# Advisory Committees; Notice of Meetings
**AGENCY:**
Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a tentative schedule of forthcoming meetings of its public advisory committees for 2001. During 1991, at the request of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (the Commissioner), the Institute of Medicine (the IOM) conducted a study of the use of FDA's advisory committees. In its final report, one of the IOM's recommendations was for the agency to publish an annual tentative schedule of its meetings in the *Federal Register* . This publication implements the IOM's recommendation.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Donna M. Combs, Committee Management Office (HFA-306), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-5496.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The IOM, at the request of the Commissioner, undertook a study of the use of FDA's advisory committees. In its final report in 1992, one of the IOM's recommendations was for FDA to adopt a policy of publishing an advance yearly schedule of its upcoming public advisory committee meetings in the *Federal Register* and FDA implemented the recommendation. The annual publication of tentatively scheduled advisory committee meetings will provide both advisory committee members and the public with the opportunity, in advance, to schedule attendance at FDA's upcoming advisory committee meetings. Since the schedule is tentative, amendments to this notice will not be published in the *Federal Register* . However, changes to the schedule will be posted on the FDA Advisory Committees' home page located at www.fda.gov/oc/advisory/default.htm. The FDA will continue to publish a *Federal Register* notice 15 days in advance of each upcoming advisory committee meeting, to announce the meeting (21 CFR 14.20).
The following list announces FDA's tentatively scheduled advisory committee meetings for 2001. You may also obtain up-to-date meeting information by calling the Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area):
| Committee Name | Dates of Meetings | Advisory Committee 5-Digit Information Line Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER | | |
| Science Board to the Food and Drug Administration | April 13 | 12603 |
| CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH | | |
| Allergenic Products Advisory Committee | March 5 | 12388 |
| Biological Response Modifiers Advisory Committee | January 18-19 | 12389 |
| Blood Products Advisory Committee | March 15-16 | 19516 |
| Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Advisory Committee | January 18-19 | 12392 |
| Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee | January 30-31 | 12391 |
| CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH | | |
| Advisory Committee for Pharmaceutical Science | April 23-24 | 12539 |
| Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs | June 1 | 12537 |
| Anesthetic and Life Support Drugs Advisory Committee | January 25-26 | 12529 |
| Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee | January 29-30 | 12530 |
| Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee | January 11 | 12531 |
| Arthritis Advisory Committee | February 7-9 | 12532 |
| Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee | February 8-9 | 12533 |
| Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committee | February 5 | 12534 |
| Drug Abuse Advisory Committee | No meetings are planned | 12535 |
| Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee | February 22-23 | 12536 |
| Gastrointestinal Drugs Advisory Committee | March 29-30 | 12538 |
| Medical Imaging Drugs Advisory Committee | March 1 | 12540 |
| Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee | May 10-11 | 12541 |
| Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee | March 13-14 | 12542 |
| Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee | March 13-15 | 12543 |
| Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee | March 29-30 | 12440 |
| Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee | February 14-15 | 12544 |
| Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee | January 18-19 | 12545 |
| CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY AND APPLIED NUTRITION | | |
| Food Advisory Committee | April 23-24 | 10564 |
| CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH | | |
| Device Good Manufacturing Practice Advisory Committee | No meetings are planned | 12398 |
| Medical Devices Advisory Committee | | |
| Anesthesiology and Respiratory Therapy Devices Panel | June 14-15 | 12624 |
| Circulatory System Devices Panel | February 5 | 12625 |
| Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Toxicology Devices Panel | January 17 | 12514 |
| Dental Products Panel | April 3-4 | 12518 |
| Dispute Resolution Panel | Will meet as needed | 10232 |
| Ear, Nose, and Throat Devices Panel | February 22-23 | 12522 |
| Gastroenterology-Urology Devices Panel | March 9 | 12523 |
| General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel | February 7 | 12519 |
| General Hospital and Personal Use Devices Panel | February 12-13 | 12520 |
| Hematology and Pathology Devices Panel | February 26 | 12515 |
| Immunology Devices Panel | March 16 | 12516 |
| Microbiology Devices Panel | March 8-9 | 12517 |
| Molecular and Clinical Genetics Panel | March 9 | 10231 |
| Neurological Devices Panel | February 8-9 | 12513 |
| Obstetrics-Gynecology Devices Panel | January 29-30 | 12524 |
| Ophthalmic Devices Panel | March 15-16 | 12396 |
| Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel | January 18-19 | 12521 |
| Radiological Devices Panel | February 5 | 12526 |
| National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee | April 23 | 12397 |
| Technical Electronic Product Radiation Safety Standards Committee | May 16-17 | 12399 |
| CENTER FOR VETERINARY MEDICINE | | |
| Veterinary Medicine Advisory Committee | February 20-21 | 12548 |
| NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH | | |
| Advisory Committee on Special Studies Relating to the Possible Long-Term Health Effects of Phenoxy Herbicides and Contaminants | December 6-7 | 12560 |
| Science Board to the National Center for Toxicological Research | June 7-8 | 12559 |
Dated: December 5, 2000.
Linda A. Suydam,
Senior Associate Commissioner.