80_FR_81581 80 FR 81332 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Current Good Manufacturing Practice for Positron Emission Tomography Drugs

80 FR 81332 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Current Good Manufacturing Practice for Positron Emission Tomography Drugs

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 249 (December 29, 2015)

Page Range81332-81335
FR Document2015-32685

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on the information collection contained in FDA's regulations on current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) for positron emission tomography (PET) drugs.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2013-N-0242]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Current Good Manufacturing Practice for Positron 
Emission Tomography Drugs

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an 
opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain 
information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(the PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publish notice in the 
Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, 
including each proposed extension of an existing collection of 
information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the 
notice. This notice solicits comments on the information collection 
contained in FDA's regulations on current good manufacturing practice 
(CGMP) for positron emission tomography (PET) drugs.

DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the collection 
of information by February 29, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments as follows:

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted 
electronically, including attachments, to http://www.regulations.gov 
will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your comment will be 
made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your comment 
does not include any confidential information that you or a third party 
may not wish to be posted, such as medical information, your or anyone 
else's Social Security number, or confidential business information, 
such as a manufacturing process. Please note that if you include your 
name, contact information, or other information that identifies you in 
the body of your comments, that information will be posted on http://www.regulations.gov.
     If you want to submit a comment with confidential 
information that you do not wish to be made available to the public, 
submit the comment as a written/paper submission and in the manner 
detailed (see ``Written/Paper Submissions'' and ``Instructions'').

Written/Paper Submissions

    Submit written/paper submissions as follows:
     Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for written/paper 
submissions): Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
     For written/paper comments submitted to the Division of 
Dockets Management, FDA will post your comment, as well as any 
attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified, 
as confidential, if submitted as detailed in ``Instructions.''
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No. 
FDA-2013-N-0242 for ``Agency Information Collection Activities: 
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Current Good Manufacturing 
Practice for Positron Emission Tomography Drugs.'' Received comments 
will be placed in the docket and, except for those submitted as 
``Confidential Submissions,'' publicly viewable at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Division of Dockets Management between 9 
a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
     Confidential Submissions--To submit a comment with 
confidential information that you do not wish to be made publicly 
available, submit your comments only as a written/paper submission. You 
should submit two copies total. One copy will include the information 
you claim to be confidential with a heading or cover note that states 
``THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION''. The Agency will 
review this copy, including the claimed confidential information, in 
its consideration of comments. The second copy, which will have the 
claimed confidential information redacted/blacked out, will be 
available for public viewing and posted on http://www.regulations.gov. 
Submit both copies to the Division of Dockets Management. If you do not 
wish your name and contact information to be made publicly available, 
you can provide this information on the cover sheet and not in the body 
of your comments and you must identify this information as 
``confidential.'' Any information marked as ``confidential'' will not 
be disclosed except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other 
applicable disclosure law. For more information about FDA's posting of 
comments to public dockets, see 80 FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or 
access the information at: http://www.fda.gov/regulatoryinformation/dockets/default.htm.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
the electronic and written/paper comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov and insert the docket number, found in brackets in 
the heading of this document, into the ``Search'' box and follow the 
prompts and/or go to the Division of Dockets Management, 5630 Fishers 
Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.

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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: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520) Federal 
Agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. 
``Collection of information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 
1320.3(c) and includes Agency requests or requirements that members of 
the public submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a 
third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) 
requires Federal Agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal 
Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including 
each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, 
before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with 
this requirement, FDA is publishing notice of the proposed collection 
of information set forth in this document.
    With respect to the following collection of information, FDA 
invites comments on these topics: (1) Whether the proposed collection 
of information is necessary for the proper performance of FDA's 
functions, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of FDA's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques, when 
appropriate, and other forms of information technology.

