80_FR_17113 80 FR 17052 - Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

80 FR 17052 - Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 61 (March 31, 2015)

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FR Document2015-07299

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 61 (Tuesday, March 31, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 61 (Tuesday, March 31, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17052-17053]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07299]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2015-N-0001]


Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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    This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory 
committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The meeting will 
be open to the public.
    Name of Committee: Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee.
    General Function of the Committee: To provide advice and 
recommendations to the Agency on FDA's regulatory issues.
    Date and Time: The meeting will be held on May 12, 2015, from 8 
a.m. to 4 p.m.
    Location: Hilton Washington DC North/Gaithersburg, The Ballrooms, 
620 Perry Pkwy., Gaithersburg, MD 20877. The hotel phone number is 301-
977-8900.
    Contact Person: Cindy Hong, Center for Drug Evaluation and 
Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 
31, Rm. 2417, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-9001, FAX: 301-847-
8533, email: [email protected], or FDA Advisory Committee Information 
Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area). A 
notice in the Federal Register about last minute modifications that 
impact a previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot always 
be published quickly enough to provide timely notice. Therefore, you 
should always check the Agency's Web site at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm and scroll down to the appropriate 
advisory committee meeting link, or call the advisory committee 
information line to learn about possible modifications before coming to 
the meeting.
    Agenda: The committee will discuss new drug application (NDA) 
206038, lumacaftor/ivacaftor combination tablets for oral use, 
submitted by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, proposed for the treatment of 
cystic fibrosis (CF) in patients age 12 years and older who are 
homozygous for the F508del mutation in the cystic fibrosis 
transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene.
    FDA intends to make background material available to the public no 
later than 2 business days before the meeting. If FDA is unable to post 
the background material on its Web site prior to the meeting, the 
background material will be made publicly available at the location of 
the advisory committee meeting, and the background material will be 
posted on FDA's Web site after the meeting. Background material is 
available at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/default.htm. Scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee meeting 
link.
    Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or 
views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee. 
Written submissions may be made to the contact person on or before 
April 27, 2015. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled 
between approximately 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Those individuals

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interested in making formal oral presentations should notify the 
contact person and submit a brief statement of the general nature of 
the evidence or arguments they wish to present, the names and addresses 
of proposed participants, and an indication of the approximate time 
requested to make their presentation on or before April 17, 2015. Time 
allotted for each presentation may be limited. If the number of 
registrants requesting to speak is greater than can be reasonably 
accommodated during the scheduled open public hearing session, FDA may 
conduct a lottery to determine the speakers for the scheduled open 
public hearing session. The contact person will notify interested 
persons regarding their request to speak by April 20, 2015.
    Persons attending FDA's advisory committee meetings are advised 
that the Agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical 
outlets.
    FDA welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee 
meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with 
physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special 
accommodations due to a disability, please contact Cindy Hong at least 
7 days in advance of the meeting.
    FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee 
meetings. Please visit our Web site at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm111462.htm for procedures 
on public conduct during advisory committee meetings.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

