CALL ADVISORY: 2PM EDT TODAY - FDA to Discuss Actions Related to Substantial Equivalence

CALL ADVISORY

For Immediate Release: June 25, 2013

Contact: Karin Appler, 301-796-4260, Karin.Appler@fda.hhs.gov

WHAT:

A telebriefing to discuss multiple regulatory decisions relating to FDA’s review of tobacco product applications through the substantial equivalence pathway. View the press release.

WHO:

• Mitchell Zeller, J.D., director, Center for Tobacco Products, FDA
• David Ashley, Ph.D, director, Office of Science, Center for Tobacco Products, FDA

WHEN:

Tuesday, June 25, 2:00 p.m. EDT

HOW:

Participants in the United States or Canada may call 888-455-4289. All others should dial 1-210-835-2398. The passcode for all callers is "FDA.”

The FDA, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, protects the public health by assuring the safety, effectiveness, and security of human and veterinary drugs, vaccines and other biological products for human use, and medical devices. The agency also is responsible for the safety and security of our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, dietary supplements, products that give off electronic radiation, and for regulating tobacco products.