p.m., July 21,
2005.
Place: National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, Robert A. Taft
Laboratories, 4676 Columbia Parkway,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by
the space available. The meeting room
accommodates approximately 50 people.
Visiting members of the public must present
valid identification (U.S. Federal ID, State
Driver’s License, or other State-sanctioned
ID) for entry to Taft Laboratories and must be
escorted by facility staff at all times while
inside the facility.
Purpose: The Secretary, Department of
Health and Human Services; the Assistant
Secretary for Health; and by delegation the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, are authorized under Sections
301 and 308 of the Public Health Service Act
to conduct directly or by grants or contracts,
research, experiments, and demonstrations
relating to occupational safety and health and
to mine health. The Board of Scientific
Counselors shall provide guidance to the
Director, NIOSH, on research and
preventions programs. Specifically, the Board
shall provide guidance on the Institute’s
research activities related to developing and
evaluating hypotheses, systematically
documenting findings and disseminating
results. The Board shall evaluate the degree
to which the activities of NIOSH: (1) Conform
to appropriate scientific standards, (2)
address current, relevant needs, and (3)
produce intended results.
Matters To be Discussed: Agenda items
include a report from the Director of NIOSH;
progress reports by BSC working groups on
the National Occupational Research Agenda
and the health hazard evaluation program,
NIOSH emergency/terrorism preparedness, a
tour of the Taft Laboratories, and closing
remarks.
Agenda items are subject to change as
priorities dictate.
Contact Person for More Information:
Roger Rosa, Executive Secretary, BSC,
NIOSH, CDC, 200 Independence Avenue,
SW., Room 715H, Washington, DC 20201,
telephone (202) 205–7856, fax (202) 260–
4464.
The Director, Management Analysis and
Services Office, has been delegated the
authority to sign Federal Register notices
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 2005D–0240]
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 2001D–0262] (formerly Docket
No. 01–0262)
Draft ‘‘Guidance for Food and Drug
Administration Reviewers: Premarket
Notification Submissions for
Automated Testing Instruments Used
in Blood Establishments;’’ Withdrawal
of Guidance
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice; withdrawal.
SUMMARY: The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing the
withdrawal of a draft guidance that was
issued on August 3, 2001.
DATES: June 28, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
E. Levine, Jr., Center for Biologics
Evaluation and Research (HFM–17),
Food and Drug Administration, 1401
Rockville Pike, suite 200N, Rockville,
MD 20852–1448, 301–827–6210.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice
published in the Federal Register of
August 3, 2001 (66 FR 40708), FDA
announced the availability of a draft
document entitled ‘‘Guidance for FDA
Reviewers: Premarket Notification
Submissions for Automated Testing
Instruments Used in Blood
Establishments.’’ This draft guidance is
being withdrawn because it no longer
reflects the following: (1) All of the
information FDA reviewers should
expect to be included in a premarket
notification submitted to the Center for
Biologics Evaluation and Research for
such devices and (2) the recommended
approach FDA reviewers should take in
reviewing premarket submissions for
automated instruments testing used in
blood establishments. In the future, FDA
may issue for public comment draft
special control guidances on
instrumentation for blood borne
pathogen donor screening and
immunohematology testing.
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Draft Guidance for Industry on
Gingivitis: Development and
Evaluation of Drugs for Treatment or
Prevention; Availability
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing the
availability of a draft guidance for
industry entitled ‘‘Gingivitis:
Development and Evaluation of Drugs
for Treatment or Prevention.’’ The draft
guidance is intended to assist sponsors
in developing clinical trials for drug
products that treat or prevent gingivitis.
It addresses specific protocol design
elements as well as general concerns
about drugs for this indication.
DATES: Submit written or electronic
comments on the draft guidance by
August 29, 2005. General comments on
agency guidance documents are
welcome at any time.
ADDRESSES: Submit written requests for
single copies of the draft guidance to the
Division of Drug Information (HFD–
240), Center for Drug Evaluation and
Research, Food and Drug
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857. Send one selfaddressed adhesive label to assist that
office in processing your requests.
Submit written comments on the draft
guidance to the Division of Dockets
Management (HFA–305), Food and Drug
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm.
1061, Rockville, MD 20852. Submit
electronic comments to https://
www.fda.gov/dockets/ecomments. See
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
for electronic access to the draft
guidance document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Frederick Hyman, Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research (HFD–540),
Food and Drug Administration, 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857,
301–827–2020.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
FDA is announcing the availability of
a draft guidance for industry entitled
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Board of Scientific Counselors Meeting, National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) announces the following committee meeting:
Name: Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC), NIOSH.
Time and Date: 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., July 21, 2005.
Place: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
Robert A. Taft Laboratories, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio
45226.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people. Visiting
members of the public must present valid identification (U.S.
Federal ID, State Driver's License, or other State-sanctioned ID)
for entry to Taft Laboratories and must be escorted by facility
staff at all times while inside the facility.
Purpose: The Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services;
the Assistant Secretary for Health; and by delegation the Director,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are authorized under
Sections 301 and 308 of the Public Health Service Act to conduct
directly or by grants or contracts, research, experiments, and
demonstrations relating to occupational safety and health and to
mine health. The Board of Scientific Counselors shall provide
guidance to the Director, NIOSH, on research and preventions
programs. Specifically, the Board shall provide guidance on the
Institute's research activities related to developing and evaluating
hypotheses, systematically documenting findings and disseminating
results. The Board shall evaluate the degree to which the activities
of NIOSH: (1) Conform to appropriate scientific standards, (2)
address current, relevant needs, and (3) produce intended results.
Matters To be Discussed: Agenda items include a report from the
Director of NIOSH; progress reports by BSC working groups on the
National Occupational Research Agenda and the health hazard
evaluation program, NIOSH emergency/terrorism preparedness, a tour
of the Taft Laboratories, and closing remarks.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Contact Person for More Information: Roger Rosa, Executive
Secretary, BSC, NIOSH, CDC, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 715H,
Washington, DC 20201, telephone (202) 205-7856, fax (202) 260-4464.
The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining
to announcements of meetings and other committee management
activities for both CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry.
Dated: June 22, 2005.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-12689 Filed 6-27-05; 8:45 am]
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