Current Good Manufacturing Practice for Positron Emission Tomography 
Drugs (OMB Control Number 0910-0667)--Extension

    Positron emission tomography is a medical imaging modality 
involving the use of a unique type of radiopharmaceutical drug product. 
FDA's CGMP regulations at 21 CFR part 212 are intended to ensure that 
PET drug products meet the requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act) regarding safety, identity, strength, 
quality, and purity. The CGMP requirements for PET drugs are issued 
under the provisions of the Food and Drug Administration Modernization 
Act of 1997 (the Modernization Act). These CGMP requirements are 
designed to take into account the unique characteristics of PET drugs, 
including their short half-lives and the fact that most PET drugs are 
produced at locations that are very close to the patients to whom the 
drugs are administered.
    The CGMP regulations are intended to ensure that approved PET drugs 
meet the requirements of the FD&C Act as to safety, identity, strength, 
quality, and purity. The regulations address the following matters: 
Personnel and resources; quality assurance; facilities and equipment; 
control of components, in-process materials, and finished products; 
production and process controls; laboratory controls; acceptance 
criteria; labeling and packaging controls; distribution controls; 
complaint handling; and recordkeeping.
    The CGMP regulations establish several recordkeeping requirements 
and a third-party disclosure requirement for the production of PET 
drugs. In making our estimates of the time spent in complying with 
these information collection requirements, we relied on communications 
we have had with PET producers, visits by our staff to PET facilities, 
and our familiarity with both PET and general pharmaceutical 
manufacturing practices. The estimated annual recordkeeping and third-
party disclosure burden is based on there being approximately 129 PET 
drug production facilities.
    As explained in this document, Table 1 provides an estimate of the 
annual recordkeeping burdens and Table 2 provides an estimate of the 
annual third-party disclosure burdens associated with this collection.

I. Investigational and Research PET Drugs

    Section 212.5(b)(2) provides that for investigational PET drugs 
produced under an investigational new drug (IND) and research PET drugs 
produced with approval of a Radioactive Drug Research Committee (RDRC), 
the requirement under the FD&C Act to follow current good manufacturing 
practice is met by complying with the regulations in part 212 or with 
USP 32 Chapter 823. We believe that PET production facilities producing 
drugs under INDs and RDRCs are currently substantially complying with 
the recordkeeping requirements of USP 32 Chapter 823 (see section 
121(b) of the Modernization Act), and accordingly, we do not estimate 
any recordkeeping burden for this provision.

II. Batch Production and Control Records

    Sections 212.20(c) through (e), 212.50(a) through (c), and 
212.80(c) set forth requirements for batch and production records as 
well as written control records. We estimate that it would take 
approximately 20 hours annually for each PET production facility to 
prepare and maintain written production and control procedures and to 
create and maintain master batch records for each PET drug produced. We 
also estimate that there will be a total of approximately 221 PET drugs 
produced, with a total recordkeeping burden of approximately 4,420 
hours. We estimate that it would take a PET production facility an 
average of 30 minutes to complete a batch record for each of 
approximately 501 batches. Our estimated burden for completing batch 
records is approximately 32,320 hours.

III. Equipment and Facilities Records

    Sections 212.20(c), 212.30(b), 212.50(d), and 212.60(f) contain 
requirements for records dealing with equipment and physical 
facilities. We estimate that it would take approximately 1 hour to 
establish and maintain these records for each piece of equipment in 
each PET production facility. We estimate that the total burden for 
establishing procedures for these records would be approximately 1,939 
hours. We estimate that recording maintenance and cleaning information 
would take approximately 5 minutes a day for each piece of equipment, 
with a total recordkeeping burden of approximately 40,238 hours.

IV. Records of Components, Containers, and Closures

    Sections 212.20(c) and 212.40(a), (b), and (e) contain requirements 
on records regarding receiving and testing of components, containers, 
and closures. We estimate that the annual burden for establishing these 
records would be approximately 259 hours. We estimate that each 
facility would receive approximately 36 shipments annually and would 
spend approximately 10 minutes per shipment entering records. The 
annual burden for maintaining these records would be approximately 773 
hours.

