80_FR_36665 80 FR 36543 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Guidance for Industry on Postmarketing Adverse Event Reporting for Nonprescription Human Drug Products Marketed Without an Approved Application

80 FR 36543 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Guidance for Industry on Postmarketing Adverse Event Reporting for Nonprescription Human Drug Products Marketed Without an Approved Application

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 122 (June 25, 2015)

Page Range36543-36545
FR Document2015-15638

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 122 (Thursday, June 25, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 122 (Thursday, June 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36543-36545]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15638]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2011-N-0915]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Guidance for 
Industry on Postmarketing Adverse Event Reporting for Nonprescription 
Human Drug Products Marketed Without an Approved Application

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a 
proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Fax written comments on the collection of information by July 
27, 2015.

ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on the information collection are 
received, OMB recommends that written comments be faxed to the Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, 
FAX: 202-395-7285, or emailed to oira_

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[email protected] All comments should be identified with the OMB 
control number 0910-0636. Also include the FDA docket number found in 
brackets in the heading of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FDA PRA Staff, Office of Operations, 
Food and Drug Administration, 8455 Colesville Rd., COLE-14526, Silver 
Spring, MD 20993-0002, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA has 
submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for 
review and clearance.

Guidance for Industry on Postmarketing Adverse Event Reporting for 
Nonprescription Human Drug Products Marketed Without an Approved 
Application (OMB Control Number 0910-0636)--Extension

    Respondents to this collection of information are manufacturers, 
packers, and distributors whose name (under section 502(b)(1) (21 
U.S.C. 352(b)(1)) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C 
Act)) appears on the label of a nonprescription drug marketed in the 
United States. FDA is requesting public comment on estimates of annual 
submissions from these respondents, as required by the Dietary 
Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act (Pub. L. 
109-462) and described in the guidance. The guidance document discusses 
what should be included in a serious adverse drug event report 
submitted under section 760(b)(1) (21 U.S.C. 379aa(b)(1)) of the FD&C 
Act, including follow-up reports under 760(c)(2) (21 U.S.C. 
379aa(c)(2)) of the FD&C Act, and how to submit these reports. The 
estimates for the annual reporting and recordkeeping burdens are based 
on FDA data on the number of adverse drug experience reports submitted 
for nonprescription drug products marketed without an approved 
application, including FDA's knowledge about the time needed to prepare 
the reports and to maintain records.
    In the Federal Register of January 23, 2015 (80 FR 3608), FDA 
published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the proposed 
collection of information. FDA received one comment. The comment 
requested that we increase the reporting burden estimates from 2 hours 
to 6 hours and the recordkeeping burden estimates from 5 hours to 8 
hours. The comment said although there may be circumstances where FDA's 
estimates for reporting and recordkeeping may be accurate, the comment 
contended that, in its experience, the approximations are 
underestimated. The comment said that as many as 6 hours may be 
required to complete a single serious adverse event report, especially 
when the sponsor's medical and quality review teams are involved, and 
that as many as 8 hours may be required to maintain all relevant 
records for a single adverse event report as stipulated by statute.
    FDA Response: We have reconsidered our estimates, and agree with 
the comment that there may be circumstances where 6 hours would be 
needed to prepare and submit a report to us and 8 hours may be needed 
for recordkeeping. We have revised our reporting and recordkeeping 
burden estimates accordingly.
    Based on FDA data, we estimate between 10,000 and 15,000 (i.e., 
approximately 12,500) total annual responses from approximately 50 
respondents for nonprescription drugs marketed without an approved 
application, and we also estimate that each submission will take 
approximately 6 hours to prepare and submit.

                                                     Table 1--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden \1\
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                                                                                         Number of
                              Activity                                  Number of      responses per     Total annual   Average  burden    Total hours
                                                                       respondents       respondent       responses      per  response
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Reports of serious adverse drug events (21 U.S.C. 379aa((b) and                  50              250           12,500                6           75,000
 (c))..............................................................
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.

