The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), American Academy of Optometry (AAOpt), American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS), American Optometric Association (AOA), American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), and Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists, Inc. (CLAO) are cosponsoring a public workshop entitled, “Controlling the Progression of Myopia: Contact Lenses and Future Medical Devices”.
The purpose of the workshop is to discuss the increasing prevalence of myopia and to obtain consensus for clinical trial design attributes when contact lenses or other medical devices are studied for controlling the progression of myopia.
- Date, Time and Location
- Federal Register Notice
- Agenda
- Registration
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FDA Campus Information
The meeting will be webcast.
Agenda
Registration to Attend the Workshop
Registration is $250 for members of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), American Academy of Optometry (AAOpt), American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS), American Optometric Association(AOA), American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) or Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists, Inc. (CLAO); and $400-for non-members and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Persons interested in attending this public workshop must register online. The deadline for online registration is September 23, 2016 at 4:00 PM EDT. There will be no onsite registration on the day of the public workshop. Early registration is recommended because facilities are limited.
To register for the public workshop, please visit http://www.cfom.info/meetings/myopia/. Please provide complete contact information for each attendee, including name, title, affiliation, address, email, telephone number, and membership in the cosponsoring organizations. If there are any questions with registration, please contact Mrs. Bobbi Hahn at [email protected]. Registrants will receive confirmation after they have been accepted. You will be notified if you are on a waiting list.
Food may be purchased in advance for $45 on the registration website (http://www.cfom.info/meetings/myopia/). Food and beverages will also be available for purchase by participants during the workshop breaks. For more information on the workshop, please see the FDA’s Medical Devices News Events–Workshops Conferences calendar at http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/NewsEvents/WorkshopsConferences/default.htm. (Select this public workshop from the posted events list.)
If you require special accommodations due to a disability, please contact Susan Monahan, Office of Communications, Education, and Radiation Programs, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Bldg. 32, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301-796-5661, [email protected].
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