80_FR_50453 80 FR 50293 - Center for Devices and Radiological Health Participation in International Medical Device Regulators Forum, Regulated Product Submission, Table of Contents Pilot Program

80 FR 50293 - Center for Devices and Radiological Health Participation in International Medical Device Regulators Forum, Regulated Product Submission, Table of Contents Pilot Program

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 160 (August 19, 2015)

Page Range50293-50295
FR Document2015-20430

The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), Offices of Device Evaluation (ODE) and In Vitro Diagnostics and Radiation (OIR) are announcing their participation in the International Medical Device Regulators Forum's (IMDRF) Regulated Product Submission Table of Contents Pilot Program. Participation in the Pilot is voluntary and open to applicants who submit premarket approval (PMA) applications or premarket notification (510(k)) to either ODE or OIR. The Pilot project is intended to provide industry, IMDRF, and CDRH staff the opportunity to evaluate the Table of Contents structure and to receive input from industry participants. Participants will be asked to submit their submissions electronically using IMDRF's Table of Contents (ToC) format.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2015-N-2458]


Center for Devices and Radiological Health Participation in 
International Medical Device Regulators Forum, Regulated Product 
Submission, Table of Contents Pilot Program

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Devices 
and Radiological Health (CDRH), Offices of Device Evaluation (ODE) and 
In Vitro Diagnostics and Radiation (OIR) are announcing their 
participation in the International Medical Device Regulators Forum's 
(IMDRF) Regulated Product Submission Table of Contents Pilot Program. 
Participation in the Pilot is voluntary and open to applicants who 
submit premarket approval (PMA) applications or premarket notification 
(510(k)) to either ODE or OIR. The Pilot project is intended to provide 
industry, IMDRF, and CDRH staff the opportunity to evaluate the Table 
of Contents structure and to receive input from industry participants. 
Participants will be asked to submit their submissions electronically 
using IMDRF's Table of Contents (ToC) format.

DATES: The IMDRF is seeking interest for participation in the voluntary 
IMDRF Regulated Product Submission, Table of Contents Pilot Program. 
See section II.A. for instructions on how to submit a request to 
participate. The Pilot project will accept submissions with the ToC 
structure starting September 2015 through September 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jodi Hope N. Anderson, Center for 
Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 
New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 1520, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301-
796-9299, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The IMDRF was conceived in February 2011 as a forum to discuss 
future directions in medical device regulatory harmonization. It is a 
voluntary group of medical device regulators from around the world who 
have come together to build on the strong foundational work of the 
Global Harmonization Task Force. The Forum aims to accelerate 
international medical device regulatory harmonization and convergence.
    The Regulated Product Submission (RPS) proposal was endorsed as a 
new work item by IMDRF at its 2012 inaugural meeting in Singapore. The 
Work Group, consisting of regulatory authorities from the United 
States, European Union (EU), Australia, Brazil, Japan, China, and 
Canada, created a comprehensive Table of Contents for Non-In Vitro 
Diagnostics (nIVD) and also for IVD Marketing Authorizations, which 
were formalized in August 2014.
    The ToC provides a comprehensive submission structure that can be 
used as a harmonized international electronic submission format while 
minimizing regional divergences and indicating where regional variation 
exists. This document is intended to provide guidance regarding the 
location of submission elements. These documents can be found on 
IMDRF's Web site (Refs. 1 and 2).
    This document is intended to work together with a regional 
classification matrix, a separate document created for each 
participating jurisdiction. The classification matrix defines whether a 
heading is required, not required, optional, conditionally required, 
etc., for the given submission type. FDA's Classification Matrices can 
be found on FDA's Web site (Ref. 3).
    The ToC Work Group has previously conducted Pilots for both of the 
ToC structures, using historical submissions. These Pilots provided 
valuable feedback regarding the ToC structure and completeness; 
however, there were limitations to using historical submissions and 
also a limited number of samples involving submission to more than one 
jurisdiction. Furthermore, there were no specific guidelines regarding 
the means of building a submission in a non-standard implementation. 
Additional IMDRF testing is considered necessary to both evaluate the 
ToC structures using real regulatory submissions and also evaluate the 
ToC structure from an industry perspective.