    Section 760(e) (21 U.S.C. 379aa(e) of the FD&C Act also requires 
that responsible persons maintain records of nonprescription adverse 
event reports, whether or not the event is serious, for a period of 6 
years. The guidance document recommends that respondents maintain 
records of efforts to obtain the minimum data elements for a report of 
a serious adverse drug event and any follow-up reports. We estimate 
that there are approximately 20,000 records per year maintained by 
approximately 200 respondents, and that it takes approximately 8 hours 
to maintain each record.

                                                   Table 2--Estimated Annual Recordkeeping Burden \1\
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                                                                                         Number of                      Average  burden
                              Activity                                  Number of       records per      Total annual         per          Total hours
                                                                      recordkeepers     recordkeeper       records       recordkeeping
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Recordkeeping (21 U.S.C. 379aa(e)(1))..............................             200              100           20,000                8          160,000
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.


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    Therefore, the estimated annual reporting burden for this 
information is 25,000 hours and the estimated annual recordkeeping 
burden is 100,000 hours.

    Dated: June 22, 2015.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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                                                    reporting on the overall performance of                                improvement in knowledge skills,                          will be provided to grantees to support
                                                    these grant programs.                                                  attitudes, and behaviors related to                       this data collection process.
                                                      Data will be collected from all 60                                   healthy marriage and responsible                            Respondents: Office of Family
                                                    Community-Centered Healthy Marriage,                                   fatherhood. Grantees will be asked to                     Assistance Funded Community-
                                                    54 Pathways to Responsible Fatherhood                                  input data for selected outcomes for
                                                                                                                                                                                     Centered Healthy Marriage, Pathways to
                                                    and 5 Community-Centered Responsible                                   activities funded under the grants.
                                                                                                                                                                                     Responsible Fatherhood and
                                                    Fatherhood Ex-Prisoner Reentry                                         Grantees will extract data from program
                                                    grantees in the OFA programs. Grantees                                 records and will report the data twice                    Community-Centered Responsible
                                                    will report on program and participant                                 yearly through an on-line data                            Fatherhood Ex-Prisoner Reentry
                                                    outcomes in such areas as participants’                                collection tool. Training and assistance                  Grantees.

                                                                                                                                    ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
                                                                                                                                                                           Number of             Average
                                                                                                                                                   Number of                                                         Total annual
                                                                                        Instrument                                                                       responses per         burden hours
                                                                                                                                                  respondents                                                        burden hours
                                                                                                                                                                           respondent          per response

                                                    Performance measure reporting form (for private sector af-
                                                      fected public) ........................................................................                  110                       2                    0.8                  176
                                                    Performance measure reporting form (for State, local, and
                                                      tribal government affected public) ........................................                                 9                      2                    0.8                   14



                                                       Estimated Total Annual Burden                                       DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                  document, under Instructions, ‘‘Docket
                                                    Hours: 190                                                             HUMAN SERVICES                                            No. FDA–2013–N–1524’’ is corrected to
                                                       Additional Information:                                                                                                       read ‘‘Docket No. FDA–2015–N–1196’’.
                                                                                                                           Food and Drug Administration                                Dated: June 18, 2015.
                                                       Copies of the proposed collection may
                                                                                                                           [Docket No. FDA–2015–N–1196]                              Leslie Kux,
                                                    be obtained by writing to the
                                                    Administration for Children and                                                                                                  Associate Commissioner for Policy.
                                                                                                                           List of Bulk Drug Substances That May
                                                    Families, Office of Planning, Research                                                                                           [FR Doc. 2015–15558 Filed 6–24–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                           Be Used by an Outsourcing Facility To
                                                    and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant                                           Compound Drugs for Use in Animals;                        BILLING CODE 4164–01–P

