FDA News & Notes - Week of October 10, 2011

SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Science, public health, and regulatory highlights from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Information in this document is designed for credentialed journalists. Release dates and times for items are current as of October 10, 2011.

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Events and Speeches for the Commissioner and FDA leadership:
Wednesday, 10/12 – FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., delivers opening remarks at the Friends of Cancer Research 15th Anniversary Leadership Awards Reception honoring HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Sen. Orrin Hatch. 6 p.m., The St. Regis Hotel, 923 16th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
Friends of Cancer Research Contact: Hilary Downey, [email protected]

Meetings, Workshops and Congressional Testimony:
Wednesday, 10/12 – AAMI/FDA Medical Device Reprocessing Summit. Leaders from industry, regulatory bodies, clinicians, patient safety officers, researchers and others meet for a second day to identify, discuss and formulate strategic initiatives to improve the safe reprocessing of reusable medical devices. 8:30 a.m., 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Building 31, Room 1503, Silver Spring, Md.
Press Office Contact: Karen Riley, 301-796-4674, [email protected]

Thursday, 10/13 – The Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee makes recommendations and votes on information related to premarket approval application for the Cook Inc. ZILVER-PTX Drug-Eluting Stent.
Press Office Contact: Morgan Liscinsky, 301-796-0397, [email protected]

Thursday, 10/13 – Public Meeting - Advancing Regulatory Science for Highly Multiplexed Microbiology/MCM Devices to discuss performance evaluation of highly multiplexed microbiology/medical countermeasure devices, their clinical application, public health needs and establishing the accuracy of reference databases. 8 a.m. 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Building 31, Room 1503, Silver Spring, Md.
Press Office Contact: Erica Jefferson, 301-796-4988, [email protected]

Friday, 10/14 – Immunology Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee; Notice of Postponement of Meeting. Future meeting dates will be announced in the Federal Register.
Press Office Contact: Karen Riley, 301-796-4674, [email protected]

Monday, 10/17 – The Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee discusses a supplemental new drug application for Azilect (rasagiline mesylate) to slow the progression of Parkinson's disease and to treat the signs and symptoms of the disease. 8 a.m., 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Building 31, Room 1503, Silver Spring, Md.
Press Office Contact: Sandy Walsh, 301-796-4669, [email protected]

On the Web:
FDA Commissioner Hamburg and current and former Navy officials recently dedicated the White Oak Laboratory Proud Memory Garden, a memorial honoring those who served at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory and Naval Surface Warfare Center from 1946-1997. The area is the current site of the FDA headquarters in Silver Spring, Md.

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