80_FR_26144 80 FR 26057 - Providing Regulatory Submissions in Electronic Format-Certain Human Pharmaceutical Product Applications and Related Submissions Using the Electronic Common Technical Document Specifications; Guidance for Industry; Availability

80 FR 26057 - Providing Regulatory Submissions in Electronic Format-Certain Human Pharmaceutical Product Applications and Related Submissions Using the Electronic Common Technical Document Specifications; Guidance for Industry; Availability

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 87 (May 6, 2015)

Page Range26057-26058
FR Document2015-10539

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled ``Providing Regulatory Submissions in Electronic Format--Certain Human Pharmaceutical Product Applications and Related Submissions Using the Electronic Common Technical Document Specifications.'' The guidance is being issued in accordance with the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA), which amended the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act) to require that certain submissions under the FD&C Act and Public Health Service Act (PHS Act) be submitted in electronic format, beginning no earlier than 24 months after issuance of final guidance on that topic. The guidance outlines Electronic Common Technical Document (eCTD) specification requirements for submissions to new drug applications (NDAs), abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs), certain biologics license applications (BLAs), and certain investigational new drug applications (INDs).

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2014-N-1006]


Providing Regulatory Submissions in Electronic Format--Certain 
Human Pharmaceutical Product Applications and Related Submissions Using 
the Electronic Common Technical Document Specifications; Guidance for 
Industry; Availability

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the 
availability of a guidance for industry entitled ``Providing Regulatory 
Submissions in Electronic Format--Certain Human Pharmaceutical Product 
Applications and Related Submissions Using the Electronic Common 
Technical Document Specifications.'' The guidance is being issued in 
accordance with the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation 
Act (FDASIA), which amended the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(the FD&C Act) to require that certain submissions under the FD&C Act 
and Public Health Service Act (PHS Act) be submitted in electronic 
format, beginning no earlier than 24 months after issuance of final 
guidance on that topic. The guidance outlines Electronic Common 
Technical Document (eCTD) specification requirements for submissions to 
new drug applications (NDAs), abbreviated new drug applications 
(ANDAs), certain biologics license applications (BLAs), and certain 
investigational new drug applications (INDs).

DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on Agency guidances 
at any time.