II. CDRH Participation in IMDRF Regulated Product Submission Table of 
Contents (ToC) Implementation Pilot

    FDA's participation in the IMDRF RPS ToC Implementation Pilot will 
provide both local and international benefits for FDA, as it will 
provide FDA feedback into decisions regarding the ToC's suitability.
    CDRH is participating in the Pilot. In doing so, CDRH will receive 
premarket submissions from the medical device regulated industry using 
the IMDRF ToC and FDA Regional Classification Matrices. Applications 
are to be real regulatory submissions--either PMAs or 510(k) 
applications--that will result in regulatory decisions by CDRH. PMAs 
exclude combination products and bundled submissions. The 510(k)s 
exclude special, abbreviated, and third-party submissions, as well as 
combination products, bundled submissions, and amendments after a final 
decision. Pilot participation requires that an application submitted to 
FDA also be submitted sequentially or simultaneously to at least one 
additional participating IMDRF region. Currently the participating 
regulating authorities are Australia (Therapeutic Goods 
Administration), Brazil (ANVISA), Canada (Health Canada), China (China 
Food and Drug Administration), and the European Union (Notified 
Bodies).
    The Pilot is described in greater detail in the IMDRF/RPS WG/N26 
Informational Document ``IMDRF Table of Contents (ToC) Pilot Plan'' 
(Ref. 4).
    The Regulators participating in this Pilot intend to use 
submissions only for the requested regulatory activity and objectives 
of this Pilot. Any submissions generated in relation to this testing 
will not be distributed to other manufacturers or other regulators. 
Industry participants should share any submission content directly with 
the appropriate regulators through the official regulatory processes in 
place--i.e., submission content will be shared across regulators 
directly by regulated industry.
    Feedback provided on the ToC structure, experience developing 
regulatory submissions, or suggestions

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for additional ToC headings may be shared and made public, excluding 
any confidential content. Basic applicant and submission identifying 
information (e.g., Applicant/Correspondent/Manufacturer Name, Device 
Name, Device Type, and Submission Type) will be shared among IMDRF 
Regulators for the purpose of conducting the Pilot. The invitation to 
participants will provide the specific details of the information to be 
shared among the Regulators as it is a condition for Pilot 
participation. Any information provided in the resulting Pilot findings 
should only disclose information explicitly stated as releasable.
    This Pilot will be evaluated in accordance with current FDA 
protocols and performance standards. Feedback from reviewers will be 
provided on the reviewability of the submission, based on the IMDRF ToC 
and FDA classification matrix, and any observations regarding issues in 
the submission content elements of the ToC Pilot. Feedback from 
industry will be accepted throughout the submission building process.
    The Pilot project is intended to provide industry, IMDRF, and CDRH 
staff the opportunity to evaluate the ToC structure, through the 
receipt of input from industry participants and CDRH staff. Comments 
received during the Pilot project will be used to evaluate the 
usability of the ToC format. FDA will be reviewing the contents of each 
submission as part of this Pilot; however, Pilot participation for the 
manufacturer will end after successfully passing the refuse to accept 
criteria. Subsequently, a complete scientific review, outside of the 
scope of the Pilot, will commence.

A. Participation

    Volunteers interested in participating in the Pilot project should 
provide expressions of interest to the IMDRF ToC working group at the 
IMDRF ToC email account [email protected]. Confirmation of your 
interest in participation in the IMDRF ToC Pilot plan is requested. If 
notification is received by August 21, 2015, then the manufacturer will 
be invited to participate in a ``participation teleconference'' to 
answer remaining questions. After August 21, 2015, contact FDA Pilot 
staff by email at [email protected] with any questions. The 
following information should be included in the request: Applicant, 
trade name, primary product code, submission type, contact name, and 
contact email. FDA will contact interested applicants to discuss the 
Pilot project. FDA is seeking a limited number of participants (no more 
than nine) to participate in this Pilot project. Participants must 
adhere to FDA's submission requirements (i.e., eCopy) and Refuse to 
Accept (RTA) requirements (Refs. 5 and 6).