V. Process Verification

    Section 212.50(f)(2) requires that any process verification 
activities and results be recorded. Because process verification is 
only required when results of the production of an entire batch are not 
fully verified through finished-product testing, we believe that 
process verification will be a very rare

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occurrence, and we do not estimate any recordkeeping burden for 
documenting process verification.

VI. Laboratory Testing Records

    Sections 212.20(c), 212.60(a), (b), and (g), 212.61(a) through (b), 
and 212.70(a), (b), and (d) set out requirements for documenting 
laboratory testing and specifications referred to in laboratory 
testing, including final release testing and stability testing. Each 
PET drug production facility will need to establish procedures and 
create forms for the different tests for each product they produce. We 
estimate that it will take each facility an average of 1 hour to 
establish procedures and create forms for one test. The estimated 
annual burden for establishing procedures and creating forms for these 
records is approximately 3,232 hours, and the annual burden for 
recording laboratory test results is approximately 10,730 hours.

VII. Sterility Test Failure Notices

    Section 212.70(e) requires PET drug producers to notify all 
receiving facilities if a batch fails sterility tests. We believe that 
sterility test failures might occur in only 0.05 percent of the batches 
of PET drugs produced each year. Therefore, we have estimated in Table 
2 that each PET drug producer will need to provide approximately 0.25 
sterility test failure notice per year to receiving facilities. The 
notice would be provided using email or facsimile transmission and 
should take no more than 1 hour.

VIII. Conditional Final Releases

    Section 212.70(f) requires PET drug producers to document any 
conditional final releases of a product. We believe that conditional 
final releases will be fairly uncommon, but for purposes of the PRA, we 
estimated that each PET production facility would have one conditional 
final release a year and would spend approximately 1 hour documenting 
the release and notifying receiving facilities. The estimate of one 
conditional final release per year per facility is an appropriate 
average number because many facilities may have no conditional final 
releases while others might have only a few.

IX. Out-of-Specification Investigations

    Sections 212.20(c) and 212.71(a) and (b) require PET drug producers 
to establish procedures for investigating products that do not conform 
to specifications and conduct these investigations as needed. We 
estimate that it will take approximately 1 hour annually to record and 
update these procedures for each PET production facility. We also 
estimate, for purposes of the PRA, that 36 out-of-specification 
investigations would be conducted at each facility each year and that 
it would take approximately 1 hour to document the investigation, which 
results in an annual burden of 4,654 hours.

X. Reprocessing Procedures

    Sections 212.20(c) and 212.71(d) require PET drug producers to 
establish and document procedures for reprocessing PET drugs. We 
estimate that it will take approximately 1 hour a year to document 
these procedures for each PET production facility. We do not estimate a 
separate burden for recording the actual reprocessing, both because we 
believe it would be an uncommon event and because the recordkeeping 
burden has been included in our estimate for batch production and 
control records.

XI. Distribution Records

    Sections 212.20(c) and 212.90(a) require that written procedures 
regarding distribution of PET drug products be established and 
maintained. We estimate that it will take approximately 1 hour annually 
to establish and maintain records of these procedures for each PET 
production facility. Section 212.90(b) requires that distribution 
records be maintained. We estimate that it will take approximately 15 
minutes to create an actual distribution record for each batch of PET 
drug products, with a total burden of approximately 16,160 hours for 
all PET producers.

XII. Complaints

    Sections 212.20(c) and 212.100 require that PET drug producers 
establish written procedures for dealing with complaints, as well as 
document how each complaint is handled. We estimate that establishing 
and maintaining written procedures for complaints will take 
approximately 1 hour annually for each PET production facility and that 
each facility will receive approximately one complaint a year and will 
spend approximately 30 minutes recording how the complaint was dealt 
with.

