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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2019-N-1281]

General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY:  Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION:  Notice.

SUMMARY:  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces a forthcoming public advisory committee meeting of the General and Plastic Surgery 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 May 30, 2019, from 10 a.m. to 4 p. m. and on May 31, 2019, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES:  The meeting will be held at the Gaithersburg Holiday Inn, Grand Ballroom, Two Montgomery Village Ave., Gaithersburg, MD  20879.  The hotel’s telephone number is 301-948-8900; additional information available online at: https://www.reservations.com/hotel/holiday-inn-gaithersburg?rmcid=rcc4&msclkid=8cda4d308856180123cc11aeb932c40b&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Top%20Hotels&utm_term=Holiday%20Inn%20Gaithersburg&utm_content=Holiday%20Inn%20Gaithersburg_1736466.  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:  Patricio Garcia, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave, Bldg. 66, Rm. G610, Silver Spring, MD 20993, [email protected], 301-796-6875, 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 May 30, 2019, the committee will discuss and make recommendations regarding the reclassification of surgical stapler devices for internal use from Class I (general controls) to Class II (special controls). On May 31, 2019, the committee will discuss and make recommendations regarding the reclassification of certain absorbable hemostatic agents from Class III to Class II (special controls).

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/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/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 20, 2019.  Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled on May 30 and 31, 2019, between approximately 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.  Those individuals interested in making formal oral presentations should notify the contact person (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) and indicate which session they would like to present.  The notification should include 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 10, 2019.  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 sessions.  The contact person will notify interested persons regarding their request to speak by May 13, 2019.

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:  April 18, 2019.

Lowell J. Schiller,

Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy. 

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