B. Procedures

    After reading the ToC Pilot Plan document, applicants use either 
the nIVD or IVD ToC documents, as well as the respective Classification 
Matrix to construct their submission. The submission, placed into a 
single .zip file with the name ``MISC FILES.zip'' is then loaded onto 
media via eCopy (e.g., CD, DVD, SD card, USB drive). No paper copy of 
the submission is needed. All submissions are still expected to comply 
with the respective PMA or 510(k) RTA guidance documents. All 
submissions are still expected to comply with the FDA's eCopy Program 
for Medical Device Submissions Final Guidance (Ref. 5), except for the 
following: (1) With the exception of the cover letter, all sections 
discussing paper copy requirements may be disregarded; (2) sections 
outside the scope of the Pilot (e.g., sections pertaining to Bundled 
Submissions) may be disregarded; and (3) Attachment A, Part B of the 
eCopy Guidance is superseded by the ToC document. Applicants are 
required to provide a paper cover letter, meeting the technical 
guidance provided in the eCopy Guidance Document, Attachment 1, Part A. 
In addition, the following statement must be included in bold:
    This submission is part of the IMDRF ToC Pilot, and is organized 
according to the IMDRF ToC. Accordingly, special eCopy processing 
applies. As per the agreement for this ToC Pilot, no full paper copies 
are required, and the specially-formatted submission is zipped and 
placed within a MISC FILES folder in the eCopy.

The cover letter and media should be sent via mail to the Document 
Control Center (DCC) to: Food and Drug Administration, Center for 
Devices and Radiological Health, Document Control Center, Bldg. 66, Rm. 
G609, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002 ATTN: 
IMDRF ToC Pilot Submission.
    During the Pilot, CDRH staff will be available to answer any 
questions or concerns that may arise. Pilot project participants will 
be asked to comment on and discuss their experiences with the Pilot 
submissions process. Their input and discussions will assist both IMDRF 
and CDRH in their use of the ToC in future electronic submission 
formats.

III. Duration of the IMDRF Regulated Product Submission ToC 
Implementation Pilot

    FDA intends to accept requests for participation in the IMDRF's 
Regulated Product Submission, ToC Implementation Pilot for 12 months, 
from September 2015 through September 2016. This Pilot program may be 
extended as resources and needs allow.

IV. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

    This notice refers to previously approved collections of 
information found in FDA regulations. These collections of information 
are subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.FDAC. 3501-3520). The 
collections of information in 21 CFR part 807, subpart E have been 
approved under OMB control number 0910-0120 and the collections of 
information in 21 CFR part 814, subparts A through E have been approved 
under OMB control number 0910-0231.

V. References

    The following references have been placed on display in the 
Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 
5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852, and may be seen by 
interested persons between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
and are available electronically at http://www.regulations.gov. (FDA 
has verified all the Web site addresses in this reference section, but 
we are not responsible for any subsequent changes to the Web sites 
after this document publishes in the Federal Register.)

1. IMDRF Non-In Vitro Diagnostic Device Market Authorization Table 
of Contents (nIVD MA ToC) Final Document, http://www.imdrf.org/docs/imdrf/final/technical/imdrf-tech-140630-rps-nivd-toc.pdf.
2. IMDRF In Vitro Diagnostic Device Market Authorization Table of 
Contents (IVD MA ToC) Final Document, http://www.imdrf.org/docs/imdrf/final/technical/imdrf-tech-140630-rps-ivd-toc.pdf.
3. FDA/IMDRF Documents, Regulated Product Submission (RPS) Work 
Item, http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/InternationalPrograms/IMDRF/ucm417027.htm.
4. IMDRF Table of Contents (ToC) Pilot Plan, http://www.imdrf.org/docs/imdrf/final/procedural/imdrf-proc-150708-toc-pilot-plan.pdf.
5. FDA's eCopy Program for Medical Device Submissions Final 
Guidance, October 10, 2013, http://www.fda.gov/downloads/
MedicalDevices/DeviceRegulationandGuidance/GuidanceDocuments/

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UCM313794.pdf.
6. FDA's Refuse to Accept Policy for 510(k)s Final Guidance, 
December 31, 2012, http://www.fda.gov/downloads/MedicalDevices/DeviceRegulationandGuidance/GuidanceDocuments/UCM315014.pdf.

