Science Board to the Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

Zusammenfassung

This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The meeting will be open to the public. Name of Committee: Science Board to the Food and Drug Administration. General Function of the Committee: The board shall provide advice primarily to the agency's Senior Science Advisor and, as needed, to the Commissioner and other appropriate officials on specific complex and technical issues as well as emerging issues within the scientific community in industry and academia. Additionally, the board will provide advice to the agency on keeping pace with technical and scientific evolutions in the fields of regulatory science; on formulating an appropriate research agenda; and on upgrading its scientific and research facilities to keep pace with these changes. It will also provide the means for critical review of agency-sponsored intramural and extramural scientific research programs. Date and Time: The meeting will be held on April 9, 2002, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Location: 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1066, Rockville, MD 20852. Contact: Susan Bond, Office of the Commissioner (HF-33), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, rm