80_FR_27019 80 FR 26929 - Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

80 FR 26929 - Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 90 (May 11, 2015)

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FR Document2015-11257

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 90 (Monday, May 11, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 90 (Monday, May 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26929-26930]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11257]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2015-N-0001]


Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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    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: Pulmonary-Allergy 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 June 11, 2015, from 8 
a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Location: Hilton Washington DC North/Gaithersburg, Grand Ballroom, 
620 Perry Pkwy., Gaithersburg, MD 20877. Answers to commonly asked 
questions including information regarding special accommodations due to 
a disability, visitor parking, and transportation may be accessed at: 
http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm408555.htm.
    Contact Person: Kristina Toliver, Center for Drug Evaluation and 
Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 
31, Rm. 2417, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-9001, FAX: 301-847-
8533, email: [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 Web site at http://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.
    Agenda: The committee will discuss biologics license application 
(BLA) 125526, for mepolizumab for injection, submitted by 
GlaxoSmithKline for the proposed indication of add-on maintenance 
treatment in patients 12 years and older with severe eosinophilic 
asthma identified by blood eosinophils greater than or equal to 150 
cells/microliter at initiation of treatment or blood eosinophils 
greater than or equal to 300 cells/microliter in the past 12 months.
    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 is 
available at http://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 
28, 2015. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled 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 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 19, 2015. 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

