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- Federal Register
- Vol. 59, No. 114
- Wednesday, June 15, 1994
-
- Public Health Service [GN 2254]
-
- Orphan Products Board; Public Meeting
-
- AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, DHHS.
-
- ACTION: Notice of public meeting; Orphan Products Board.
-
- SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of the
- Assistant Secretary for Health announce that a public meeting of the Orphan
- Products Board will be held on June 29, 1994 in Washington, DC. During the
- session there will be an opportunity for interested persons to present
- information and views on the issue of orphan products development. The meeting
- will be chaired by the Assistant Secretary for Health and Chairman, Orphan
- Products Board. It will commence at 1 p.m., in room 729─G. Hubert H. Humphrey
- Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201.
-
- ADDRESSES: Written requests to participate should be sent to Dr. Richard J.
- Bertin, Executive Secretary, Orphan Products Board, Food and Drug
- Administration (HF─35), Room 8─73, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland
- 20857, and should be received by June 22, 1994.
-
- FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:Dr. Richard J. Bertin, Executive Secretary,
- Orphan Products Board, Food and Drug Administration (HF─35), 5600 Fishers
- Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. (301) 443─4903.
-
- SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An orphan drug is a drug for the treatment of a
- rare disease or condition which either (1) has a prevalence in the United
- States of Under 200,000 persons or (2) has a higher prevalence and for which
- there is no reasonable expectation that the cost of developing and making
- available in the United States a drug for such disease or condition will be
- recovered from sales in the United States of such drug. The Orphan Drug Act,
- Public Law 97─414 enacted on January 4, 1983, as amended, established a number
- of incentives to encourage the development and marketing of orphan drugs.
-
- The act also established an Orphan Products Board to promote the development
- of drugs and devices for rare diseases or conditions and to assure appropriate
- coordination among all interested Federal agencies, manufacturers, and
- organizations representing patients with rare diseases.
-
- The Orphan Products Board is chaired by the Assistant Secretary for Health.
- The Board is composed of representatives from the Department of Health and
- Human Services (DHHS), the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), The National
- Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), and the
- Department of Defense (DoD), Within DHHS, representatives from the Agency for
- Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR), the Centers for Disease Control and
- Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Health Care
- Financing Administration (HCFA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), and the Social Security
- Administration (SSA), serve on the Board. This public meeting will have two
- purposes.
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- 1. An update will be provided on the activities of the Orphan Products Board,
- and members of the Board will discuss their agencies' recent orphan product
- development activities.
-
- 2. In keeping with its mandate to foster actions within the Department to
- facilitate the research, development, and approval of orphan products and to
- coordinate government activities with the private sector in order to achieve
- these goals, the Board encourages presentations by members of the public on
- any issues involving the development and availability of orphan products.
- Those persons wishing to make a presentation at the meeting should submit a
- written request for a time slot to the Executive Secretary of the Orphan
- Products Board. the request for participation should be submitted by June 22,
- 1994, and should include:
-
- a. Name, address, and telephone number of the person desiring to make a
- presentation;
-
- b. Affiliation, if any;
-
- c. A summary of the presentation; and
-
- d. The approximate amount of time required for the presentation (no more than
- 10 minutes, unless more time can be justified.)
-
- Individuals and organizations with common interests or proposals are urged to
- coordinate or consolidate their presentations. Joint presentations may be
- required of persons or organizations with a common interest. The time
- available will be allocated among the individuals who request an opportunity
- for a presentation. Formal written statements or extension of remarks (five
- copies may be presented to the Chairman on the day of the meeting for
- inclusion in the record of the meeting. At the discretion of the Chairman, and
- as time permits, any person in attendance may be heard. This time will, most
- likely, be at the end of the scheduled session. For those unable to attend the
- meeting, comments may be sent to the Executive Secretary of the Orphan
- Products Board at the address listed above.
-
- Dated: May 31, 1994.
-
- Phillip R. Lee,
-
- Assistant Secretary for Health.
-
- Orphan Products Board Public Meeting, Wednesday, June 29, 1994, 1:00 p.m.─3:00
- p.m., Room 729─G, Hubert Humphrey Building
-
- Agenda
-
- 1:00─1:20 p.m. Welcome and Introductory Remarks
-
- Presiding: Philip R. Lee, M.D., Assistant Secretary for Health, Chairman
- Secretary, Orphan Products Board
-
- Richard J. Bertin, Ph.D., Executive Secretary, Orphan Products Board
-
- 1:20─2:10 p.m. Presentations by Members of the Orphan Products Board
-
- (Dr. Bertin, Presiding)
-
- Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
-
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
-
- Food and Drug Administration
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- National Institutes of Health
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- Health Care Financing Administration
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- Department of Veterans Affairs
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- Department of Defense
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- National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
-
- Social Security Administration
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- 2:10─2:20 p.m. Break
-
- 2:20─3:30 p.m. Public Comments and Responses
-
- (Dr. Haffner, Presiding)
-
- [FR Doc. 94─14518 Filed 6─14─94; 8:45 am]
-
- BILLING CODE 4160─17─M
-