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MEDIA ADVISORY: Task Force On AIDS Drug Development To Meet

Food and Drug Administration, April 13, 1994
Arthur Whitmore (301) 443-4177


The National Task Force on AIDS Drug Development will meet Thursday and Friday, April 14 and 15, at the Sheraton National Hotel, Columbia Pike and Washington Boulevard, Arlington, Va.

The meeting will be from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday and from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Friday.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna E. Shalala will deliver opening remarks from 8:30 to 9 a.m. on Thursday.

During the meeting the Task Force will hear from several invited speakers who will discuss AIDS drug development. An open public comment session is scheduled from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.

This will be the first meeting of the Task Force since it was organized last fall to identify barriers to AIDS drug development and make recommendations to the Secretary for overcoming those barriers.
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SOURCE: Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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