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In fairness to the FDA. You have to tell the FDA what the meeting will be about and provide the relevant material in advance so the right people can be there and be familiar with the materials presented.

In most cases the FDA will schedule a Type B meeting within 60 days of the request.

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B. Type B Meeting
Type B meetings are as follows:4
• Pre-investigational new drug application (pre-IND) meetings (21 CFR 312.82)
• Certain end-of-phase 1 meetings (21 CFR 312.82)
• End-of-phase 2 and pre-phase 3 meetings (21 CFR 312.47)
• Pre-new drug application/biologics license application meetings (21 CFR 312.47)
Type B meetings should be scheduled to occur within 60 days of FDA receipt of the written meeting request. If a sponsor or applicant requests a meeting date that is beyond 60 days from the date of request receipt, we will work with the sponsor or applicant to determine the earliest agreeable date.
To promote efficient management of formal meetings, the requestor should try to anticipate future needs and, to the extent practical, combine product development issues into the fewest possible meetings. Generally, we will not grant more than one of each of the Type B meetings for each potential application (e.g., investigational new drug application (IND), new drug application (NDA), biologics license application (BLA)) or combination of closely related products developed by the same sponsor or applicant (e.g., same active ingredient but different dosage forms being developed concurrently), but we can do so when it would be beneficial to hold separate meetings to discuss unrelated issues. It also may be appropriate to conduct more than one of some of the Type B meetings for concurrent development of a product for unrelated claims.

The meeting request, regardless of the method of submission, should include adequate information for the FDA to assess the potential utility of the meeting and to identify FDA staff necessary to discuss proposed agenda items. The meeting request should include the following information:
1. Product name.
2. Application number (if applicable).
3. Chemical name and structure.
4. Proposed indication(s) or context of product development.
5. Type of meeting being requested (i.e., Type A, Type B, or Type C). If a Type A meeting is requested, the rationale should be included.
6. A brief statement of the purpose and objectives of the meeting. This statement should include a brief background of the issues underlying the agenda. It also can include a brief summary of completed or planned studies and clinical trials or data that the sponsor or applicant intends to discuss at the meeting, the general nature of the critical questions to be asked, and where the meeting fits in overall development plans. Although the statement should not provide detailed documentation of trial designs or completed studies and clinical trials, it should provide enough information to facilitate understanding of the issues, such as a small table that summarizes major results.
7. A proposed agenda.
8. A list of proposed questions, grouped by discipline. For each question there should be a brief explanation of the context and purpose of the question.
9. A list of all individuals with their titles and affiliations who will attend the requested meeting from the sponsor’s or applicant’s organization and consultants.
10. A list of FDA staff, if known, or disciplines asked to participate in the requested meeting.
11. Suggested dates and times (e.g., morning or afternoon) for the meeting that are within or beyond the appropriate time frame of the meeting type being requested.
12. The format of the meeting (i.e., face to face, teleconference, or videoconference).