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Dated: March 27, 2020.
Lowell J. Schiller,
Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2020–N–0008]
Ophthalmic Devices Panel of the
Medical Devices Advisory Committee;
Notice of Meeting
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) announces a
forthcoming public advisory committee
meeting of the Ophthalmic Devices
Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory
Committee. The general function of the
committee is to provide advice and
recommendations to the Agency on
FDA’s regulatory issues. The meeting
will be open to the public.
DATES: The meeting will be held on June
9, 2020, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
ADDRESSES: DoubleTree by Hilton
Washington, DC North/Gaithersburg,
Salons A, B, and C, 620 Perry Pkwy.,
Gaithersburg, MD 20877. The hotel’s
telephone number is 301–977–8900.
The hotel’s website is https://
doubletree3.hilton.com/en/hotels/
maryland/doubletree-by-hiltonwashington-dc-north-gaithersburgGAIGWDT/. Answers to
commonly asked questions including
information regarding special
accommodations due to a disability,
visitor parking, and transportation may
be accessed at: https://www.fda.gov/
AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisory
Committees/ucm408555.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Aden Asefa, Center for Devices and
Radiological Health, Food and Drug
Administration, 10903 New Hampshire
Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 5214, Silver Spring,
MD 20993–0002, 301–796–0400,
Aden.Asefa@fda.hhs.gov; or FDA
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default.htm and scroll down to the
appropriate advisory committee meeting
link, or call the advisory committee
information line to learn about possible
modifications before coming to the
meeting.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda: On June 9, 2020, the
committee will discuss, make
recommendations, and vote on
information regarding the premarket
approval application (PMA) for the
VisAbility Micro Insert sponsored by
Refocus Group, Inc. The proposed
Indication for Use for the VisAbility
Micro Insert, as stated in the PMA, is as
follows:
The VisAbility Micro Insert is
indicated for bilateral scleral
implantation to improve unaided near
vision in phakic, presbyopic patients
between the ages of 45 and 60 years of
age, who have a manifest spherical
equivalent between -0.75D and +0.50D
with less than or equal to 1.00D of
refractive cylinder in both eyes, and
require a minimum near correction of at
least +1.25D reading add.
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 website 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 website after
the meeting. Background material is
available at https://www.fda.gov/
AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/
default.htm. Scroll down to the
appropriate advisory committee meeting
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 May 19, 2020. Oral
presentations from the public will be
scheduled on June 9, 2020, 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
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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 May 11, 2020. 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 May 12, 2020.
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 disabilities.
If you require accommodations due to a
disability, please contact AnnMarie
Williams at Annmarie.Williams@
fda.hhs.gov or 301–796–5966 at least 7
days in advance of the meeting.
FDA is committed to the orderly
conduct of its advisory committee
meetings. Please visit our website at
https://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: March 26, 2020.
Lowell J. Schiller,
Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Office of the Secretary
Emergency Use Authorization
Declaration
Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Notice of Emergency Use
Authorization Declaration.
AGENCY:
The Secretary of Health and
Human Services (HHS) is issuing this
notice pursuant to section 564 of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
(FD&C) Act. On February 4, 2020, the
Secretary determined pursuant to his
authority under section 564 of the FD&C
Act that there is a public health
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emergency that has a significant
potential to affect national security or
the health and security of United States
citizens living abroad and that involves
a novel (new) coronavirus (nCoV) first
detected in Wuhan City, Hubei
Province, China in 2019 (2019–nCoV).
The virus is now named SARS–CoV–2,
which causes the illness COVID–19. On
the basis of this determination, he also
declared that circumstances exist
justifying the authorization of
emergency use of drugs and biological
products during the COVID–19
pandemic, pursuant to section 564 of
the FD&C Act, subject to the terms of
any authorization issued under that
section.
