Department of Health and Human Services August 26, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request
Document Number: 2011-21942
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-08-26
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2011-21932
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-08-26
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2011-21903
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-08-26
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
Food Safety Modernization Act Domestic and Foreign Facility Reinspections, Recall, and Importer Reinspection User Fee Rates for Fiscal Year 2012; Correction
Document Number: 2011-21895
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-08-26
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a notice that appeared in the Federal Register of August 1, 2011 (76 FR 45820). The document announced the fiscal year 2012 fee rates for certain domestic and foreign facility reinspections, failure to comply with a recall order, and importer reinspections that are mandated in the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The document was published with two typographical errors. This document corrects those errors.
Board of Scientific Counselors, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (BSC, OPHPR)
Document Number: 2011-21887
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-08-26
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2011-21883
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-08-26
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given of the following meeting of the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas.
Prospective Grant of Exclusive License: Conjugate Vaccines Against B. anthracis
Document Number: 2011-21771
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-08-26
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is contemplating the grant of an exclusive license to practice the following invention as embodied in the following patent applications: (1) E-146-2004/0, Purcell et al., ``Monoclonal Antibodies That Neutralize Anthrax Protective Antigen (PA) Toxin'', U.S. Patent Application Number 60/ 639,074, filed on December 22, 2004, PCT Application Number PCT/US2005/ 046/790, filed on December 21, 2005, and U.S. Patent Application Number 11/793,735, filed on December 8, 2009, (2) E-123-2007/0, Purcell et al., ``Monoclonal Antibodies that Neutralize B. anthracis Protective Antigen (PA), Lethal Factor (LF) and Edema Factor (EF)'', U.S. Patent Application Number 60/903,022, filed on February 23, 2007, PCT Application Number PCT/US2008/054609, filed on February 21, 2008, and U.S. Patent Application Number 12/528,427, filed on August 24, 2009, and European Patent Application Number 08730415.0, filed on September 23, 2009, (3) E-125-2008/0, Purcell et al., ``Monoclonal Antibodies That React With the Capsule of Bacillus anthracis'', U.S. Patent Application Number 61/116,222, filed on November 19, 2008, PCT Application Number PCT/US2009/065198, filed on November 19, 2009, and U.S. Patent Application Number 13/130,044, filed on May 18, 2011, (4) E-343-2002/0, Schneerson et al., ``gammaPGA Conjugates for Eliciting Immune Responses Directed Against Bacillus anthracis and Other Bacilli'', U.S. Patent Application Number 60/476,598, filed on June 5, 2003, PCT Application Number PCT/US2004/17736, filed on June 4, 2004, U.S. Patent Application Number 10/559,825, filed December 2, 2005, now U.S. Patent Number 7,803,386, European Patent Application Number 04754360.8, filed June 4, 2004, Canadian Patent Application Number 2,528,067, filed June 4, 2004, and Australian Patent Application Number 2004252091, filed June 4, 2004, now Australian Patent Number 2004252091, and (5) E-040-2005/0, Schneerson et al., ``Methods for Preparing Immunogenic Conjugates'', U.S. Patent Application Number 11/ 005,851, filed on December 6, 2004, now U.S. Patent Number 7,625,736, PCT Application Number PCT/US2005/19678, filed June 3, 2005, European Patent Application Number 05758048.2, filed June 3, 2005, now European Patent Number 1765394 (rights were validated in Germany (Patent Number 602005015855), France (Patent Number 1765394), Great Britain (Patent Number 1765394), and Ireland (Patent Number 1765394)), Indian Patent Application Number 7703/DELNP/2006, filed June 3, 2005, Chinese Patent Application Number 200580018108.2, filed June 3, 2005, Australian Patent Application Number 2005249571, filed June 3, 2005, now Australian Patent Number 2005249571, Canadian Patent Application Number 2,568,364, filed June 3, 2005, and U.S. Patent Application Number 12/ 582,420, filed October 20, 2009, to Biologics Resources LLC, having a place of business in Boyds, Maryland, United States of America. The patent rights in these inventions have been assigned to the United States of America.
Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2011-21767
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-08-26
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2011-21765
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-08-26
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Applications for New Awards; Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge
Document Number: 2011-21756
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-08-26
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Education
Medicare Program; Meeting of the Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee; Cancellation of the September 21, 2011 Meeting
Document Number: 2011-21708
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-08-26
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
This notice announces the cancellation of the September 21, 2011 public meeting of the Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) (``Committee'') that was published in the July 22, 2011 Federal Register (76 FR 44011 through 44012). This notice also announces a public meeting on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. The Committee generally provides advice and recommendations concerning the adequacy of scientific evidence needed to determine whether certain medical items and services can be covered under the Medicare statute. This meeting will focus on the currently available evidence regarding antivascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME). This meeting is open to the public in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(a)).
Medicare Program; Meeting of the Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee-November 9, 2011
Document Number: 2011-21706
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-08-26
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
This notice announces that a public meeting of the Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) (``Committee'') will be held on Wednesday, November 9, 2011. The Committee generally provides advice and recommendations concerning the adequacy of scientific evidence needed to determine whether certain medical items and services can be covered under the Medicare statute. This meeting will focus on the use of electrocardiogram (ECG) based signal analysis technologies to detect myocardial ischemia or coronary artery disease. This meeting is open to the public in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(a)).
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