    Dated: March 25, 2015.
Jill Hartzler Warner,
Associate Commissioner for Special Medical Programs.
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                                                    Hampshire Ave., Hillandale Building,                    Management and Budget (OMB) under                     FDA’s regulatory issues.
                                                    4th Floor, Silver Spring, MD 20993.                     the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995                      Date and Time: The meeting will be
                                                    Send one self-addressed adhesive label                  (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520). The collection of              held on May 12, 2015, from 8 a.m. to 4
                                                    to assist that office in processing your                information in 21 CFR part 312                        p.m.
                                                    requests. See the SUPPLEMENTARY                         (investigational new drug applications)                  Location: Hilton Washington DC
                                                    INFORMATION section for electronic                      has been approved under OMB control                   North/Gaithersburg, The Ballrooms, 620
                                                    access to the guidance document.                        number 0910–0014. The collection of                   Perry Pkwy., Gaithersburg, MD 20877.
                                                      Submit electronic comments on the                     information in 21 CFR part 314 (new                   The hotel phone number is 301–977–
                                                    guidance to http://www.regulations.gov.                 drug applications) has been approved                  8900.
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                                                    Division of Dockets Management (HFA–                    The collection of information resulting               for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food
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                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        0910–0429.                                            796–9001, FAX: 301–847–8533, email:
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                                                    Evaluation and Research, Food and                          Interested persons may submit either               741–8138 (301–443–0572 in the
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                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              is only necessary to send one set of                  cannot always be published quickly
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                                                    I. Background                                           docket number found in brackets in the                Therefore, you should always check the
                                                       FDA is announcing the availability of                heading of this document. Received                    Agency’s Web site at http://
                                                    a guidance for industry entitled                        comments may be seen in the Division                  www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/
                                                    ‘‘Critical Path Innovation Meetings.’’                  of Dockets Management between 9 a.m.                  default.htm and scroll down to the
                                                    The guidance describes the purpose and                  and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, and                appropriate advisory committee meeting
                                                    scope of a CPIM and how to request                      will be posted to the docket at http://               link, or call the advisory committee
                                                    such a meeting. A CPIM provides the                     www.regulations.gov.                                  information line to learn about possible
                                                    opportunity to discuss a methodology or                                                                       modifications before coming to the
                                                    technology proposed by the meeting                      IV. Electronic Access                                 meeting.
                                                    requester and for CDER to provide                         Persons with access to the Internet                    Agenda: The committee will discuss
                                                    general advice on how the methodology                   may obtain the document at either                     new drug application (NDA) 206038,
                                                    or technology might enhance drug                        http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/Guidance                     lumacaftor/ivacaftor combination tablets
                                                    development. During a CPIM, CDER will                   ComplianceRegulatoryInformation/                      for oral use, submitted by Vertex
                                                    identify some of the larger gaps in                     Guidances/default.htm or http://www.                  Pharmaceuticals, proposed for the
                                                    existing knowledge that requesters                      regulations.gov.                                      treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) in
                                                    might consider addressing in the course                                                                       patients age 12 years and older who are
                                                                                                              Dated: March 24, 2015.
                                                    of their work. The discussions and                                                                            homozygous for the F508del mutation in
                                                                                                            Leslie Kux,                                           the cystic fibrosis transmembrane
                                                    background information submitted                        Associate Commissioner for Policy.
                                                    through the CPIM are nonbinding on                                                                            conductance regulator (CFTR) gene.
                                                    both FDA and CPIM requesters. The                       [FR Doc. 2015–07272 Filed 3–30–15; 8:45 am]              FDA intends to make background
                                                    CPIM initiative meets Prescription Drug                 BILLING CODE 4164–01–P                                material available to the public no later
                                                    User Fee Act (PDUFA) V                                                                                        than 2 business days before the meeting.
                                                    Reauthorization Goal IX.A, ‘‘Enhancing                                                                        If FDA is unable to post the background
                                                                                                            DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                              material on its Web site prior to the
                                                    Regulatory Science and Expediting Drug
                                                                                                            HUMAN SERVICES                                        meeting, the background material will
                                                    Development’’ by ‘‘Promoting
                                                    Innovation Through Enhanced                                                                                   be made publicly available at the
                                                                                                            Food and Drug Administration                          location of the advisory committee
                                                    Communication Between FDA and
                                                    Sponsors During Drug Development.’’                     [Docket No. FDA–2015–N–0001]                          meeting, and the background material
                                                       This guidance is being issued                                                                              will be posted on FDA’s Web site after
                                                    consistent with FDA’s good guidance                     Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory                      the meeting. Background material is
                                                    practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115).                   Committee; Notice of Meeting                          available at http://www.fda.gov/
                                                    The guidance represents the current                     AGENCY:    Food and Drug Administration,              AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/
                                                    thinking of FDA on ‘‘Critical Path                      HHS.                                                  default.htm. Scroll down to the
                                                    Innovation Meetings.’’ It does not                      ACTION:   Notice.                                     appropriate advisory committee meeting
                                                    establish any rights for any person and                                                                       link.
                                                                                                                                                                     Procedure: Interested persons may
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                                                    II. The Paperwork Reduction Act of                        Name of Committee: Pulmonary-                       person on or before April 27, 2015. Oral
                                                    1995                                                    Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee.                     presentations from the public will be
                                                       This guidance refers to previously                     General Function of the Committee:                  scheduled between approximately 1
                                                    approved collections of information that                To provide advice and                                 p.m. and 2 p.m. Those individuals


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