    Dated: August 13, 2015.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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                                              Legislation, and Analysis, Food and                     submit a request to participate. The                  of samples involving submission to
                                              Drug Administration, 10903 New                          Pilot project will accept submissions                 more than one jurisdiction.
                                              Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 32, Rm. 3330,                     with the ToC structure starting                       Furthermore, there were no specific
                                              Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, 301–                      September 2015 through September                      guidelines regarding the means of
                                              796–9115.                                               2016.                                                 building a submission in a non-standard
                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In FR Doc.                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:    Jodi              implementation. Additional IMDRF
                                              2014–13290, appearing on page 32964,                    Hope N. Anderson, Center for Devices                  testing is considered necessary to both
                                              in the Federal Register of Monday, June                 and Radiological Health, Food and Drug                evaluate the ToC structures using real
                                              9, 2014, the following correction is                    Administration, 10903 New Hampshire                   regulatory submissions and also
                                              made:                                                   Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 1520, Silver Spring,              evaluate the ToC structure from an
                                                 On page 32964, in the second column,                                                                       industry perspective.
                                                                                                      MD 20993, 301–796–9299,
                                              in the headings section of the document,                Jodi.Anderson@fda.hhs.gov.                            II. CDRH Participation in IMDRF
                                              [Docket No. FDA–2014–N–0736]’’ is                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            Regulated Product Submission Table of
                                              corrected to read ‘‘FDA–2015–N–2781’’.                                                                        Contents (ToC) Implementation Pilot
                                                 Please be aware that this new docket                 I. Background
                                              is no longer open for comment.                                                                                   FDA’s participation in the IMDRF
                                                                                                         The IMDRF was conceived in                         RPS ToC Implementation Pilot will
                                                 Dated: August 12, 2015.                              February 2011 as a forum to discuss                   provide both local and international
                                              Jill Hartzler Warner,                                   future directions in medical device                   benefits for FDA, as it will provide FDA
                                              Associate Commissioner for Special Medical              regulatory harmonization. It is a                     feedback into decisions regarding the
                                              Programs.                                               voluntary group of medical device                     ToC’s suitability.
                                              [FR Doc. 2015–20397 Filed 8–18–15; 8:45 am]             regulators from around the world who                     CDRH is participating in the Pilot. In
                                              BILLING CODE 4164–01–P
                                                                                                      have come together to build on the                    doing so, CDRH will receive premarket
                                                                                                      strong foundational work of the Global                submissions from the medical device
                                                                                                      Harmonization Task Force. The Forum                   regulated industry using the IMDRF ToC
                                              DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                aims to accelerate international medical              and FDA Regional Classification
                                              HUMAN SERVICES                                          device regulatory harmonization and                   Matrices. Applications are to be real
                                                                                                      convergence.                                          regulatory submissions—either PMAs or
                                              Food and Drug Administration                               The Regulated Product Submission                   510(k) applications—that will result in
                                                                                                      (RPS) proposal was endorsed as a new                  regulatory decisions by CDRH. PMAs
                                              [Docket No. FDA–2015–N–2458]
                                                                                                      work item by IMDRF at its 2012                        exclude combination products and
                                              Center for Devices and Radiological                     inaugural meeting in Singapore. The                   bundled submissions. The 510(k)s
                                              Health Participation in International                   Work Group, consisting of regulatory                  exclude special, abbreviated, and third-
                                              Medical Device Regulators Forum,                        authorities from the United States,                   party submissions, as well as
                                              Regulated Product Submission, Table                     European Union (EU), Australia, Brazil,               combination products, bundled
                                              of Contents Pilot Program                               Japan, China, and Canada, created a                   submissions, and amendments after a
                                                                                                      comprehensive Table of Contents for                   final decision. Pilot participation
                                              AGENCY:    Food and Drug Administration,                Non-In Vitro Diagnostics (nIVD) and                   requires that an application submitted
                                              HHS.                                                    also for IVD Marketing Authorizations,                to FDA also be submitted sequentially
                                              ACTION:   Notice.                                       which were formalized in August 2014.                 or simultaneously to at least one
                                                                                                         The ToC provides a comprehensive                   additional participating IMDRF region.
                                              SUMMARY:   The Food and Drug                            submission structure that can be used as              Currently the participating regulating
                                              Administration’s (FDA) Center for                       a harmonized international electronic                 authorities are Australia (Therapeutic
                                              Devices and Radiological Health                         submission format while minimizing                    Goods Administration), Brazil
                                              (CDRH), Offices of Device Evaluation                    regional divergences and indicating                   (ANVISA), Canada (Health Canada),
                                              (ODE) and In Vitro Diagnostics and                      where regional variation exists. This                 China (China Food and Drug
                                              Radiation (OIR) are announcing their                    document is intended to provide                       Administration), and the European
                                              participation in the International                      guidance regarding the location of                    Union (Notified Bodies).
                                              Medical Device Regulators Forum’s                       submission elements. These documents                     The Pilot is described in greater detail
                                              (IMDRF) Regulated Product Submission                    can be found on IMDRF’s Web site                      in the IMDRF/RPS WG/N26
                                              Table of Contents Pilot Program.                        (Refs. 1 and 2).                                      Informational Document ‘‘IMDRF Table
                                              Participation in the Pilot is voluntary                    This document is intended to work                  of Contents (ToC) Pilot Plan’’ (Ref. 4).
                                              and open to applicants who submit                       together with a regional classification                  The Regulators participating in this
                                              premarket approval (PMA) applications                   matrix, a separate document created for               Pilot intend to use submissions only for
                                              or premarket notification (510(k)) to                   each participating jurisdiction. The                  the requested regulatory activity and
                                              either ODE or OIR. The Pilot project is                 classification matrix defines whether a               objectives of this Pilot. Any submissions
                                              intended to provide industry, IMDRF,                    heading is required, not required,                    generated in relation to this testing will
                                              and CDRH staff the opportunity to                       optional, conditionally required, etc.,               not be distributed to other
                                              evaluate the Table of Contents structure                for the given submission type. FDA’s                  manufacturers or other regulators.
                                              and to receive input from industry                      Classification Matrices can be found on               Industry participants should share any
                                              participants. Participants will be asked                FDA’s Web site (Ref. 3).                              submission content directly with the
                                              to submit their submissions                                The ToC Work Group has previously                  appropriate regulators through the
                                              electronically using IMDRF’s Table of
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                                                                                                      conducted Pilots for both of the ToC                  official regulatory processes in place—
                                              Contents (ToC) format.                                  structures, using historical submissions.             i.e., submission content will be shared
                                              DATES: The IMDRF is seeking interest                    These Pilots provided valuable feedback               across regulators directly by regulated
                                              for participation in the voluntary                      regarding the ToC structure and                       industry.
                                              IMDRF Regulated Product Submission,                     completeness; however, there were                        Feedback provided on the ToC
                                              Table of Contents Pilot Program. See                    limitations to using historical                       structure, experience developing
                                              section II.A. for instructions on how to                submissions and also a limited number                 regulatory submissions, or suggestions


