The posts that follow provide a tenative schedule of meetings of the various FDA advisory committees. A definition of an advisory committee, which is sometimes referred to as a panel, is provided in the glossary.

May 2010 Advisory Committee Meetings

May 11 - Dental Products Panel
May 12 - Joint Meeting of the Arthritis Drugs Advisory Committee and Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committees
May 13-14 - Neurological Devies Panel
May 17 - Science Board to the Food and Drug Administration
May 19 - Ear, Nose, and Throat Devices Panel
May 20-21 - General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel
May 27 - Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee
May 27 - Circulatory System Devices Panel

June 2010 Advisory Committee Meetings

June 2 - Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee
June 8-9 - Tobacco Constituents Subcommittee of the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee
June 9-10 - Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel
June 10 - Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee
June 16-17 - Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Toxicology Devices Panel
June 17 - Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs
June 17-18 - Gastroenterology-Urology Devices Panel
June 18 - Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs
June 21-22 - Pediatric Advisory Committee
June 23 - Anesthesiology and Respiratory Therapy Devices Panel
June 24-25 - Ophthalmic Devices Panel
June 28 - Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committee

July 2010 Advisory Committee Meetings

July 8-9 - Hematology and Pathology Devices Panel
July 8-9 - Neurological Devices Panel
July 13 - Dental Products Panel
July 13-14 - Joint Meeting of the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee and Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committees
July 15 - Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee
July 15-16 - Obstetrics and Gynecology Devices Panel
July 20 - Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee
July 21 - Radiological Devices Panel
July 22 - Device Good Manufacturing Practice Advisory Committee
July 22-23 - Joint Meeting of the Anesthetic and Life Support Drugs and Drug Safety & Risk Management Advisory Committees
July 26-27 - Blood Products Advisory Committee
July 28 - Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee
July 28-29 - General Hospital and Personal Use Devices Panel
July 29 - Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee
July dates to be announced - Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee

August 2010 Advisory Committee Meetings

August 12-13 - General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel
August 16 - Science Board to the Food and Drug Administration
August 19 - Anesthetic and Life Support Drugs Advisory Committee
August 19-20 - Risk Communication Advisory Committee
August 25 - Ear, Nose, and Throat Devices Panel
August 25-26 - Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee

September 2010 Advisory Committee Meetings

September 1 - Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee
September 2 - Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee
September 7 - Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee
September 9-10 - Gastroenterology-Urology Devices Panel
September 14 - Dental Products Panel
September 14 - Joint Meeting of the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee and the Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee
September 15 - Radiological Devices Panel
September 15 - Anesthesiology and Respiratory Therapy Devices Panel
September 15 - Immunology Devices Panel
September 15-16 - Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee
September 15-16 - Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee
September 15-16 - Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee
September 16 - Device Good Manufacturing Practice Advisory Committee
September 17 - Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee
September 20-21 - Pediatric Advisory Committee
September 23 - Circulatory System Devices Panel
September 23 - Microbiology Devices Panel

October 2010 Advisory Committee Meetings

October 5-6 - Molecular and Clinical Genetics Panel
October 7-8 - Neurological Devices Panel
October 13-14 - Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel
October 20-21 - Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Toxicology Devices Panel
October 21-22 - Hematology and Pathology Devices Panel
October 21-22 - Obstetrics and Gynecology Devices Panel
October 26 - Allergenic Products Advisory Committee
October 28-29 - Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Advisory Committee
October 28-29 - Ophthalmic Devices Panel
October dates to be announced - Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee

November 2010 Advisory Committee Meetings

November 3-4 - Ear, Nose, and Throat Devices Panel
November 4-5 - General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel
November 8-9 - Risk Communication Advisory Committee
November 10 - Anesthesiology and Respiratory Therapy Devices Panel
November 15 - Science Board to the Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee
November 17 - Radiological Devices Panel
November 17-18 - Science Advisory Board to the National Center for Toxicological Research
November 17-18 - Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee
November 17-18 - General Hospital and Personal Use Devices Panel
November 18-19 - Blood Products Advisory Committee
November 18-19 - Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee
November 18-19 - Ophthalmic Devices Panel
November dates to be announced - Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee
November dates to be announced - Gastrointestinal Drugs Advisory Committee

December 2010 Advisory Committee Meetings

December 1 - Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee
December 1-2 - Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel
December 2 - Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee
December 2-3 - Gastroenterology-Urology Devices Panel
December 6 - Immunology Devices Panel
December 6-7 - Pediatric Advisory Committee
December 8 - Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee
December 8-9 - Circulatory System Devices Panel
December 9-10 - Neurological Devices Panel
December 16-17 - Obstetrics and Gynecology Devices Panel