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EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2001
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION ONCOLOGIC DRUGS ADVISORY COMMITTEE holds a meeting to discuss the development of diagnostic immunohistochemistry (IHC) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) assays intended to identify patients who might benefit from treatment with a particular therapeutic product, with a focus on the characterization and interpretation of assay results; and biologics licensing application 103792/5008, a labeling supplement for HERCEPTIN (trastuzumab), Genentech, Inc., indicated for the treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer who have tumors which overexpress HER-2. The proposed labeling supplement would include the use of FISH testing using the PATH VYSION HER-2 DNA Probe Kit, Vysis, Inc., as a diagnostic method to select patients for HERCEPTIN therapy.
DATE: December 5, 2001
LOCATION: Holiday Inn, Kennedy Ballroom, 8777 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD
CONTACT: Karen M. Templeton-Somers, 301-827-7001
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION APPLICATION OF NUCLEIC ACID TESTING TO BLOOD BORNE PATHOGENS AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES holds a public workshop is to focus on issues surrounding the implementation of nucleic acid testing (NAT) to screen blood and plasma donors.
DATE: December 5, 2001
LOCATION: Lister Hill Center, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 38A, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: Joseph Wilczek, 301-827-6129.
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL ARCHIVES presents Author Lecture and Booksigning for
Betty Monkman discussing her book The White House: Its Historic Furnishings and First Families.
DATE: December 5, 2001
LOCATION: National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC,
CONTACT: 202-501-5000
WEB ADDRESS: nara.gov
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH CLINICAL CENTER GRAND ROUNDS LECTURE SERIES presents: "What Information Should Parents Receive About Their Children's Research Participation," with Dr. Jeffrey R. Botkin, Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Ethics, University of Utah.
DATE: December 5, 2001
LOCATION: Lipsett Amphitheater, Building 10, Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: 301-496-2563
WEB ADDRESS:nih.gov
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: THE US MARSHALS SERVICE holds a Swearing-In Ceremony For The U.S. Marshals Director Benigno Reyna.
WHO: The speakers are:
Attorney General John Ashcroft administering the oath of office.
DATE: December 5, 2001
LOCATION: Sheraton -- Crystal City, 18th and Eads Street, Crystal City, VA
CONTACT: 202-307-9065
WEB ADDRESS:usms.gov
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 2001-2002 DIRECTOR'S LECTURE SERIES presents "Mechanisms of DNA Unlinking and Chromosome Segregation," with Dr. Nicholas R. Cozzarelli, Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley
DATE: December 5, 2001
LOCATION: Masur Auditorium, Building 10, Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: 301-594-5595
WEB ADDRESS:nih.gov
TIME: 5 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN presents Steve Louie reads from Asian Americans: The Movement and the Moment. This recently published book documents the little-known history of Asian American social activism from 1965 to 2001 in relation to other U.S. minorities.
DATE: December 5, 2001
LOCATION: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202- 357-3030
WEB ADDRESS:si.edu
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN National Zoo presents Black & White Gala to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the arrival of giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian.
DATE: December 5, 2001
LOCATION: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS:si.edu
TIME: 8 p.m.
EVENT: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS presents Oxalys in concert playing works ranging from Mozart to Elliott Carter on the flute, cello, viola and harp.
DATE: December 5, 2001
LOCATION: Coolidge Auditorium of the Jefferson Building, Washington DC
CONTACT: 202-707-5502
WEB ADDRESS:loc.gov