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                                              for additional ToC headings may be                      number of participants (no more than                  III. Duration of the IMDRF Regulated
                                              shared and made public, excluding any                   nine) to participate in this Pilot project.           Product Submission ToC
                                              confidential content. Basic applicant                   Participants must adhere to FDA’s                     Implementation Pilot
                                              and submission identifying information                  submission requirements (i.e., eCopy)                    FDA intends to accept requests for
                                              (e.g., Applicant/Correspondent/                         and Refuse to Accept (RTA)                            participation in the IMDRF’s Regulated
                                              Manufacturer Name, Device Name,                         requirements (Refs. 5 and 6).                         Product Submission, ToC
                                              Device Type, and Submission Type)                                                                             Implementation Pilot for 12 months,
                                              will be shared among IMDRF Regulators                   B. Procedures
                                                                                                                                                            from September 2015 through
                                              for the purpose of conducting the Pilot.                   After reading the ToC Pilot Plan                   September 2016. This Pilot program
                                              The invitation to participants will                     document, applicants use either the                   may be extended as resources and needs
                                              provide the specific details of the                     nIVD or IVD ToC documents, as well as                 allow.
                                              information to be shared among the                      the respective Classification Matrix to
                                              Regulators as it is a condition for Pilot               construct their submission. The                       IV. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
                                              participation. Any information provided                 submission, placed into a single .zip file              This notice refers to previously
                                              in the resulting Pilot findings should                  with the name ‘‘MISC FILES.zip’’ is                   approved collections of information
                                              only disclose information explicitly                    then loaded onto media via eCopy (e.g.,               found in FDA regulations. These
                                              stated as releasable.                                   CD, DVD, SD card, USB drive). No paper                collections of information are subject to
                                                 This Pilot will be evaluated in                      copy of the submission is needed. All                 review by the Office of Management and
                                              accordance with current FDA protocols                   submissions are still expected to comply              Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork
                                              and performance standards. Feedback                     with the respective PMA or 510(k) RTA                 Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.FDAC.
                                              from reviewers will be provided on the                  guidance documents. All submissions                   3501–3520). The collections of
                                              reviewability of the submission, based                                                                        information in 21 CFR part 807, subpart
                                                                                                      are still expected to comply with the
                                              on the IMDRF ToC and FDA                                                                                      E have been approved under OMB
                                                                                                      FDA’s eCopy Program for Medical
                                              classification matrix, and any                                                                                control number 0910–0120 and the
                                                                                                      Device Submissions Final Guidance
                                              observations regarding issues in the                                                                          collections of information in 21 CFR
                                                                                                      (Ref. 5), except for the following: (1)
                                              submission content elements of the ToC                                                                        part 814, subparts A through E have
                                                                                                      With the exception of the cover letter,
                                              Pilot. Feedback from industry will be                                                                         been approved under OMB control
                                                                                                      all sections discussing paper copy
                                              accepted throughout the submission                                                                            number 0910–0231.
                                                                                                      requirements may be disregarded; (2)
                                              building process.
                                                 The Pilot project is intended to                     sections outside the scope of the Pilot               V. References
                                              provide industry, IMDRF, and CDRH                       (e.g., sections pertaining to Bundled
                                                                                                      Submissions) may be disregarded; and                     The following references have been
                                              staff the opportunity to evaluate the ToC                                                                     placed on display in the Division of
                                              structure, through the receipt of input                 (3) Attachment A, Part B of the eCopy
                                                                                                      Guidance is superseded by the ToC                     Dockets Management (HFA–305), Food
                                              from industry participants and CDRH                                                                           and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers
                                              staff. Comments received during the                     document. Applicants are required to
                                                                                                      provide a paper cover letter, meeting the             Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852,
                                              Pilot project will be used to evaluate the                                                                    and may be seen by interested persons
