Notice of Meeting: Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society, 60376-60377 [07-5239]

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[FR Doc. 07–5233 Filed 10–23–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4150–04–M DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; American Health Information Community Meeting ACTION: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary yshivers on PROD1PC62 with NOTICES Notice of Interest Rate on Overdue Debts Section 30.13 of the Department of Health and Human Services’ claims collection regulations (45 CFR Part 30) provides that the Secretary shall charge an annual rate of interest as fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury after taking into consideration private consumer rates of interest prevailing on the date that HHS becomes entitled to recovery. 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[FR Doc. 07–5232 Filed 10–23–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4150–24–M DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary Notice of Meeting: Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society Pursuant to Public Law 92–463, notice is hereby given of the fourteenth meeting of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society (SACGHS), U.S. Public Health Service. The meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to approximately 5:30 p.m. on Monday, November 19, 2007 and 8:30 a.m. to approximately 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 20, 2007, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center—1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004. The meeting will be open to the public with attendance limited to space available. The meeting also will be Web cast. The agenda will focus on three key issues—finalization of the SACGHS report on the opportunities and challenges in realizing the promise of pharmacogenomics; the oversight of genetic testing; and the preparedness of health professionals to incorporate genetic and genomic tests and services into clinical and public health practice. With regard to the oversight of genetic resting, SACGHS’ draft report to the E:\FR\FM\24OCN1.SGM 24OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 205 / Wednesday, October 24, 2007 / Notices Secretary of Health and Human Services will be released for public comment in early November. The Committee will provide an extended period of time during the November meeting for members of the public to provide their perspectives on the oversight issues and comments on the Committee’s draft report and recommendations. The Committee will also be briefed about an international analysis of oversight systems for genetic testing with a focus on the U.S. system. As always, the Committee welcomes hearing from anyone wishing to provide public comment on any issue related to genetics, health and society. Individuals who would like to provide public comment should notify the SACGHS Executive Secretary, Ms. Sarah Carr, by telephone at 301–496–9838 or e-mail at carrs@od.nih.gov. The SACGHS office is located at 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20892. Anyone planning to attend the meeting who is in need of special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, is also asked to contact the Executive Secretary. Under authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, Section 222 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services established SACGHS to serve as a public forum for deliberations on the broad range of human health and societal issues raised by the development and use of genetic and genomic technologies and, as warranted, to provide advice on these issues. The draft meeting agenda and other information about SACGHS, including information about access to the Web cast, will be available at the following Web site: https:// www4.od.nih.gov/oba/sacghs.htm Dated: October 17, 2007. Jennifer Spaeth, Director, NIH Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy. [FR Doc. 07–5239 Filed 10–23–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–M DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. 2007P–0047] yshivers on PROD1PC62 with NOTICES Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice. This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory committee VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:33 Oct 23, 2007 Jkt 214001 of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The meeting will be open to the public. Name of Committee: Nonprescription Drugs 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 December 14, 2007, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Addresses: Electronic comments should be submitted to https:// www.fda.gov/dockets/ecomments. Select ‘‘2007P–0047—Amend the Dosage of Oral Phenylephrine Listed in the Final Monograph on Oral Decongestants,’’ and follow the prompts to submit your statement. Written comments should be submitted to the Division of Dockets Management (HFA– 305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852, by close of business on December 30, 2007. Location: Hilton Washington DC/ Silver Spring, The Ballrooms, 8727 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring, MD. The hotel telephone number is 301–589– 5200. Contact Person; Diem-Kieu Ngo, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (HFD–21), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane (for express delivery, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1093), Rockville, MD 20857, 301–827– 7001, FAX: 301–827–6776, e-mail: Diem.Ngo@fda.hhs.gov, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1–800–741–8138 (301) 443–0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 3014512541. 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: The committee will discuss the safety and effectiveness of phenylephrine hydrochloride and phenylephrine bitartrate as over-thecounter (OTC) oral nasal decongestants. The discussion at the meeting will address a citizen petition submitted to FDA on February 1, 2007 (Docket No. 2007P–0047/CP1), which asserts that the available data do not support the adult and pediatric doses of phenylephrine hydrochloride and phenylephrine bitartrate that are generally recognized as safe and PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 60377 effective in the OTC drug monograph for Cold, Cough, Allergy, Bronchodilator, and Antiasthmatic Drug Products (CCABADP) in 21 CFR part 341. The meeting will focus on the review of existing safety and efficacy data and the petitioner’s request that the CCABADP monograph be amended to increase the adult dose of phenylephrine hydrochloride from 10 to 25 milligrams (mg) and that of phenylephrine bitartrate from 15.6 to 40 mg. Additional information was submitted to the docket for OTC Nasal Decongestants (Docket No. 1976N– 0052N; submissions EMC140, C251, C253 and Supplement 13) and is related to the petition or the petitioner’s publications. These submissions were submitted to the OTC Nasal Decongestant docket and have been cross-referenced and linked to Docket No. 2007P–0047. The petition and other relevant submissions can be found at the following Web site: https:// www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/dockets/ 07p0047/07p0047.htm. Other information in Docket No. 1976N–0052N may be considered. For example, see comments 10 and 11 of the Tentative Final Monograph for OTC Nasal Decongestants, published in the Federal Register of January 15, 1985 (50 FR 2220 at 2226). 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 will be available at https://www.fda.gov/ ohrms/dockets/ac/acmenu.htm, click on the year 2007 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 30, 2007. 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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 24, 2007)]
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[FR Doc No: 07-5239]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Notice of Meeting: Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, 
Health, and Society

    Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of the 
fourteenth meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, 
Health, and Society (SACGHS), U.S. Public Health Service. The meeting 
will be held from 8:30 a.m. to approximately 5:30 p.m. on Monday, 
November 19, 2007 and 8:30 a.m. to approximately 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 
November 20, 2007, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International 
Trade Center--1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004. The 
meeting will be open to the public with attendance limited to space 
available. The meeting also will be Web cast.
    The agenda will focus on three key issues--finalization of the 
SACGHS report on the opportunities and challenges in realizing the 
promise of pharmacogenomics; the oversight of genetic testing; and the 
preparedness of health professionals to incorporate genetic and genomic 
tests and services into clinical and public health practice. With 
regard to the oversight of genetic resting, SACGHS' draft report to the

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Secretary of Health and Human Services will be released for public 
comment in early November. The Committee will provide an extended 
period of time during the November meeting for members of the public to 
provide their perspectives on the oversight issues and comments on the 
Committee's draft report and recommendations. The Committee will also 
be briefed about an international analysis of oversight systems for 
genetic testing with a focus on the U.S. system.
    As always, the Committee welcomes hearing from anyone wishing to 
provide public comment on any issue related to genetics, health and 
society. Individuals who would like to provide public comment should 
notify the SACGHS Executive Secretary, Ms. Sarah Carr, by telephone at 
301-496-9838 or e-mail at carrs@od.nih.gov. The SACGHS office is 
located at 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20892. Anyone 
planning to attend the meeting who is in need of special assistance, 
such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable 
accommodations, is also asked to contact the Executive Secretary.
    Under authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, Section 222 of the Public Health 
Service Act, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services 
established SACGHS to serve as a public forum for deliberations on the 
broad range of human health and societal issues raised by the 
development and use of genetic and genomic technologies and, as 
warranted, to provide advice on these issues. The draft meeting agenda 
and other information about SACGHS, including information about access 
to the Web cast, will be available at the following Web site: https://
www4.od.nih.gov/oba/sacghs.htm

    Dated: October 17, 2007.
Jennifer Spaeth,
Director, NIH Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 07-5239 Filed 10-23-07; 8:45 am]
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