"The AMDUCA Regulations"
Wednesday, February 12, 1997

1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST*

* Test signal will be broadcast: 12 noon to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

This national interactive broadcast via satellite is targeted to veterinary practitioners who have specific questions regarding the use and prescription of drugs in an extra-label manner. The final regulations implementing the Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act of 1994 (AMDUCA), were published in the Federal Register of Nov. 7, 1996; copies are available from the Communications Staff, FDA/CVM, 7500 Standish Pl., HFV-12, Rockville, MD 20855; phone (301) 594-1755; or on the FDA/CVM Web Site at http://www.fda.gov/cvm.

The program will feature a panel including CVM Director Dr. Stephen Sundlof and AVMA President Dr. Mary Beth Leininger, and an interactive studio audience, direct-to-the-studio telephone call-in or fax-in questions for response by the panel. This program will be broadcast free of charge.

The Satellite Coordinates are:

C-Band Satellite: Galaxy 9
Transponder: 22
Location: 123 degrees West longitude
Polarity: Horizontal
Downlink Frequency: 4140 MHz

Phone Numbers During Broadcast Hours ONLY

Q&A call in: (800) 527-1401 on Feb. 12, 1997
FAX: (888) 361-4011 on Feb. 12, 1997
Broadcast Trouble: (301) 827-3251 on Feb. 12, 1997
(at downlink sites)

Note: Any unforeseen changes regarding this broadcast will be posted immediately on the Internet at: http://www.fda.gov/cvm and http://www.avma.org/.

Tune in via home satellite dish receiver or locate the nearest open downlink by contacting either your State Veterinary Medical Association, your State Veterinary Medical College (where applicable), or your State USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service Veterinarian.

If you have specific questions regarding the AMDUCA regulations that you would like to have answered and wish to submit them in advance of the broadcast, please forward your question(s) to either:

Dr. Bernadette Dunham, AVMA
Phone: (800) 321-1473 x611
FAX: (202) 842-4360
E-mail: 74232.57@compuserve.com

Joanne M. Kla, FDA/CVM
Phone: (301) 594-1771
FAX: (301) 594-4512
E-mail: jkla@bangate.fda.gov