                                                    Table 1--Estimated Annual Recordkeeping Burden 1
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                                                   No. of         No. of records      Total annual          Average  burden per
               21 CFR Section                  recordkeepers     per recordkeeper       records                recordkeeping              Total hours
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Batch Production and Control Records                       129               1.71                221  20.............................              4,420
 212.20(c), 212.20(e); 212.50(a), 212.50(b).
Batch Production and Control Records                       129                501             64,640  0.5 (30 mins.)                              32,320
 212.20(d) and (e); 212.50(c); 212.80(c).
Equipment and Facilities Records 212.20(c);                129                 15              1,939  1..............................              1,939
 212.30(b); 212.50(d), 212.60(f).
Equipment and Facilities Records 212.30(b),                129              3,758            484,800  0.083 (5 mins.)                             40,238
 212.50(d); 212.60(f).
Records of Components, Containers, and                     129                  2                259  1..............................                259
 Closures 212.20(c); 212.40(a), 212.40(b).
Records of Components, Containers, and                     129                 36              4,654  0.166 (10 mins.)                               773
 Closures 212.40(e).
Laboratory Testing Records 212.20(c);                      129                 25              3,232  1..............................              3,232
 212.60(a), 212.60(b), 212.61(a);
 212.70(a), 212.70(b), 212.70(d).
Laboratory Testing Records 212.60(g);                      129                501             64,640  0.166 (10 min.)                             10,730
 212.61(b); 212.70(d)(2), 212.70(d)(3).
Conditional Final Releases 212.70(f).......                129                  1                129  1..............................                129
Out-of-Specification Investigations                        129                 36              4,654  1..............................              4,654
 212.20(c); 212.71(a).
Reprocessing Procedures 212.71(b)..........                129                  1                129  1..............................                129

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Reprocessing Procedures 212.20(c);                         129                  1                129  1..............................                129
 212.71(d).
Reprocessing Procedures 212.20(c);                         129                  1                129  1..............................                129
 212.90(a).
Distribution Records 212.90(b).............                129                501             64,640  0.25 (15 mins.)                             16,160
Complaints 212.20(c); 212.100(a)...........                129                  1                129  1..............................                129
Complaints 212.100(b), 212.100(c)..........                129                  1                129  0.5 (30 mins.)                                  65
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    Total..................................  .................  .................  .................  ...............................            115,435
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.


                                                Table 2--Estimated Annual Third-Party Disclosure Burden 1
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                                                            No. of         Annual frequency      Total annual          Hours per
                   21 CFR section                         respondents        of disclosure        disclosures         disclosure          Total hours
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Sterility Test Failure Notices 212.70(e)............                129                0.25                  32                   1                  32
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this information collection.