ADDRESSES: Submit written requests for single copies of the documents 
to the Division of Drug Information, Center for Drug Evaluation and 
Research (CDER), Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire 
Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm. 2201, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002; or the Office 
of Communication, Outreach and Development, Center for Biologics 
Evaluation and Research (CBER), Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New 
Hampshire Avenue, Bldg. 71, Rm. 3128, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002. 
Send one self-addressed adhesive label to assist that office in 
processing your requests. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for 
electronic access to the documents.
    Submit electronic comments on the guidance to http://www.regulations.gov. Submit written comments to the Division of Dockets 
Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, 
Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Virginia Hussong, Center for Drug 
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New 
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 22, Rm. 1132, Silver Spring, MD 20993, email: 
virginia.hussong@fda.hhs.gov; or Stephen Ripley, Center for Biologics 
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bldg. 71, Rm. 
7301, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 240-402-7911.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    FDASIA (Pub. L. 112-144), signed by the President on July 9, 2012, 
amended the FD&C Act to add section 745A (21 U.S.C. 379k-1), entitled 
``Electronic Format for Submissions.'' Section 745A(a)(1) of the FD&C 
Act requires that submissions under section 505(b), (i), or (j) of the 
FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 355(b), (i), or (j)) and submissions under sections 
351(a) or (k) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a) or (k)) be submitted to 
FDA in electronic format no earlier than 24 months after FDA issues 
final guidance on that topic.
    In accordance with section 745A(a)(1) of the FD&C Act, FDA is 
issuing this guidance, announcing its determination that submission 
types identified in this guidance must be submitted electronically 
(except for submissions that are exempted) in the format specified in 
this guidance.
    This guidance (and the technical specification documents it 
incorporates by reference) describes how submissions under section 
745A(a) of the FD&C Act must be organized and submitted in electronic 
format using eCTD specifications listed in the FDA Data Standards 
Catalog (http://www.fda.gov/forindustry/datastandards/studydatastandards/default.htm). For more information concerning how 
the FDA interprets section 745A(a), see the guidance for industry 
``Providing Regulatory Submissions in Electronic Format--Submissions 
Under Section745A(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act'' 
(available at http://www.fda.gov/drugs/guidancecomplianceregulatoryinformation/guidances/default.htm). The 
eCTD is an International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) format based 
on specifications developed by ICH and its member parties. FDA's CDER 
and CBER have been receiving submissions in the eCTD format since 2003, 
and eCTD has been the recommended format for electronic submissions to 
CDER and CBER since January 1, 2008. The majority of new electronic 
submissions are now received in eCTD format.
    This guidance finalizes and replaces the previous 2013 draft 
guidance on eCTD specifications. This supersedes the guidance for 
industry entitled ``Providing Regulatory Submissions in Electronic 
Format--Human Pharmaceutical Product Applications and Related 
Submissions Using the eCTD Specifications'' that was issued in June 
2008. This guidance is applicable to all submissions within the scope 
of section 745A(a) of the FD&C Act, i.e., NDAs, ANDAs, certain BLAs, 
and certain INDs and all subsequent submissions, including amendments, 
supplements, and reports, to these submission types. This guidance is 
not applicable to submissions for blood and blood components, including 
Source Plasma.
    In the Federal Register of July 25, 2014 (79 FR 43494), FDA 
announced the availability of the revised draft guidance entitled 
``Providing Regulatory Submissions in Electronic Format--Certain Human 
Pharmaceutical Product Applications and Related Submissions Using the 
Electronic Common Technical Document Specifications.'' The comment 
period on the revised draft guidance ended on September 23, 2014. We 
reviewed all comments received on the draft guidance and revised 
several sections of the guidance. The updates include:
    Section I: Clarified that in addition to this guidance and existing 
technical specifications, more detailed technical instructions will be 
issued in the form of a technical conformance guide.
    Section III.A: (1) Clarified which INDs and BLAs are addressed in 
this guidance. Specifically, a footnote was added to clarify the 
meaning of ``certain'' in the context of BLAs and INDs and states that 
the guidance is not applicable to INDs for devices that are regulated 
by CBER as biological products under Section 351 of the PHS Act and to 
INDs that are noncommercial. Further, the guidance is not applicable to 
those devices that are regulated by CBER as biological products under 
Section 351 of the PHS Act. Examples are provided in this regard. (2) 
Clarified that FDA considers master files to be submissions to an NDA, 
ANDA, BLA, or IND, and therefore to fall within the scope of 
requirements set forth in section 745A(a). These include new drug 
master files (DMFs) (21 CFR 314.420), new biological product files 
(BPFs) (21 CFR

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601.51), and any amendments to or annual reports on previously 
submitted DMFs or BPFs. This guidance also applies to submissions for 
drug/device combination products filed pursuant to section 505 of the 
FD&C Act or subsection (a) or (k) of section 351 of the PHS Act.
    Section Technical Specification Documents Incorporated by 
Reference: Provides a list of documents incorporated by reference into 
this guidance and provides a complete listing of technical supportive 
files on the FDA eCTD Web page at http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DevelopmentApprovalProcess/FormsSubmissionRequirements/ElectronicSubmissions/ucm153574.htm.
    We also received a comment concerning the implementation timeline 
for the Portable Document Format (PDF) technical specification. As 
discussed in the guidance for industry ``Providing Regulatory 
Submissions in Electronic Format--Submissions Under Section 745A(a) of 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act,'' certain technical 
specifications are required no earlier than 2 years after the final 
guidance is published.
    This guidance implements the electronic submission requirements of 
section 745A(a) of the FD&C Act by specifying the format for electronic 
submissions. All submissions submitted 24 months after the publication 
of this guidance must use the appropriate FDA-supported eCTD 
specifications for NDA, ANDA, and certain BLA submissions. Certain IND 
submissions must use the FDA-supported eCTD specifications for 
electronic submissions submitted 36 months after publication of this 
guidance.
    In section 745A(a) of the FD&C Act, Congress granted explicit 
authorization to FDA to implement the statutory electronic submission 
requirements by specifying the format for such submissions in guidance. 
Because this guidance provides such requirements under section 745A(a) 
of the FD&C Act, indicated by the use of the words must or required, it 
is not subject to the usual restrictions in FDA's good guidance 
practice regulations, such as the requirement that guidances not 
establish legally enforceable responsibilities. See 21 CFR 10.115(d).

II. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

    This guidance refers to previously approved collections of 
information that are subject to review by the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520). The guidance pertains to sponsors and applicants making 
regulatory submissions to FDA in electronic format for NDAs, ANDAs, 
BLAs, INDs, master files, and advertising and promotional labeling. The 
information collection discussed in the guidance is contained in our 
IND regulations (21 CFR part 312) and approved under OMB control number 
0910-0014, our NDA regulations (including ANDAs) (21 CFR part 314) and 
approved under OMB control number 0910-0001, and our BLA regulations 
(21 CFR part 601) and approved under OMB control number 0910-0338.
    Sponsors and applicants have been submitting NDAs, ANDAs, BLAs, 
INDs, and master files electronically since 2003, and the majority of 
these submissions are already received in electronic format. Under 
section 745A(a) of the FD&C Act, sponsors and applicants are required 
to file most of these submissions electronically. These requirements 
will be phased in over 2- and 3-year periods after the issuance of this 
guidance.
    For some sponsors and applicants, there may be new costs, including 
capital costs or operating and maintenance costs, which would result 
from the requirements under FDASIA and this guidance, because some 
sponsors and applicants may have to upgrade eCTD specifications and/or 
change their method of submitting information to FDA. FDA estimates 
that, for some sponsors and applicants, the costs may be as follows:
     eCTD Publishing Software: $25,000 to $150,000
     Publishing Operations Support: $50,000 to $1 million
     Training: $5,000 to $50,000

III. Comments

    Interested persons may submit either electronic comments to http://www.regulations.gov or written comments regarding this document to the 
Division of Dockets Management (see ADDRESSES). It is only necessary to 
send one set of comments. Identify comments with the docket number 
found in brackets in the heading of this document. Received comments 
may be seen in the Division of Dockets Management between 9 a.m. and 4 
p.m., Monday through Friday, and will be posted to the docket at http://www.regulations.gov.

IV. Electronic Access

    Persons with access to the Internet may obtain the document at 
http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/
Guidances/default.htm, http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Guidances/default.htm, or 
http://www.regulations.gov.

