SILVER SPRING, Md., Dec. 12, 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 December 12, 2011.
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Meetings, Workshops and Congressional Testimony:
Wednesday, 12/14 – The first day of a two-day Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee Meeting to discuss pathways for development of drugs intended to treat variola virus infection (smallpox). 8 a.m., 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Building 31, Room 1503, Silver Spring, Md.
Press Office Contact: Pat El-Hinnawy, 301-796-4763, [email protected]
Thursday, 12/15 – The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions holds a full committee hearing on Drug Shortages. The FDA's Sandra Kweder, M.D., deputy director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research's Office of New Drugs is scheduled to testify. 10 a.m., 106 Dirksen Office Building, Washington, D.C.
Press Office Contact: Shelly Burgess, 301-796-4651, [email protected]
Friday, 12/16 – The FDA holds a public meeting to discuss proposed recommendations for a user fee program for biosimilar biological products for fiscal years 2013-2017. 9 a.m., 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Building 31, Room 1503, Silver Spring, Md.
Press Office Contact: Sandy Walsh, 301-796-4669, [email protected]
On the Web:
LASIK Surgery and its Risks -- Five minute video on the risks and benefits of LASIK surgery and what patients should consider before having LASIK surgery.
Press Office Contact: Erica Jefferson, 301-796-4988, [email protected]
Surgical Fires. Find out what causes surgical fires and the efforts to prevent them.
Press Office Contact: Morgan Liscinsky, 301-796-0397, [email protected]
FDA Office of Public Affairs Contact Information:
Call or email FDA Office of Public Affairs, 301-796-4540, [email protected]
List of FDA press officers and beats
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