    Dated: December 22, 2015.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2015-32685 Filed 12-28-15; 8:45 am]
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                                                    alternative approach may be used if                     SUMMARY:  The Food and Drug                           comment, as well as any attachments,
                                                    such approach satisfies the                             Administration (FDA) is announcing an                 except for information submitted,
                                                    requirements of the applicable statute                  opportunity for public comment on the                 marked and identified, as confidential,
                                                    and regulations.                                        proposed collection of certain                        if submitted as detailed in
                                                                                                            information by the Agency. Under the                  ‘‘Instructions.’’
                                                    III. Electronic Access
                                                                                                            Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the                     Instructions: All submissions received
                                                       Persons interested in obtaining a copy               PRA), Federal Agencies are required to                must include the Docket No. FDA–
                                                    of the draft guidance may do so by                      publish notice in the Federal Register                2013–N–0242 for ‘‘Agency Information
                                                    downloading an electronic copy from                     concerning each proposed collection of                Collection Activities: Proposed
                                                    the Internet. A search capability for all               information, including each proposed                  Collection; Comment Request; Current
                                                    Center for Devices and Radiological                     extension of an existing collection of                Good Manufacturing Practice for
                                                    Health guidance documents is available                  information, and to allow 60 days for                 Positron Emission Tomography Drugs.’’
                                                    at http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/                   public comment in response to the                     Received comments will be placed in
                                                    DeviceRegulationandGuidance/                            notice. This notice solicits comments on              the docket and, except for those
                                                    GuidanceDocuments/default.htm.                          the information collection contained in               submitted as ‘‘Confidential
                                                    Guidance documents are also available                   FDA’s regulations on current good                     Submissions,’’ publicly viewable at
                                                    at http://www.regulations.gov. Persons                  manufacturing practice (CGMP) for                     http://www.regulations.gov or at the
                                                    unable to download an electronic copy                   positron emission tomography (PET)                    Division of Dockets Management
                                                    of ‘‘Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)                    drugs.                                                between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday
                                                    Devices for Class II Intended Uses: Draft                                                                     through Friday.
                                                    Guidance for Industry, Clinicians, and                  DATES:  Submit either electronic or
                                                                                                            written comments on the collection of                    • Confidential Submissions—To
                                                    FDA Staff’’ may send an email request                                                                         submit a comment with confidential
                                                    to CDRH-Guidance@fda.hhs.gov to                         information by February 29, 2016.
                                                                                                            ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
                                                                                                                                                                  information that you do not wish to be
                                                    receive an electronic copy of the                                                                             made publicly available, submit your
                                                    document. Please use the document                       as follows:
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                                                    you are requesting.                                                                                           copies total. One copy will include the
                                                                                                              Submit electronic comments in the
                                                    IV. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995                     following way:                                        information you claim to be confidential
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                                                      This draft guidance refers to
                                                                                                            www.regulations.gov. Follow the                       ‘‘THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS
                                                    previously approved collections of
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                                                    information found in FDA regulations.
                                                                                                            Comments submitted electronically,                    Agency will review this copy, including
                                                    These collections of information are
                                                                                                            including attachments, to http://                     the claimed confidential information, in
                                                    subject to review by the Office of
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                                                    Management and Budget (OMB) under
                                                                                                            the docket unchanged. Because your                    second copy, which will have the
                                                    the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
                                                                                                            comment will be made public, you are                  claimed confidential information
                                                    (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520). The collection of
                                                                                                            solely responsible for ensuring that your             redacted/blacked out, will be available
                                                    information in 21 CFR part 807 subpart
                                                                                                            comment does not include any                          for public viewing and posted on http://
                                                    E have been approved under OMB
                                                                                                            confidential information that you or a                www.regulations.gov. Submit both
                                                    control number 0910–0120; the
                                                                                                            third party may not wish to be posted,                copies to the Division of Dockets
                                                    collection of information in 21 CFR 801
                                                                                                            such as medical information, your or                  Management. If you do not wish your
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                                                                                                            anyone else’s Social Security number, or              name and contact information to be
                                                    number 0910–0485; and the collection
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                                                    of information in 21 CFR part 820 have
                                                                                                            as a manufacturing process. Please note               provide this information on the cover
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                                                      Dated: December 18, 2015.                                                                                   information as ‘‘confidential.’’ Any
                                                                                                            identifies you in the body of your
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                                                                                                            comments, that information will be
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                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:    FDA                 Modernization Act of 1997 (the                        II. Batch Production and Control
                                                    PRA Staff, Office of Operations, Food                   Modernization Act). These CGMP                        Records
                                                    and Drug Administration, 8455                           requirements are designed to take into                   Sections 212.20(c) through (e),
                                                    Colesville Rd., COLE–14526, Silver                      account the unique characteristics of                 212.50(a) through (c), and 212.80(c) set
                                                    Spring, MD 20993–0002, PRAStaff@                        PET drugs, including their short half-                forth requirements for batch and
                                                    fda.hhs.gov.                                            lives and the fact that most PET drugs                production records as well as written
                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:       Under the              are produced at locations that are very               control records. We estimate that it
                                                    PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520) Federal                       close to the patients to whom the drugs               would take approximately 20 hours
                                                    Agencies must obtain approval from the                  are administered.                                     annually for each PET production
                                                    Office of Management and Budget                            The CGMP regulations are intended to               facility to prepare and maintain written
                                                    (OMB) for each collection of                            ensure that approved PET drugs meet                   production and control procedures and
                                                    information they conduct or sponsor.                    the requirements of the FD&C Act as to                to create and maintain master batch
                                                    ‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined                safety, identity, strength, quality, and              records for each PET drug produced. We
                                                    in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR                          purity. The regulations address the                   also estimate that there will be a total of