    Dated: April 30, 2015.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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                                              DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                Submit written comments to the                        eCTD format since 2003, and eCTD has
                                              HUMAN SERVICES                                          Division of Dockets Management (HFA–                  been the recommended format for
                                                                                                      305), Food and Drug Administration,                   electronic submissions to CDER and
                                              Food and Drug Administration                            5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville,               CBER since January 1, 2008. The
                                              [Docket No. FDA–2014–N–1006]                            MD 20852.                                             majority of new electronic submissions
                                                                                                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      are now received in eCTD format.
                                              Providing Regulatory Submissions in                     Virginia Hussong, Center for Drug                        This guidance finalizes and replaces
                                              Electronic Format—Certain Human                         Evaluation and Research, Food and                     the previous 2013 draft guidance on
                                              Pharmaceutical Product Applications                     Drug Administration, 10903 New                        eCTD specifications. This supersedes
                                              and Related Submissions Using the                       Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 22, Rm. 1132,                   the guidance for industry entitled
                                              Electronic Common Technical                             Silver Spring, MD 20993, email:                       ‘‘Providing Regulatory Submissions in
                                              Document Specifications; Guidance                       virginia.hussong@fda.hhs.gov; or                      Electronic Format—Human
                                              for Industry; Availability                              Stephen Ripley, Center for Biologics                  Pharmaceutical Product Applications
                                                                                                      Evaluation and Research, Food and                     and Related Submissions Using the
                                              AGENCY:    Food and Drug Administration,                                                                      eCTD Specifications’’ that was issued in
                                              HHS.                                                    Drug Administration, Bldg. 71, Rm.
                                                                                                      7301, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 240–                   June 2008. This guidance is applicable
                                              ACTION:   Notice.                                                                                             to all submissions within the scope of
                                                                                                      402–7911.
                                                                                                                                                            section 745A(a) of the FD&C Act, i.e.,
                                              SUMMARY:    The Food and Drug                           SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                                                                            NDAs, ANDAs, certain BLAs, and
                                              Administration (FDA) is announcing the
                                                                                                      I. Background                                         certain INDs and all subsequent
                                              availability of a guidance for industry
                                                                                                                                                            submissions, including amendments,
                                              entitled ‘‘Providing Regulatory                            FDASIA (Pub. L. 112–144), signed by
                                                                                                                                                            supplements, and reports, to these
                                              Submissions in Electronic Format—                       the President on July 9, 2012, amended
                                                                                                                                                            submission types. This guidance is not
                                              Certain Human Pharmaceutical Product                    the FD&C Act to add section 745A (21
                                                                                                                                                            applicable to submissions for blood and
                                              Applications and Related Submissions                    U.S.C. 379k–1), entitled ‘‘Electronic                 blood components, including Source
                                              Using the Electronic Common Technical                   Format for Submissions.’’ Section                     Plasma.
                                              Document Specifications.’’ The                          745A(a)(1) of the FD&C Act requires that                 In the Federal Register of July 25,
                                              guidance is being issued in accordance                  submissions under section 505(b), (i), or             2014 (79 FR 43494), FDA announced the
                                              with the Food and Drug Administration                   (j) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 355(b), (i),           availability of the revised draft guidance
                                              Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA),                     or (j)) and submissions under sections                entitled ‘‘Providing Regulatory
                                              which amended the Federal Food, Drug,                   351(a) or (k) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C.               Submissions in Electronic Format—
                                              and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act) to                      262(a) or (k)) be submitted to FDA in                 Certain Human Pharmaceutical Product
                                              require that certain submissions under                  electronic format no earlier than 24                  Applications and Related Submissions
                                              the FD&C Act and Public Health Service                  months after FDA issues final guidance                Using the Electronic Common Technical
                                              Act (PHS Act) be submitted in                           on that topic.                                        Document Specifications.’’ The
                                              electronic format, beginning no earlier                    In accordance with section 745A(a)(1)              comment period on the revised draft
                                              than 24 months after issuance of final                  of the FD&C Act, FDA is issuing this                  guidance ended on September 23, 2014.
                                              guidance on that topic. The guidance                    guidance, announcing its determination                We reviewed all comments received on
                                              outlines Electronic Common Technical                    that submission types identified in this              the draft guidance and revised several
                                              Document (eCTD) specification                           guidance must be submitted                            sections of the guidance. The updates
                                              requirements for submissions to new                     electronically (except for submissions                include:
                                              drug applications (NDAs), abbreviated                   that are exempted) in the format                         Section I: Clarified that in addition to
                                              new drug applications (ANDAs), certain                  specified in this guidance.                           this guidance and existing technical
                                              biologics license applications (BLAs),                     This guidance (and the technical                   specifications, more detailed technical
                                              and certain investigational new drug                    specification documents it incorporates               instructions will be issued in the form
                                              applications (INDs).                                    by reference) describes how                           of a technical conformance guide.
                                              DATES: Submit either electronic or                      submissions under section 745A(a) of                     Section III.A: (1) Clarified which INDs
                                              written comments on Agency guidances                    the FD&C Act must be organized and                    and BLAs are addressed in this
                                              at any time.                                            submitted in electronic format using                  guidance. Specifically, a footnote was
                                              ADDRESSES: Submit written requests for                  eCTD specifications listed in the FDA                 added to clarify the meaning of
                                              single copies of the documents to the                   Data Standards Catalog (http://                       ‘‘certain’’ in the context of BLAs and
                                              Division of Drug Information, Center for                www.fda.gov/forindustry/                              INDs and states that the guidance is not
                                              Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER),                    datastandards/studydatastandards/                     applicable to INDs for devices that are
                                              Food and Drug Administration, 10903                     default.htm). For more information                    regulated by CBER as biological
                                              New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm.                       concerning how the FDA interprets                     products under Section 351 of the PHS
                                              2201, Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002; or                  section 745A(a), see the guidance for                 Act and to INDs that are
                                              the Office of Communication, Outreach                   industry ‘‘Providing Regulatory                       noncommercial. Further, the guidance is
                                              and Development, Center for Biologics                   Submissions in Electronic Format—                     not applicable to those devices that are
                                              Evaluation and Research (CBER), Food                    Submissions Under Section745A(a) of                   regulated by CBER as biological
                                              and Drug Administration, 10903 New                      the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic                  products under Section 351 of the PHS
                                              Hampshire Avenue, Bldg. 71, Rm. 3128,                   Act’’ (available at http://www.fda.gov/               Act. Examples are provided in this
                                              Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002. Send                      drugs/guidancecompliance                              regard. (2) Clarified that FDA considers
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                                              one self-addressed adhesive label to                    regulatoryinformation/guidances/                      master files to be submissions to an
                                              assist that office in processing your                   default.htm). The eCTD is an                          NDA, ANDA, BLA, or IND, and
                                              requests. See the SUPPLEMENTARY                         International Conference on                           therefore to fall within the scope of
                                              INFORMATION section for electronic                      Harmonization (ICH) format based on                   requirements set forth in section
                                              access to the documents.                                specifications developed by ICH and its               745A(a). These include new drug master
                                                 Submit electronic comments on the                    member parties. FDA’s CDER and CBER                   files (DMFs) (21 CFR 314.420), new
                                              guidance to http://www.regulations.gov.                 have been receiving submissions in the                biological product files (BPFs) (21 CFR