                                                    Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447,                                   Request for Nominations; Correction
                                                    Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All
                                                                                                                           AGENCY:        Food and Drug Administration,              DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                                    requests should be identified by the title
                                                                                                                           HHS.                                                      HUMAN SERVICES
                                                    of the information collection. Email
                                                    address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.                                   ACTION:       Notice; correction.
                                                                                                                                                                                     Food and Drug Administration
                                                       OMB Comment:                                                        SUMMARY:    The Food and Drug                             [Docket No. FDA–2011–N–0915]
                                                       OMB is required to make a decision                                  Administration is correcting a notice
                                                    concerning the collection of information                               entitled ‘‘List of Bulk Drug Substances                   Agency Information Collection
                                                                                                                           That May Be Used by an Outsourcing                        Activities; Proposed Collection;
                                                    between 30 and 60 days after
                                                                                                                           Facility to Compound Drugs for Use in                     Submission for Office of Management
                                                    publication of this document in the
                                                                                                                           Animals; Request for Nominations’’ that                   and Budget Review; Guidance for
                                                    Federal Register. Therefore, a comment                                 appeared in the Federal Register of May
                                                    is best assured of having its full effect                                                                                        Industry on Postmarketing Adverse
                                                                                                                           19, 2015 (80 FR 28622). The document                      Event Reporting for Nonprescription
                                                    if OMB receives it within 30 days of                                   announced the intention to develop a
                                                    publication. Written comments and                                                                                                Human Drug Products Marketed
                                                                                                                           list of bulk drug substances that may be                  Without an Approved Application
                                                    recommendations for the proposed                                       used by outsourcing facilities registered
                                                    information collection should be sent                                  under the Federal Food, Drug, and                         AGENCY:   Food and Drug Administration,
                                                    directly to the following: Office of                                   Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act) to                            HHS.
                                                    Management and Budget, Paperwork                                       compound animal drugs, in accordance                      ACTION:   Notice.
                                                    Reduction Project, Fax: 202–395–7285,                                  with FDA’s draft guidance for industry
                                                    Email: OIRA_SUBMISSION@                                                #230, ‘‘Compounding Animal Drugs                          SUMMARY:   The Food and Drug
                                                    OMB.EOP.GOV, Attn: Desk Officer for                                    from Bulk Drug Substances.’’ The                          Administration (FDA) is announcing
                                                                                                                           document was published with an                            that a proposed collection of
                                                    the Administration for Children and
                                                                                                                           incorrect docket number. This                             information has been submitted to the
                                                    Families.
                                                                                                                           document corrects that error.                             Office of Management and Budget
                                                    Robert Sargis,                                                         FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa
                                                                                                                                                                                     (OMB) for review and clearance under
                                                    Reports Clearance Officer.                                             Granger, Office of Policy and Planning,                   the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
                                                    [FR Doc. 2015–15547 Filed 6–24–15; 8:45 am]                            Food and Drug Administration, 10903                       DATES: Fax written comments on the
                                                                                                                           New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 32, rm.                         collection of information by July 27,
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                                                    BILLING CODE 4184–01–P
                                                                                                                           3330, Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002,                       2015.
                                                                                                                           301–796–9115.                                             ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on
                                                                                                                           SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the                         the information collection are received,
                                                                                                                           Federal Register of Tuesday, May 19,                      OMB recommends that written
                                                                                                                           2015, in FR Doc. 2015–11983, the                          comments be faxed to the Office of
                                                                                                                           following correction is made:                             Information and Regulatory Affairs,
                                                                                                                              1. On page 28622, in the second                        OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, FAX:
                                                                                                                           column, in the ADDRESSES section of the                   202–395–7285, or emailed to oira_