                                              usability of the ToC format. FDA will be                technical guidance provided in the
                                                                                                      eCopy Guidance Document, Attachment                   between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday
                                              reviewing the contents of each                                                                                through Friday, and are available
                                              submission as part of this Pilot;                       1, Part A. In addition, the following
                                                                                                      statement must be included in bold:                   electronically at http://
                                              however, Pilot participation for the                                                                          www.regulations.gov. (FDA has verified
                                              manufacturer will end after successfully                   This submission is part of the IMDRF
                                                                                                                                                            all the Web site addresses in this
                                              passing the refuse to accept criteria.                  ToC Pilot, and is organized according to
                                                                                                                                                            reference section, but we are not
                                              Subsequently, a complete scientific                     the IMDRF ToC. Accordingly, special
                                                                                                                                                            responsible for any subsequent changes
                                              review, outside of the scope of the Pilot,              eCopy processing applies. As per the
                                                                                                                                                            to the Web sites after this document
                                              will commence.                                          agreement for this ToC Pilot, no full
                                                                                                                                                            publishes in the Federal Register.)
                                              A. Participation                                        paper copies are required, and the
                                                                                                      specially-formatted submission is                     1. IMDRF Non-In Vitro Diagnostic Device
                                                 Volunteers interested in participating               zipped and placed within a MISC FILES                      Market Authorization Table of Contents
                                              in the Pilot project should provide                                                                                (nIVD MA ToC) Final Document,
                                                                                                      folder in the eCopy.                                       http://www.imdrf.org/docs/imdrf/final/
                                              expressions of interest to the IMDRF
                                                                                                      The cover letter and media should be                       technical/imdrf-tech-140630-rps-nivd-
                                              ToC working group at the IMDRF ToC                                                                                 toc.pdf.
                                              email account imdrftoc@gmail.com.                       sent via mail to the Document Control
                                                                                                                                                            2. IMDRF In Vitro Diagnostic Device Market
                                              Confirmation of your interest in                        Center (DCC) to: Food and Drug                             Authorization Table of Contents (IVD
                                              participation in the IMDRF ToC Pilot                    Administration, Center for Devices and                     MA ToC) Final Document, http://
                                              plan is requested. If notification is                   Radiological Health, Document Control                      www.imdrf.org/docs/imdrf/final/
                                              received by August 21, 2015, then the                   Center, Bldg. 66, Rm. G609, 10903 New                      technical/imdrf-tech-140630-rps-ivd-toc.
                                              manufacturer will be invited to                         Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD                          pdf.
                                                                                                      20993–0002 ATTN: IMDRF ToC Pilot                      3. FDA/IMDRF Documents, Regulated
                                              participate in a ‘‘participation                                                                                   Product Submission (RPS) Work Item,
                                              teleconference’’ to answer remaining                    Submission.
                                                                                                                                                                 http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/
                                              questions. After August 21, 2015,                         During the Pilot, CDRH staff will be                     InternationalPrograms/IMDRF/
                                              contact FDA Pilot staff by email at                     available to answer any questions or                       ucm417027.htm.
                                              Jodi.Anderson@fda.hhs.gov with any                      concerns that may arise. Pilot project                4. IMDRF Table of Contents (ToC) Pilot Plan,
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                                              questions. The following information                    participants will be asked to comment                      http://www.imdrf.org/docs/imdrf/final/
                                              should be included in the request:                      on and discuss their experiences with                      procedural/imdrf-proc-150708-toc-pilot-
                                              Applicant, trade name, primary product                  the Pilot submissions process. Their                       plan.pdf.
                                                                                                                                                            5. FDA’s eCopy Program for Medical Device
                                              code, submission type, contact name,                    input and discussions will assist both                     Submissions Final Guidance, October 10,
                                              and contact email. FDA will contact                     IMDRF and CDRH in their use of the                         2013, http://www.fda.gov/downloads/
                                              interested applicants to discuss the Pilot              ToC in future electronic submission                        MedicalDevices/DeviceRegulationand
                                              project. FDA is seeking a limited                       formats.                                                   Guidance/GuidanceDocuments/