                                                    1320.3(c) and includes Agency requests                  following matters: Personnel and                      approximately 221 PET drugs produced,
                                                    or requirements that members of the                     resources; quality assurance; facilities              with a total recordkeeping burden of
                                                    public submit reports, keep records, or                                                                       approximately 4,420 hours. We estimate
                                                                                                            and equipment; control of components,
                                                    provide information to a third party.                                                                         that it would take a PET production
                                                                                                            in-process materials, and finished
                                                    Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44                                                                          facility an average of 30 minutes to
                                                                                                            products; production and process
                                                    U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) requires Federal                                                                        complete a batch record for each of
                                                                                                            controls; laboratory controls; acceptance             approximately 501 batches. Our
                                                    Agencies to provide a 60-day notice in                  criteria; labeling and packaging controls;
                                                    the Federal Register concerning each                                                                          estimated burden for completing batch
                                                                                                            distribution controls; complaint                      records is approximately 32,320 hours.
                                                    proposed collection of information,                     handling; and recordkeeping.
                                                    including each proposed extension of an                                                                       III. Equipment and Facilities Records
                                                    existing collection of information,                        The CGMP regulations establish
                                                                                                            several recordkeeping requirements and                   Sections 212.20(c), 212.30(b),
                                                    before submitting the collection to OMB
                                                                                                            a third-party disclosure requirement for              212.50(d), and 212.60(f) contain
                                                    for approval. To comply with this
                                                                                                            the production of PET drugs. In making                requirements for records dealing with
                                                    requirement, FDA is publishing notice
                                                                                                            our estimates of the time spent in                    equipment and physical facilities. We
                                                    of the proposed collection of
                                                                                                            complying with these information                      estimate that it would take
                                                    information set forth in this document.
                                                                                                            collection requirements, we relied on                 approximately 1 hour to establish and
                                                       With respect to the following
                                                                                                            communications we have had with PET                   maintain these records for each piece of
                                                    collection of information, FDA invites
                                                                                                            producers, visits by our staff to PET                 equipment in each PET production
                                                    comments on these topics: (1) Whether
                                                                                                            facilities, and our familiarity with both             facility. We estimate that the total
                                                    the proposed collection of information
                                                                                                            PET and general pharmaceutical                        burden for establishing procedures for
                                                    is necessary for the proper performance
                                                                                                                                                                  these records would be approximately
                                                    of FDA’s functions, including whether                   manufacturing practices. The estimated
                                                                                                                                                                  1,939 hours. We estimate that recording
                                                    the information will have practical                     annual recordkeeping and third-party
                                                                                                                                                                  maintenance and cleaning information
                                                    utility; (2) the accuracy of FDA’s                      disclosure burden is based on there
                                                                                                                                                                  would take approximately 5 minutes a
                                                    estimate of the burden of the proposed                  being approximately 129 PET drug                      day for each piece of equipment, with
                                                    collection of information, including the                production facilities.                                a total recordkeeping burden of
                                                    validity of the methodology and                            As explained in this document, Table               approximately 40,238 hours.
                                                    assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance                   1 provides an estimate of the annual
                                                    the quality, utility, and clarity of the                                                                      IV. Records of Components, Containers,
                                                                                                            recordkeeping burdens and Table 2
                                                    information to be collected; and (4)                                                                          and Closures
                                                                                                            provides an estimate of the annual
                                                    ways to minimize the burden of the                      third-party disclosure burdens                          Sections 212.20(c) and 212.40(a), (b),
                                                    collection of information on                            associated with this collection.                      and (e) contain requirements on records
                                                    respondents, including through the use                                                                        regarding receiving and testing of
                                                    of automated collection techniques,                     I. Investigational and Research PET                   components, containers, and closures.
                                                    when appropriate, and other forms of                    Drugs                                                 We estimate that the annual burden for
                                                    information technology.                                                                                       establishing these records would be
                                                                                                              Section 212.5(b)(2) provides that for               approximately 259 hours. We estimate
                                                    Current Good Manufacturing Practice                     investigational PET drugs produced
                                                    for Positron Emission Tomography                                                                              that each facility would receive
                                                                                                            under an investigational new drug (IND)               approximately 36 shipments annually
                                                    Drugs (OMB Control Number 0910–                         and research PET drugs produced with
                                                    0667)—Extension                                                                                               and would spend approximately 10
                                                                                                            approval of a Radioactive Drug Research               minutes per shipment entering records.
                                                      Positron emission tomography is a                     Committee (RDRC), the requirement                     The annual burden for maintaining
                                                    medical imaging modality involving the                  under the FD&C Act to follow current                  these records would be approximately
                                                    use of a unique type of                                 good manufacturing practice is met by                 773 hours.
                                                    radiopharmaceutical drug product.                       complying with the regulations in part
                                                    FDA’s CGMP regulations at 21 CFR part                   212 or with USP 32 Chapter 823. We                    V. Process Verification
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                                                    212 are intended to ensure that PET                     believe that PET production facilities                   Section 212.50(f)(2) requires that any
                                                    drug products meet the requirements of                  producing drugs under INDs and RDRCs                  process verification activities and
                                                    the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic                    are currently substantially complying                 results be recorded. Because process
                                                    Act (the FD&C Act) regarding safety,                    with the recordkeeping requirements of                verification is only required when
                                                    identity, strength, quality, and purity.                USP 32 Chapter 823 (see section 121(b)                results of the production of an entire
                                                    The CGMP requirements for PET drugs                     of the Modernization Act), and                        batch are not fully verified through
                                                    are issued under the provisions of the                  accordingly, we do not estimate any                   finished-product testing, we believe that
                                                    Food and Drug Administration                            recordkeeping burden for this provision.              process verification will be a very rare