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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 20, 2015.
    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 
physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special 
accommodations due to a disability, please contact Kristina Toliver at 
least 7 days in advance of the meeting.
    FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee 
meetings. Please visit our Web site at http://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: May 5, 2015.
Jill Hartzler Warner,
Associate Commissioner for Special Medical Programs.
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                                              I. CBER Vaccines and Related                            nonvoting industry representatives will               741–8138 (301–443–0572 in the
                                              Biological Products Advisory                            not participate in the selection process).            Washington, DC area). A notice in the
                                              Committee                                                 FDA seeks to include the views of                   Federal Register about last minute
                                                                                                      women, and men, members of all racial                 modifications that impact a previously
                                                 The CBER Vaccines and Related                        and ethnic groups, and individuals with               announced advisory committee meeting
                                              Biological Products Advisory                            and without disabilities on its advisory              cannot always be published quickly
                                              Committee (the Committee) reviews and                   committees and, therefore encourages                  enough to provide timely notice.
                                              evaluates data concerning the safety,                   nominations of appropriately qualified                Therefore, you should always check the
                                              effectiveness, and appropriate use of                   candidates from these groups.                         Agency’s Web site at http://
                                              vaccines and related biological products                  This notice is issued under the                     www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/
                                              which are intended for use in the                       Federal Advisory Committee Act (5                     default.htm and scroll down to the
                                              prevention, treatment, or diagnosis of                  U.S.C. app. 2) and 21 CFR part 14,                    appropriate advisory committee meeting
                                              human diseases, and, as required, any                   relating to advisory committees.                      link, or call the advisory committee
                                              other product for which FDA has                            Dated: May 5, 2015.                                information line to learn about possible
                                              regulatory responsibility. The                                                                                modifications before coming to the
                                                                                                      Jill Hartzler Warner,
                                              Committee also considers the quality                                                                          meeting.
                                              and relevance of FDA’s research                         Associate Commissioner for Special Medical
                                                                                                                                                               Agenda: The committee will discuss
                                                                                                      Programs.
                                              program which provides scientific                                                                             biologics license application (BLA)
                                                                                                      [FR Doc. 2015–11258 Filed 5–8–15; 8:45 am]
                                              support for the regulation of these                                                                           125526, for mepolizumab for injection,
                                              products and makes appropriate                          BILLING CODE 4164–01–P                                submitted by GlaxoSmithKline for the
                                              recommendations to the Commissioner                                                                           proposed indication of add-on
                                              of Food and Drugs.                                                                                            maintenance treatment in patients 12
                                                                                                      DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                              years and older with severe eosinophilic
                                              II. Selection Procedure                                 HUMAN SERVICES                                        asthma identified by blood eosinophils
                                                 Any industry organization interested                 Food and Drug Administration                          greater than or equal to 150 cells/
                                              in participating in the selection of an                                                                       microliter at initiation of treatment or
                                                                                                      [Docket No. FDA–2015–N–0001]                          blood eosinophils greater than or equal
                                              appropriate nonvoting member to
                                              represent industry interests should send                                                                      to 300 cells/microliter in the past 12
                                                                                                      Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory                      months.
                                              a letter stating that interest to the FDA               Committee; Notice of Meeting
                                              contact (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION                                                                             FDA intends to make background
                                              CONTACT) within 30 days of publication                  AGENCY:    Food and Drug Administration,              material available to the public no later
                                              (see DATES). Within the subsequent 30                   HHS.                                                  than 2 business days before the meeting.
                                              days, FDA will send a letter to each                    ACTION:   Notice.                                     If FDA is unable to post the background
                                              organization that has expressed an                                                                            material on its Web site prior to the
                                              interest, attaching a complete list of all                 This notice announces a forthcoming                meeting, the background material will
                                                                                                      meeting of a public advisory committee                be made publicly available at the
                                              such organizations; and a list of all
                                                                                                      of the Food and Drug Administration                   location of the advisory committee
                                              nominees along with their current
                                                                                                      (FDA). The meeting will be open to the                meeting, and the background material
                                              resumes. The letter will also state that
                                                                                                      public.                                               will be posted on FDA’s Web site after
                                              it is the responsibility of the interested
                                                                                                         Name of Committee: Pulmonary-                      the meeting. Background material is
                                              organizations to confer with one another
                                                                                                      Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee.                     available at http://www.fda.gov/
                                              and to select a candidate, within 60
                                                                                                         General Function of the Committee:                 AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/
                                              days after the receipt of the FDA letter,
                                                                                                      To provide advice and                                 default.htm. Scroll down to the
                                              to serve as the nonvoting member to
                                                                                                      recommendations to the Agency on                      appropriate advisory committee meeting
                                              represent industry interests for the
                                                                                                      FDA’s regulatory issues.                              link.
                                              committee. The interested organizations                    Date and Time: The meeting will be                    Procedure: Interested persons may
                                              are not bound by the list of nominees in                held on June 11, 2015, from 8 a.m. to 5               present data, information, or views,
                                              selecting a candidate. However, if no                   p.m.                                                  orally or in writing, on issues pending
                                              individual is selected within 60 days,                     Location: Hilton Washington DC                     before the committee. Written
                                              the Commissioner will select the                        North/Gaithersburg, Grand Ballroom,                   submissions may be made to the contact
                                              nonvoting member to represent industry                  620 Perry Pkwy., Gaithersburg, MD                     person on or before May 28, 2015. Oral
                                              interests.                                              20877. Answers to commonly asked                      presentations from the public will be
                                              III. Application Procedure                              questions including information                       scheduled between approximately 1
                                                                                                      regarding special accommodations due                  p.m. and 2 p.m. Those individuals
                                                Individuals may self-nominate and/or                  to a disability, visitor parking, and                 interested in making formal oral
                                              an organization may nominate one or                     transportation may be accessed at:                    presentations should notify the contact
                                              more individuals to serve as a nonvoting                http://www.fda.gov/                                   person and submit a brief statement of
                                              industry representative. Contact                        AdvisoryCommittees/                                   the general nature of the evidence or
                                              information, a current curriculum vitae,                AboutAdvisoryCommittees/                              arguments they wish to present, the
                                              and the name of the committee of                        ucm408555.htm.                                        names and addresses of proposed
                                              interest should be sent to the FDA                         Contact Person: Kristina Toliver,                  participants, and an indication of the
                                              Advisory Committee Membership                           Center for Drug Evaluation and                        approximate time requested to make
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                                              Nomination Portal (see ADDRESSES)                       Research, Food and Drug                               their presentation on or before May 19,
                                              within 30 days of publication (see                      Administration, 10903 New Hampshire                   2015. Time allotted for each
                                              DATES). FDA will forward all                            Ave., Bldg. 31, Rm. 2417, Silver Spring,              presentation may be limited. If the
                                              nominations to the organizations                        MD 20993–0002, 301–796–9001, FAX:                     number of registrants requesting to
                                              expressing interest in participating in                 301–847–8533, email:                                  speak is greater than can be reasonably
                                              the selection process for the committee.                PADAC@fda.hhs.gov, or FDA Advisory                    accommodated during the scheduled
                                              (Persons who nominate themselves as                     Committee Information Line, 1–800–                    open public hearing session, FDA may


