Tenth Meeting of the
Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society
June 26-27, 2006
Meeting Location
National Institutes of Health
<http://www.nih.gov/about/visitor/index.htm>
Building 31/C Wing/6th floor/Conference Room 6
31 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892
The meeting is open to the public, and pre-registration is not required.
Seating will be available on a first-come-first-serve basis. For
directions, please visit <http://www.nih.gov/about/visitor/index.htm>.
Agenda
June 26th will include a review of the Committee's draft report and
recommendations on pharmacogenomics and a briefing on Food and Drug
Administration's Critical Path Initiative. The Committee also will hear
from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on the status of a
proposal to add a genetics specialty to the regulations implementing the
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments. In addition, the Committee
will discuss the status of its solicitation of public comments on the
Committee's draft report "Policy Issues Associated with Undertaking a
Large U.S. Population Cohort Project on Genes, Environment, and Disease"
(posted at <http://www4.od.nih.gov/oba/sacghs/public_comments.htm>) and,
to further inform the draft report, the Committee will hear
presentations on environmental components of gene-environment studies.
June 27th will begin with several presentations intended to provide the
Committee with a better understanding of the impact of gene patents and
licensing practices on access to genetic tests and services and the role
and economic impact of gene patents in drug and diagnostics development.
These presentations will help inform the Committee's next steps on this
issue. The Committee will also be updated about the status of Federal
genetic non-discrimination legislation and the work of the two
interagency work groups regarding the impact of direct-to-consumer
marketing of genetic tests.
An agenda has been posted online at
<http://www4.od.nih.gov/oba/SACGHS/meetings/June2006/SACGHSJun2006premee
ting.htm>
Public Comments
SACGHS welcomes public perspectives on any of the issues to be covered
during the meeting as well as on issues important to members of the
public. If you wish to provide comments at the meeting, please contact
Amita Mehrotra by email at [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or by phone at 301-496-9838 to sign up.
Please indicate whether you will be speaking as an individual or on
behalf of an organization, and if the latter, your affiliation with that
organization. Written public comments also may be submitted to SACGHS
via [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>. In order to be
considered by SACGHS at the June meeting, written comments should be
submitted no later than Wednesday, June 21, 2006.
Webcast
The meeting will be webcast. Information on how to access the webcast
will be available on the day of the meeting at
<http://www4.od.nih.gov/oba/SACGHS/meetings/June2006/SACGHSJun2006premee
ting.htm>
Special Accommodations
Attendees requiring special accommodations, such as interpreting
services, should contact Abbe Smith of Capital Consulting by phone at
301-468-6004, ext 402, or by email at <[log in to unmask]>
prior to the meeting.
For more information about the Committee and to obtain up-to-date
information about the meeting, please visit
<http://www4.od.nih.gov/oba/sacghs.htm>.
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Sylvia M. Au, M.S., C.G.C.
State Genetics Coordinator
Hawaii Department of Health
741 Sunset Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96816
(808) 733-9063
(808) 733-9068 fax
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www.hawaiigenetics.org
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