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# Updated Meeting Definitions
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/updated-meeting-definitions/
- Published: 2022-11-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T18:05:07.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Drugs, #legacy-id-D5153118

FDA says it has added updated definitions of the face-to-face format for formal meetings with the agency to the PDUFA 7 and BsUFA 3 Web pages. The new [definitions](https://www.fda.gov/industry/prescription-drug-user-fee-amendments/updated-definitions-face-face-format-formal-meetings-fda?utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fsource=govdelivery) are from the PDUFA and BsUFA commitment letters and clarify that a face-to-face meeting “includes in-person meetings and virtual meetings on IT platforms that allow for both audio and visual communication.”

The notice says that while the revised definition includes both in-person and virtual meetings, FDA currently is not holding any in-person meetings. “Once FDA returns to in-person meetings, sponsors/applicants will be notified of that option for a face-to-face meeting,” the notice says.

FDA says sponsors/applicants may still request a teleconference, which provides audio only and thus is not considered to be a face-to-face meeting.