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                                              601.51), and any amendments to or                       making regulatory submissions to FDA                  GuidanceCompliance
                                              annual reports on previously submitted                  in electronic format for NDAs, ANDAs,                 RegulatoryInformation/Guidances/
                                              DMFs or BPFs. This guidance also                        BLAs, INDs, master files, and                         default.htm, or http://
                                              applies to submissions for drug/device                  advertising and promotional labeling.                 www.regulations.gov.
                                              combination products filed pursuant to                  The information collection discussed in                 Dated: April 30, 2015.
                                              section 505 of the FD&C Act or                          the guidance is contained in our IND                  Leslie Kux,
                                              subsection (a) or (k) of section 351 of the             regulations (21 CFR part 312) and
                                                                                                                                                            Associate Commissioner for Policy.
                                              PHS Act.                                                approved under OMB control number
                                                 Section Technical Specification                                                                            [FR Doc. 2015–10539 Filed 5–5–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                      0910–0014, our NDA regulations
                                              Documents Incorporated by Reference:                    (including ANDAs) (21 CFR part 314)                   BILLING CODE 4164–01–P
                                              Provides a list of documents                            and approved under OMB control
                                              incorporated by reference into this                     number 0910–0001, and our BLA
                                              guidance and provides a complete                                                                              DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                                                                                      regulations (21 CFR part 601) and
                                              listing of technical supportive files on                                                                      HUMAN SERVICES
                                                                                                      approved under OMB control number
                                              the FDA eCTD Web page at http://                        0910–0338.
                                              www.fda.gov/Drugs/                                                                                            Food and Drug Administration
                                                                                                         Sponsors and applicants have been
                                              DevelopmentApprovalProcess/                             submitting NDAs, ANDAs, BLAs, INDs,
                                              FormsSubmissionRequirements/                                                                                  [Docket No. FDA–2015–D–1245]
                                                                                                      and master files electronically since
                                              ElectronicSubmissions/ucm153574.htm.                    2003, and the majority of these
                                                 We also received a comment                                                                                 Waiver of In Vivo Bioavailability and
                                                                                                      submissions are already received in                   Bioequivalence Studies for Immediate-
                                              concerning the implementation timeline                  electronic format. Under section
                                              for the Portable Document Format (PDF)                                                                        Release Solid Oral Dosage Forms
                                                                                                      745A(a) of the FD&C Act, sponsors and                 Based on a Biopharmaceutics
                                              technical specification. As discussed in                applicants are required to file most of
                                              the guidance for industry ‘‘Providing                                                                         Classification System; Draft Guidance
                                                                                                      these submissions electronically. These               for Industry; Availability
                                              Regulatory Submissions in Electronic                    requirements will be phased in over 2-
                                              Format—Submissions Under Section                        and 3-year periods after the issuance of              AGENCY:   Food and Drug Administration,
                                              745A(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and                  this guidance.                                        HHS.
                                              Cosmetic Act,’’ certain technical                          For some sponsors and applicants,                  ACTION:   Notice.
                                              specifications are required no earlier                  there may be new costs, including
                                              than 2 years after the final guidance is                capital costs or operating and                        SUMMARY:   The Food and Drug
                                              published.                                              maintenance costs, which would result                 Administration (FDA) is announcing the
                                                 This guidance implements the                         from the requirements under FDASIA                    availability of a draft guidance for
                                              electronic submission requirements of                   and this guidance, because some                       industry entitled ‘‘Waiver of In Vivo
                                              section 745A(a) of the FD&C Act by                      sponsors and applicants may have to                   Bioavailability and Bioequivalence
                                              specifying the format for electronic                    upgrade eCTD specifications and/or                    Studies for Immediate-Release Solid
                                              submissions. All submissions submitted                  change their method of submitting                     Oral Dosage Forms Based on a