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                                                  UCM313794.pdf.                                      Therefore, you should always check the                disabilities or special needs. If you
                                              6. FDA’s Refuse to Accept Policy for 510(k)s            Agency’s Web site at http://                          require special accommodations due to
                                                  Final Guidance, December 31, 2012,                  www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/                       a disability, please contact Philip
                                                  http://www.fda.gov/downloads/                       default.htm and scroll down to the                    Bautista at least 7 days in advance of the
                                                  MedicalDevices/DeviceRegulationand
                                                  Guidance/GuidanceDocuments/
                                                                                                      appropriate advisory committee meeting                meeting.
                                                  UCM315014.pdf.                                      link, or call the advisory committee                    FDA is committed to the orderly
                                                                                                      information line to learn about possible              conduct of its advisory committee
                                                Dated: August 13, 2015.                               modifications before coming to the                    meetings. Please visit our Web site at
                                              Leslie Kux,                                             meeting.                                              http://www.fda.gov/
                                              Associate Commissioner for Policy.                         Agenda: The committee will discuss                 AdvisoryCommittees/
                                              [FR Doc. 2015–20430 Filed 8–18–15; 8:45 am]             new drug application (NDA) 207988,                    AboutAdvisoryCommittees/
                                              BILLING CODE 4164–01–P                                  lesinurad oral tablets, submitted by                  ucm111462.htm for procedures on
                                                                                                      Ardea Biosciences, Inc., for the                      public conduct during advisory
                                                                                                      treatment of hyperuricemia associated                 committee meetings.
                                              DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                with gout, in combination with a                        Notice of this meeting is given under
                                              HUMAN SERVICES                                          xanthine oxidase inhibitor.                           the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
                                                                                                         FDA intends to make background                     U.S.C. app. 2).
                                              Food and Drug Administration                            material available to the public no later                Dated: August 12, 2015.
                                              [Docket No. FDA–2015–N–0001]                            than 2 business days before the meeting.              Jill Hartzler Warner,
                                                                                                      If FDA is unable to post the background
                                                                                                                                                            Associate Commissioner for Special Medical
                                              Arthritis Advisory Committee; Notice                    material on its Web site prior to the                 Programs.
                                              of Meeting                                              meeting, the background material will
                                                                                                                                                            [FR Doc. 2015–20398 Filed 8–18–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                      be made publicly available at the
                                              AGENCY:    Food and Drug Administration,                location of the advisory committee                    BILLING CODE 4164–01–P

