Advisory Committees
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November 7, 2012: Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee Meeting Announcement
| Center | Date | Time | Location |
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| CDER | November 7, 2012 | 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. | FDA White Oak Campus Building 31 The Great Room (Rm. 1503) White Oak Conference Center 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring, Maryland |
Agenda
The committee will discuss the safety and efficacy of a new drug application (NDA) 200677, pasireotide injection (proposed trade name SIGNIFOR) for subcutaneous administration, submitted by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. Pasireotide is an analog (a chemical compound that resembles another compound in structure) of somatostatin. The proposed indication (use) for pasireotide injection is the treatment of patients with Cushing’s disease who require medical intervention (Cushing’s disease is a rare medical condition of excessive cortisol secretion that is secondary to a tumor located in the pituitary gland).
Meeting Materials
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
Public Participation Information
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 November 2, 2012.
- Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between approximately 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. on November 7, 2012. Those desiring to make 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 October 25, 2012.
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 session. The contact person will notify interested persons regarding their request to speak by October 26, 2012.
Webcast Information
CDER plans to provide a free of charge, live webcast of the November 7, 2012, meeting of the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee. While CDER is working to make webcasts available to the public for all advisory committee meetings held at the White Oak campus, there are instances where the webcast transmission is not successful; staff will work to re-establish the transmission as soon as possible. Further information regarding the webcast, including the web address for the webcast, will be made available at least 2 days in advance of the meeting at the following website: 2012 Meeting Materials, Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee
CDER plans to post archived webcasts after the meeting, however, in cases where transmission was not successful, archived webcasts will not be available.
Contact Information
- Paul Tran, R.Ph.
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Food and Drug Administration
10903 New Hampshire Avenue
WO31-2417
Silver Spring, MD 20993
Phone: 301-796-9001
Fax: 301-847-8533
E-mail: EMDAC@fda.hhs.gov
- FDA Advisory Committee Information Line
1-800-741-8138
(301-443-0572 in the Washington DC area)- follow the prompts to the desired center or product area
Please call the Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting.
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 and call the FDA Advisory Committee Information Line to learn about possible modifications before coming to the meeting.
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Information regarding ground transportation, airport information, lodging, driving directions and visitor parking, and security can be accessed at: Public Meetings at the FDA White Oak Campus.
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Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app.2).
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