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                                                    submission@omb.eop.gov. All                                        public comment on estimates of annual                   circumstances where FDA’s estimates
                                                    comments should be identified with the                             submissions from these respondents, as                  for reporting and recordkeeping may be
                                                    OMB control number 0910–0636. Also                                 required by the Dietary Supplement and                  accurate, the comment contended that,
                                                    include the FDA docket number found                                Nonprescription Drug Consumer                           in its experience, the approximations
                                                    in brackets in the heading of this                                 Protection Act (Pub. L. 109–462) and                    are underestimated. The comment said
                                                    document.                                                          described in the guidance. The guidance                 that as many as 6 hours may be required
                                                                                                                       document discusses what should be                       to complete a single serious adverse
                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:    FDA
                                                                                                                       included in a serious adverse drug event                event report, especially when the
                                                    PRA Staff, Office of Operations, Food
                                                                                                                       report submitted under section 760(b)(1)                sponsor’s medical and quality review
                                                    and Drug Administration, 8455
                                                                                                                       (21 U.S.C. 379aa(b)(1)) of the FD&C Act,                teams are involved, and that as many as
                                                    Colesville Rd., COLE–14526, Silver
                                                                                                                       including follow-up reports under                       8 hours may be required to maintain all
                                                    Spring, MD 20993–0002, PRAStaff@
                                                                                                                       760(c)(2) (21 U.S.C. 379aa(c)(2)) of the                relevant records for a single adverse
                                                    fda.hhs.gov.
                                                                                                                       FD&C Act, and how to submit these                       event report as stipulated by statute.
                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:    In                                   reports. The estimates for the annual
                                                    compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA                                                                                          FDA Response: We have reconsidered
                                                                                                                       reporting and recordkeeping burdens
                                                    has submitted the following proposed                                                                                       our estimates, and agree with the
                                                                                                                       are based on FDA data on the number
                                                    collection of information to OMB for                                                                                       comment that there may be
                                                                                                                       of adverse drug experience reports
                                                    review and clearance.                                                                                                      circumstances where 6 hours would be
                                                                                                                       submitted for nonprescription drug
                                                                                                                       products marketed without an approved                   needed to prepare and submit a report
                                                    Guidance for Industry on                                                                                                   to us and 8 hours may be needed for
                                                                                                                       application, including FDA’s knowledge
                                                    Postmarketing Adverse Event Reporting                                                                                      recordkeeping. We have revised our
                                                                                                                       about the time needed to prepare the
                                                    for Nonprescription Human Drug                                                                                             reporting and recordkeeping burden
                                                                                                                       reports and to maintain records.
                                                    Products Marketed Without an                                          In the Federal Register of January 23,               estimates accordingly.
                                                    Approved Application (OMB Control                                  2015 (80 FR 3608), FDA published a 60-                    Based on FDA data, we estimate
                                                    Number 0910–0636)—Extension                                        day notice requesting public comment                    between 10,000 and 15,000 (i.e.,
                                                      Respondents to this collection of                                on the proposed collection of                           approximately 12,500) total annual
                                                    information are manufacturers, packers,                            information. FDA received one                           responses from approximately 50
                                                    and distributors whose name (under                                 comment. The comment requested that                     respondents for nonprescription drugs
                                                    section 502(b)(1) (21 U.S.C. 352(b)(1)) of                         we increase the reporting burden                        marketed without an approved
                                                    the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic                               estimates from 2 hours to 6 hours and                   application, and we also estimate that
                                                    Act (the FD&C Act)) appears on the label                           the recordkeeping burden estimates                      each submission will take
                                                    of a nonprescription drug marketed in                              from 5 hours to 8 hours. The comment                    approximately 6 hours to prepare and
                                                    the United States. FDA is requesting                               said although there may be                              submit.

                                                                                                            TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN 1
                                                                                                                                                            Number of                              Average
                                                                                                                                         Number of                           Total annual
                                                                                       Activity                                                           responses per                          burden per     Total hours
                                                                                                                                        respondents                           responses
                                                                                                                                                            respondent                            response

                                                    Reports of serious adverse drug events (21 U.S.C.
                                                      379aa((b) and (c)) ............................................................        50                  250            12,500               6            75,000
                                                       1 There   are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.