                                              24 months after the publication of this                 information to FDA. FDA estimates that,               Biopharmaceutics Classification
                                              guidance must use the appropriate FDA-                  for some sponsors and applicants, the                 System.’’ This guidance provides
                                              supported eCTD specifications for NDA,                  costs may be as follows:                              recommendations for sponsors of
                                              ANDA, and certain BLA submissions.                         • eCTD Publishing Software: $25,000                investigational new drug applications
                                              Certain IND submissions must use the                    to $150,000                                           (INDs), and applicants that submit new
                                              FDA-supported eCTD specifications for                      • Publishing Operations Support:                   drug applications, abbreviated new drug
                                              electronic submissions submitted 36                     $50,000 to $1 million                                 applications (ANDAs), and supplements
                                              months after publication of this                           • Training: $5,000 to $50,000                      to these applications for immediate-
                                              guidance.                                                                                                     release (IR) solid oral dosage forms, and
                                                 In section 745A(a) of the FD&C Act,                  III. Comments
                                                                                                                                                            who wish to request a waiver of in vivo
                                              Congress granted explicit authorization                    Interested persons may submit either               bioavailability (BA) and/or
                                              to FDA to implement the statutory                       electronic comments to http://                        bioequivalence (BE) studies.
                                              electronic submission requirements by                   www.regulations.gov or written
                                                                                                                                                            DATES: Although you can comment on
                                              specifying the format for such                          comments regarding this document to
                                              submissions in guidance. Because this                   the Division of Dockets Management                    any guidance at any time (see 21 CFR
                                              guidance provides such requirements                     (see ADDRESSES). It is only necessary to              10.115(g)(5)), to ensure that the Agency
                                              under section 745A(a) of the FD&C Act,                  send one set of comments. Identify                    considers your comment on this draft
                                              indicated by the use of the words must                  comments with the docket number                       guidance before it begins work on the
                                              or required, it is not subject to the usual             found in brackets in the heading of this              final version of the guidance, submit
                                              restrictions in FDA’s good guidance                     document. Received comments may be                    either electronic or written comments
                                              practice regulations, such as the                       seen in the Division of Dockets                       on the draft guidance by July 6, 2015.
                                              requirement that guidances not establish                Management between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.,                 ADDRESSES: Submit written requests for
                                              legally enforceable responsibilities. See               Monday through Friday, and will be                    single copies of the draft guidance to the
                                              21 CFR 10.115(d).                                       posted to the docket at http://                       Division of Drug Information, Center for
                                                                                                      www.regulations.gov.                                  Drug Evaluation and Research, Food
                                              II. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995                                                                           and Drug Administration, 10001 New
                                                                                                      IV. Electronic Access
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                                                 This guidance refers to previously                                                                         Hampshire Ave., Hillandale Building,
                                              approved collections of information that                  Persons with access to the Internet                 4th Floor, Silver Spring, MD 20993–
                                              are subject to review by the Office of                  may obtain the document at http://                    0002. Send one self-addressed adhesive
                                              Management and Budget (OMB) under                       www.fda.gov/Drugs/Guidance                            label to assist that office in processing
                                              the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995                     ComplianceRegulatoryInformation/                      your requests. See the SUPPLEMENTARY
                                              (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520). The guidance                     Guidances/default.htm, http://                        INFORMATION section for electronic
                                              pertains to sponsors and applicants                     www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/                   access to the draft guidance document.


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesSubmit either electronic or written comments on Agency guidances at any time.
ContactVirginia Hussong, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 22, Rm. 1132, Silver Spring, MD 20993, email: [email protected]; or Stephen Ripley, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bldg. 71, Rm. 7301, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 240-402-7911.
FR Citation80 FR 26057 

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