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                                              conduct a lottery to determine the                                         Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted                              instruments must be requested in
                                              speakers for the scheduled open public                                     to the Office of Management and Budget                                writing.
                                              hearing session. The contact person will                                   (OMB) a request for review and                                           Proposed Collection: National
                                              notify interested persons regarding their                                  approval of the information collection                                Institute of Health Neurobiobank Tissue
                                              request to speak by May 20, 2015.                                          listed below. This proposed information                               Access Request—Existing without OMB
                                                Persons attending FDA’s advisory                                         collection was previously published in                                Clearance—National Institute of Mental
                                              committee meetings are advised that the                                    the Federal Register on February 13,                                  Health (NIMH), National Institute of
                                              Agency is not responsible for providing                                    2015, page 8723 and allowed 60-days                                   Health (NIH).
                                              access to electrical outlets.                                              for public comment. No public
                                                FDA welcomes the attendance of the                                       comments were received. The purpose                                      Need and Use of Information
                                              public at its advisory committee                                           of this notice is to allow an additional                              Collection: NIMH is seeking OMB
                                              meetings and will make every effort to                                     30 days for public comment. The                                       approval for two Neurobiobank data
                                              accommodate persons with physical                                          National Institute of Mental Health                                   collections: (1) Pre-Mortem Donor
                                              disabilities or special needs. If you                                      (NIMH), National Institutes of Health,                                Recruitment Form, and (2) Tissue
                                              require special accommodations due to                                      may not conduct or sponsor, and the                                   Access Request Form. The pre-mortem
                                              a disability, please contact Kristina                                      respondent is not required to respond                                 donor form will collect information
                                              Toliver at least 7 days in advance of the                                  to, an information collection that has                                from potential donors to ensure and
                                              meeting.                                                                   been extended, revised, or implemented                                enable appropriate research use of the
                                                FDA is committed to the orderly                                          on or after October 1, 1995, unless it                                tissues and biospecimens. Knowledge
                                              conduct of its advisory committee                                          displays a currently valid OMB control                                about the health history surrounding a
                                              meetings. Please visit our Web site at                                     number.                                                               particular tissue or biospecimen is
                                              http://www.fda.gov/                                                           Direct Comments To OMB: Written                                    essential to ethical scientific research
                                              AdvisoryCommittees/                                                        comments and/or suggestions regarding                                 conducted upon it. The tissue access
                                              AboutAdvisoryCommittees/                                                   the item(s) contained in this notice,                                 request form will collect information
                                              ucm111462.htm for procedures on                                            especially regarding the estimated                                    from researchers who wish to gain
                                              public conduct during advisory                                             public burden and associated response                                 access to the tissue stored throughout
                                              committee meetings.                                                        time, should be directed to the: Office                               the Neurobiobank network, The NIH
                                                Notice of this meeting is given under                                    of Management and Budget, Office of                                   Neurobiobank Tissue Access Request
                                              the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5                                      Regulatory Affairs, OIRA_submission@                                  form is necessary to verify that the
                                              U.S.C. app. 2).                                                            omb.eop.gov or by fax to 202–395–6974,                                researcher ‘‘Recipient’’ Principal
                                                 Dated: May 5, 2015.                                                     Attention: NIH Desk Officer.                                          Investigators and their organization or
                                              Jill Hartzler Warner,                                                         Comment Due Date: Comments                                         corporations applying to use the tissue
                                              Associate Commissioner for Special Medical                                 regarding this information collection are                             is qualified to conduct human tissue
                                              Programs.                                                                  best assured of having their full effect if                           research and have approved assurance
                                              [FR Doc. 2015–11257 Filed 5–8–15; 8:45 am]                                 received within 30-days of the date of                                from the DHHS Office of Human
                                              BILLING CODE 4164–01–P                                                     this publication.                                                     Research Protections to access tissue or
                                                                                                                         FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To                                   biospecimens from the National
                                                                                                                         obtain a copy of the data collection                                  Neurobiobank for research purposes.
                                              DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                                   plans and instruments or request more                                 The primary use of this information is
                                              HUMAN SERVICES                                                             information on the proposed project                                   to document, track, monitor, and
                                                                                                                         contact: NIMH Project Clearance                                       evaluate the appropriate use of the
                                              National Institutes of Health                                              Liaison, Science Policy and Evaluation                                Neurobiobank tissue and biospecimen
                                                                                                                         Branch, OSPPC, NIMH, NIH,                                             resources, as well as to notify interested
                                              Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day                                                                                                                recipients of updates, corrections, or
                                                                                                                         Neuroscience Center, 6001 Executive
                                              Comment Request National Institute of                                                                                                            other changes to the system.
                                                                                                                         Boulevard, MSC 9667, Rockville Pike,
                                              Health Neurobiobank Tissue Access
                                                                                                                         Bethesda, MD 20892, or call 301–443–                                     OMB approval is requested for 3
                                              Request
                                                                                                                         4335 or Email your request, including                                 years. There are no costs to respondents
                                              SUMMARY:  Under the provisions of                                          your address to:                                                      other than their time. The total
                                              Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork                                     nimhprapubliccomments@mail.nih.gov.                                   estimated annualized burden hours are
                                              Reduction Act of 1995, the National                                        Formal requests for additional plans and                              38.

                                                                                                                       ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Average             Total annual
                                                                                                                                                                                       Number of    Frequency               burden per
                                                                                                           Form                                                                                                                                     burden
                                                                                                                                                                                      respondents   of response              response                hours
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             (in hours)

                                              Neurobiobank Tissue Access Request ...........................................................................                                  50                      1              30/60                 25
                                              Pre-Mortem Donor Recruitment Form .............................................................................                                 50                      1              15/60                 13

                                                   Total ..........................................................................................................................          100    ....................   ....................            38
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                                                Dated: May 5, 2015.
                                              Keisha L. Shropshire,
                                              NIMH Project Clearance Officer, NIMH, NIH.
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