                                                      Section 760(e) (21 U.S.C. 379aa(e) of                            document recommends that                                20,000 records per year maintained by
                                                    the FD&C Act also requires that                                    respondents maintain records of efforts                 approximately 200 respondents, and
                                                    responsible persons maintain records of                            to obtain the minimum data elements                     that it takes approximately 8 hours to
                                                    nonprescription adverse event reports,                             for a report of a serious adverse drug                  maintain each record.
                                                    whether or not the event is serious, for                           event and any follow-up reports. We
                                                    a period of 6 years. The guidance                                  estimate that there are approximately

                                                                                                        TABLE 2—ESTIMATED ANNUAL RECORDKEEPING BURDEN 1
                                                                                                                                                            Number of                              Average
                                                                                                                                          Number of                          Total annual
                                                                                       Activity                                                            records per                            burden per    Total hours
                                                                                                                                        recordkeepers                          records
                                                                                                                                                          recordkeeper                          recordkeeping

                                                    Recordkeeping (21 U.S.C. 379aa(e)(1)) ..............................                    200                  100            20,000               8           160,000
                                                       1 There   are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.
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                                                      Therefore, the estimated annual                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:       Under the             experiencing some level of hearing loss.
                                                    reporting burden for this information is                PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal                     Moreover, much of the information in
                                                    25,000 hours and the estimated annual                   Agencies must obtain approval from the                 these ads is conveyed by voiceover,
                                                    recordkeeping burden is 100,000 hours.                  Office of Management and Budget                        meaning that the audio channel is the
                                                      Dated: June 22, 2015.                                 (OMB) for each collection of                           only way to receive the information.
                                                                                                            information they conduct or sponsor.                   Although people with serious hearing
                                                    Leslie Kux,
                                                                                                            ‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined               loss may compensate by using closed
                                                    Associate Commissioner for Policy.
                                                                                                            in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR                         captioning (which may or may not be
                                                    [FR Doc. 2015–15638 Filed 6–24–15; 8:45 am]             1320.3(c) and includes Agency requests                 available for ads) or hearing aids, some
                                                    BILLING CODE 4164–01–P                                  or requirements that members of the                    individuals experience the effects of
                                                                                                            public submit reports, keep records, or                hearing loss without realizing that it is
                                                                                                            provide information to a third party.                  the cause and others choose not to use
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44                   external compensatory aids (Ref. 6). For
                                                    HUMAN SERVICES                                          U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) requires Federal                 these reasons, FDA is proposing
                                                                                                            Agencies to provide a 60-day notice in                 research to investigate how people at
                                                    Food and Drug Administration
                                                                                                            the Federal Register concerning each                   various ages and levels of hearing ability
                                                    [Docket No. FDA–2015–N–2163]
                                                                                                            proposed collection of information                     comprehend DTC ads.
                                                                                                            before submitting the collection to OMB                   Sponsors of DTC ads cannot control
                                                    Agency Information Collection                           for approval. To comply with this                      the hearing abilities of their audiences.
                                                    Activities; Proposed Collection;                        requirement, FDA is publishing notice                  Nonetheless, researchers have identified
                                                    Comment Request; Hearing, Aging,                        of the proposed collection of                          several aspects of DTC ads within their
                                                    and Direct-to-Consumer Television                       information set forth in this document.                control that influence the understanding
                                                    Advertisements                                             With respect to the following                       of speech in individuals who experience
                                                                                                            collection of information, FDA invites                 aging-related hearing loss. First,
                                                    AGENCY:    Food and Drug Administration,                comments on these topics: (1) Whether                  frequency thresholds differ as people
                                                    HHS.                                                    the proposed collection of information                 age; older adults are not able to hear
                                                    ACTION:   Notice.                                       is necessary for the proper performance                higher frequencies as well (Ref. 7 and 8).
                                                                                                            of FDA’s functions, including whether                  Second, DTC television ads contain a
                                                    SUMMARY:   The Food and Drug                            the information will have practical                    risk statement of the most serious and
                                                    Administration (FDA) is announcing an                   utility; (2) the accuracy of FDA’s                     most common side effects, called ‘‘the