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                                                    occurrence, and we do not estimate any                  VIII. Conditional Final Releases                       year to document these procedures for
                                                    recordkeeping burden for documenting                       Section 212.70(f) requires PET drug                 each PET production facility. We do not
                                                    process verification.                                   producers to document any conditional                  estimate a separate burden for recording
                                                                                                            final releases of a product. We believe                the actual reprocessing, both because we
                                                    VI. Laboratory Testing Records                                                                                 believe it would be an uncommon event
                                                                                                            that conditional final releases will be
                                                       Sections 212.20(c), 212.60(a), (b), and              fairly uncommon, but for purposes of                   and because the recordkeeping burden
                                                    (g), 212.61(a) through (b), and 212.70(a),              the PRA, we estimated that each PET                    has been included in our estimate for
                                                    (b), and (d) set out requirements for                   production facility would have one                     batch production and control records.
                                                    documenting laboratory testing and                      conditional final release a year and                   XI. Distribution Records
                                                    specifications referred to in laboratory                would spend approximately 1 hour
                                                    testing, including final release testing                documenting the release and notifying                    Sections 212.20(c) and 212.90(a)
                                                    and stability testing. Each PET drug                    receiving facilities. The estimate of one              require that written procedures
                                                    production facility will need to                        conditional final release per year per                 regarding distribution of PET drug
                                                                                                            facility is an appropriate average                     products be established and maintained.
                                                    establish procedures and create forms
                                                                                                            number because many facilities may                     We estimate that it will take
                                                    for the different tests for each product
                                                                                                            have no conditional final releases while               approximately 1 hour annually to
                                                    they produce. We estimate that it will
                                                                                                            others might have only a few.                          establish and maintain records of these
                                                    take each facility an average of 1 hour
                                                                                                                                                                   procedures for each PET production
                                                    to establish procedures and create forms                IX. Out-of-Specification Investigations                facility. Section 212.90(b) requires that
                                                    for one test. The estimated annual
                                                                                                              Sections 212.20(c) and 212.71(a) and                 distribution records be maintained. We
                                                    burden for establishing procedures and
                                                                                                            (b) require PET drug producers to                      estimate that it will take approximately
                                                    creating forms for these records is
                                                                                                            establish procedures for investigating                 15 minutes to create an actual
                                                    approximately 3,232 hours, and the
                                                                                                            products that do not conform to                        distribution record for each batch of
                                                    annual burden for recording laboratory
                                                                                                            specifications and conduct these                       PET drug products, with a total burden
                                                    test results is approximately 10,730                                                                           of approximately 16,160 hours for all
                                                    hours.                                                  investigations as needed. We estimate
                                                                                                            that it will take approximately 1 hour                 PET producers.
                                                    VII. Sterility Test Failure Notices                     annually to record and update these                    XII. Complaints
                                                                                                            procedures for each PET production
                                                       Section 212.70(e) requires PET drug                  facility. We also estimate, for purposes                 Sections 212.20(c) and 212.100
                                                    producers to notify all receiving                       of the PRA, that 36 out-of-specification               require that PET drug producers
                                                    facilities if a batch fails sterility tests.            investigations would be conducted at                   establish written procedures for dealing
                                                    We believe that sterility test failures                 each facility each year and that it would              with complaints, as well as document
                                                    might occur in only 0.05 percent of the                 take approximately 1 hour to document                  how each complaint is handled. We
                                                    batches of PET drugs produced each                      the investigation, which results in an                 estimate that establishing and
                                                    year. Therefore, we have estimated in                   annual burden of 4,654 hours.                          maintaining written procedures for
                                                    Table 2 that each PET drug producer                                                                            complaints will take approximately 1
                                                    will need to provide approximately 0.25                 X. Reprocessing Procedures                             hour annually for each PET production
                                                    sterility test failure notice per year to                 Sections 212.20(c) and 212.71(d)                     facility and that each facility will
                                                    receiving facilities. The notice would be               require PET drug producers to establish                receive approximately one complaint a
                                                    provided using email or facsimile                       and document procedures for                            year and will spend approximately 30
                                                    transmission and should take no more                    reprocessing PET drugs. We estimate                    minutes recording how the complaint
                                                    than 1 hour.                                            that it will take approximately 1 hour a               was dealt with.