DATES: The determination was effective
February 4, 2020, and this declaration is
effective March 27, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert P. Kadlec, M.D., MTM&H, MS,
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness
and Response, Office of the Secretary,
Department of Health and Human
Services, 200 Independence Avenue
SW, Washington, DC 20201, Telephone
(202) 205–2882 (this is not a toll free
number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Under Section 564 of the FD&C Act,
the Commissioner of the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), acting under
delegated authority from the Secretary
of HHS, may issue an Emergency Use
Authorization (EUA) authorizing (1) the
emergency use of an unapproved drug,
an unapproved or uncleared device, or
an unlicensed biological product; or (2)
an unapproved use of an approved drug,
approved or cleared device, or licensed
biological product. Before an EUA may
be issued, the Secretary of HHS must
declare that circumstances exist
justifying the authorization based on
one of four determinations: (1) A
determination by the Secretary of
Homeland Security that there is a
domestic emergency, or a significant
potential for a domestic emergency,
involving a heightened risk of attack
with a, chemical, biological,
radiological, or nuclear (‘‘CBRN’’) agent
or agents; (2) the identification of a
material threat by the Secretary of
Homeland Security pursuant to section
319F–2 of the Public Health Service
(PHS) Act sufficient to affect national
security or the health and security of
United States citizens living abroad; (3)
a determination by the Secretary of
Defense that there is a military
emergency, or a significant potential for
a military emergency, involving a
heightened risk to United States military
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forces, including personnel operating
under the authority of title 10 or title 50,
of attack with (i) a biological, chemical,
radiological, or nuclear agent or agents;
or (ii) an agent or agents that may cause,
or are otherwise associated with, an
imminently life-threatening and specific
risk to United States military forces; or
(4) a determination by the Secretary that
there is a public health emergency, or a
significant potential for a public health
emergency, that affects, or has a
significant potential to affect, national
security or the health and security of
United States citizens living abroad, and
that involves a CBRN agent or agents, or
a disease or condition that may be
attributable to such agent or agents
Based on any of these four
determinations, the Secretary of HHS
may then declare that circumstances
exist that justify the EUA, at which
point the FDA Commissioner may issue
an EUA if the criteria for issuance of an
authorization under section 564 of the
FD&C Act are met. The Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness
and Response, HHS, requested that the
FDA, HHS, issue an EUA for drugs and
biological products to allow the
Department to take response measures
based on information currently available
about the virus that causes COVID–19.
The determination of a public health
emergency, and the declaration that
circumstances exist justifying
emergency use of drugs and biological
products by the Secretary of HHS, as
described below, enable the FDA
Commissioner to issue an EUA for drugs
and biological products for emergency
use under section 564 of the FD&C Act.
II. Determination by the Secretary of
Health and Human Services
On February 4, 2020, pursuant to
section 564 of the FD&C Act, I
determined that there is a public health
emergency that has a significant
potential to affect national security or
the health and security of United States
citizens living abroad and that involves
a novel (new) coronavirus (nCoV) first
detected in Wuhan City, Hubei
Province, China in 2019 (2019–nCoV).
The virus is now named SARS–CoV–2,
which causes the illness COVID–19.
III. Declaration of the Secretary of
Health and Human Services
On March 27, 2020, on the basis of my
determination of a public health
emergency that has a significant
potential to affect national security or
the health and security of United States
citizens living abroad and that involves
the novel (new) coronavirus, I declared
that circumstances exist justifying the
authorization of emergency use of drugs
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2020-N-0008]
Ophthalmic Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory
Committee; Notice of Meeting
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces a forthcoming
public advisory committee meeting of the Ophthalmic Devices Panel of
the Medical Devices Advisory Committee. The general function of the
committee is to provide advice and recommendations to the Agency on
FDA's regulatory issues. The meeting will be open to the public.
DATES: The meeting will be held on June 9, 2020, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
ADDRESSES: DoubleTree by Hilton Washington, DC North/Gaithersburg,
Salons A, B, and C, 620 Perry Pkwy., Gaithersburg, MD 20877. The
hotel's telephone number is 301-977-8900. The hotel's website is
https://doubletree3.hilton.com/en/hotels/maryland/doubletree-by-hilton-washington-dc-north-gaithersburg-GAIGWDT/. Answers to
commonly asked questions including information regarding special
accommodations due to a disability, visitor parking, and transportation
may be accessed at: https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm408555.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aden Asefa, Center for Devices and
Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire
Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 5214, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-0400,
[email protected]; or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-
800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area). 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 website at https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm and scroll down to the appropriate
advisory committee meeting link, or call the advisory committee
information line to learn about possible modifications before coming to
the meeting.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda: On June 9, 2020, the committee will discuss, make
recommendations, and vote on information regarding the premarket
approval application (PMA) for the VisAbility Micro Insert sponsored by
Refocus Group, Inc. The proposed Indication for Use for the VisAbility
Micro Insert, as stated in the PMA, is as follows:
The VisAbility Micro Insert is indicated for bilateral scleral
implantation to improve unaided near vision in phakic, presbyopic
patients between the ages of 45 and 60 years of age, who have a
manifest spherical equivalent between -0.75D and +0.50D with less than
or equal to 1.00D of refractive cylinder in both eyes, and require a
minimum near correction of at least +1.25D reading add.
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 website 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 website after the meeting. Background material is
available at https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/default.htm. Scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee meeting
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 May
19, 2020. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled on June
9, 2020, 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
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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 May 11, 2020. 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 May 12, 2020.
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
disabilities. If you require accommodations due to a disability, please
contact AnnMarie Williams at [email protected] or 301-796-
5966 at least 7 days in advance of the meeting.
FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee
meetings. Please visit our website at https://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: March 26, 2020.
Lowell J. Schiller,
Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2020-06747 Filed 3-31-20; 8:45 am]
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