                                                    opportunity for public comment on the                   estimate of the burden of the proposed                 major statement’’. FDA regulations
                                                    proposed collection of certain                          collection of information, including the               require that the major statement must be
                                                    information by the Agency. Under the                    validity of the methodology and                        included in at least the audio portion of
                                                    Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the                    assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance                  the ad (Ref. 9). The risks of a medical
                                                    PRA), Federal Agencies are required to                  the quality, utility, and clarity of the               product often include highly technical
                                                    publish notice in the Federal Register                  information to be collected; and (4)                   medical terms that must be transformed
                                                    concerning each proposed collection of                  ways to minimize the burden of the                     into consumer-friendly language to
                                                    information and to allow 60 days for                    collection of information on                           convey the risks appropriately. This is
                                                    public comment in response to the                       respondents, including through the use                 easier in some cases than in others. In
                                                    notice. This notice solicits comments on                of automated collection techniques,                    addition, there are techniques to help
                                                    research entitled, ‘‘Hearing, Aging, and                when appropriate, and other forms of                   reduce the complexity of the major
                                                    Direct-to-Consumer Television                           information technology.                                statement, such as maintaining active
                                                    Advertisements’’. This study will                                                                              voice, reducing instances where words
                                                                                                            Hearing, Aging, and Direct-to-
                                                    examine how changes to hearing across                                                                          need clarification from other later words
                                                                                                            Consumer Television Advertisements—
                                                    the lifespan affect the comprehension of                                                                       in the broadcast, and using shorter
                                                                                                            (OMB Control Number 0910–NEW)
                                                    direct-to-consumer (DTC) television                                                                            sentences. Third, television ad spots are
                                                    advertisements for prescription drugs.                     Section 1701(a)(4) of the Public                    typically bought in increments of 15
                                                                                                            Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.                          seconds, leading to many 30- and 60-
                                                    DATES: Submit either electronic or
                                                                                                            300u(a)(4)) authorizes the FDA to                      second ads, and some 75-second ads
                                                    written comments on the collection of
                                                                                                            conduct research relating to health                    when risk information is especially
                                                    information by August 24, 2015.
                                                                                                            information. Section 1003(d)(2)(C) of the              dense. In order to fit the required
                                                    ADDRESSES: Submit electronic                            Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act                   information into this time frame, the
                                                    comments on the collection of                           (21 U.S.C. 393(b)(2)(c)) authorizes FDA                audio presentation speed may be
                                                    information to http://                                  to conduct research relating to drugs                  adjusted to be faster or slower. Research
                                                    www.regulations.gov. Submit written                     and other FDA regulated products in                    has shown that fast speech is more
                                                    comments on the collection of                           carrying out the provisions of the FD&C                difficult to understand than slower
                                                    information to the Division of Dockets                  Act.                                                   speech, even for healthy young adults
                                                    Management (HFA–305), Food and Drug                        Older adults use a disproportionate                 (Ref. 10).
                                                    Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm.                  number of prescription drugs (Ref. 1)                     Thus, we propose to examine the
                                                    1061, Rockville, MD 20852. All                          and watch more television than other                   effects of three aspects of DTC ads
                                                    comments should be identified with the                  age groups (Ref. 2). Age-related changes               (voice frequency, complexity of major
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                                                    docket number found in brackets in the                  in hearing are common (Ref. 3, 4, and                  statement, speed of major statement) on
                                                    heading of this document.                               5) and, depending on their severity,                   the comprehension of the ads among
                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FDA                    influence the understanding of speech.                 four different age groups of individuals.
                                                    PRA Staff, Office of Operations, Food                   DTC television advertisements (ads)                    Because hearing losses begin to occur as
                                                    and Drug Administration, 8455                           contain large amounts of complex                       people age, we will examine a group of
                                                    Colesville Rd., COLE–14526, Silver                      information about prescription drug                    middle-aged adults (40–50 years),
                                                    Spring, MD 20993–0002, PRAStaff@                        treatments that may be particularly                    young-old adults (60–75 years), and old-
                                                    fda.hhs.gov.                                            relevant to a population that is                       old adults (75+ years), and a group of


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesFax written comments on the collection of information by July 27, 2015.
ContactFDA PRA Staff, Office of Operations, Food and Drug Administration, 8455 Colesville Rd., COLE-14526, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 36543 

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