                                              HHS.                                                    meeting, and the background material
                                              ACTION:   Notice.                                       will be posted on FDA’s Web site after                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                                                                                      the meeting. Background material is                   HUMAN SERVICES
                                                This notice announces a forthcoming                   available at http://www.fda.gov/
                                              meeting of a public advisory committee                  AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/                          Food and Drug Administration
                                              of the Food and Drug Administration                     default.htm. Scroll down to the
                                              (FDA). The meeting will be open to the                  appropriate advisory committee meeting                [Docket No. FDA–2015–N–2817]
                                              public.                                                 link.
                                                Name of Committee: Arthritis                                                                                Medical Devices; Export Certificates;
                                                                                                         Procedure: Interested persons may
                                              Advisory Committee.                                                                                           Food and Drug Administration Export
                                                                                                      present data, information, or views,
                                                General Function of the Committee:                                                                          Reform and Enhancement Act of 1996;
                                                                                                      orally or in writing, on issues pending
                                              To provide advice and                                                                                         Certification Fees
                                                                                                      before the committee. Written
                                              recommendations to the Agency on                        submissions may be made to the contact                AGENCY:    Food and Drug Administration,
                                              FDA’s regulatory issues.                                person on or before October 8, 2015.                  HHS.
                                                Date and Time: The meeting will be                    Oral presentations from the public will               ACTION:   Notice.
                                              held on October 23, 2015, from 8 a.m.                   be scheduled between approximately 1
                                              to 5 p.m.                                               p.m. and 2 p.m. Those individuals                     SUMMARY:    The Food and Drug
                                                Location: FDA White Oak Campus,                       interested in making formal oral                      Administration (FDA) is announcing the
                                              10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 31                      presentations should notify the contact               revised fees the Agency will assess for
                                              Conference Center, the Great Room (Rm.                  person and submit a brief statement of                issuing export certificates for devices.
                                              1503), Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002.                    the general nature of the evidence or                 The FDA Export Reform and
                                              Answers to commonly asked questions                     arguments they wish to present, the                   Enhancement Act of 1996 (EREA)
                                              including information regarding special                 names and addresses of proposed                       provides that any person who exports a
                                              accommodations due to a disability,                     participants, and an indication of the                device may request FDA certify in
                                              visitor parking, and transportation may                 approximate time requested to make                    writing that the exported device meets
                                              be accessed at: http://www.fda.gov/                     their presentation on or before                       certain specified requirements. It further
                                              AdvisoryCommittees/                                     September 30, 2015. Time allotted for                 provides that FDA shall issue such a
                                              AboutAdvisoryCommittees/                                each presentation may be limited. If the              certification within 20 days of the
                                              ucm408555.htm.                                          number of registrants requesting to                   receipt of a request for such certification
                                                Contact Person: Philip Bautista,                      speak is greater than can be reasonably               and that FDA may charge up to $175 for
                                              Center for Drug Evaluation and                          accommodated during the scheduled                     each certification that is issued within
                                              Research, Food and Drug                                 open public hearing session, FDA may                  the 20 days. Since February 2003, FDA’s
                                              Administration, 10903 New Hampshire                     conduct a lottery to determine the                    costs to process the device certificates
                                              Ave., Bldg. 31, Rm. 2417, Silver Spring,                speakers for the scheduled open public                have increased; however, the export
                                              MD 20993–0002, 301–796–9001, FAX:                       hearing session. The contact person will              certificate fee for subsequent certificates
                                              301–847–8533, email: AAC@                               notify interested persons regarding their             has not changed. Because of the
                                              fda.hhs.gov, or FDA Advisory                            request to speak by October 1, 2015.                  increase, FDA is raising the fees for
                                              Committee Information Line, 1–800–                         Persons attending FDA’s advisory                   subsequent certificates, from the current
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                                              741–8138 (301–443–0572 in the                           committee meetings are advised that the               fee of $15 to $85, and revising the
                                              Washington, DC area). A notice in the                   Agency is not responsible for providing               formula used to calculate the number of
                                              Federal Register about last minute                      access to electrical outlets.                         original and subsequent device export
                                              modifications that impact a previously                     FDA welcomes the attendance of the                 certificates issued. These changes are
                                              announced advisory committee meeting                    public at its advisory committee                      necessary to ensure that the program
                                              cannot always be published quickly                      meetings and will make every effort to                remains self-sustaining and to cover
                                              enough to provide timely notice.                        accommodate persons with physical                     FDA’s increased costs, which are


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesThe IMDRF is seeking interest for participation in the voluntary IMDRF Regulated Product Submission, Table of Contents Pilot Program. See section II.A. for instructions on how to submit a request to participate. The Pilot project will accept submissions with the ToC structure starting September 2015 through September 2016.
ContactJodi Hope N. Anderson, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 1520, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301- 796-9299, [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 50293 

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