                                                                                               TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUAL RECORDKEEPING BURDEN 1
                                                                                                                                                                                    Average
                                                                                                                No. of            No. of records per          Total annual         burden per
                                                                     21 CFR Section                                                                                                                      Total hours
                                                                                                            recordkeepers           recordkeeper                records              record-
                                                                                                                                                                                    keeping

                                                    Batch Production and Control Records                                  129                        1.71                   221   20 ................             4,420
                                                      212.20(c), 212.20(e); 212.50(a), 212.50(b).
                                                    Batch Production and Control Records                                  129                        501              64,640      0.5 (30                       32,320
                                                      212.20(d) and (e); 212.50(c); 212.80(c).                                                                                      mins.)
                                                    Equipment and Facilities Records 212.20(c);                           129                         15               1,939      1 ..................            1,939
                                                      212.30(b); 212.50(d), 212.60(f).
                                                    Equipment and Facilities Records 212.30(b),                           129                    3,758               484,800      0.083 (5                      40,238
                                                      212.50(d); 212.60(f).                                                                                                         mins.)
                                                    Records of Components, Containers, and                                129                          2                    259   1 ..................                 259
                                                      Closures 212.20(c); 212.40(a), 212.40(b).
                                                    Records of Components, Containers, and                                129                         36               4,654      0.166 (10                            773
                                                      Closures 212.40(e).                                                                                                           mins.)
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                                                    Laboratory Testing Records 212.20(c);                                 129                         25               3,232      1 ..................            3,232
                                                      212.60(a), 212.60(b), 212.61(a); 212.70(a),
                                                      212.70(b), 212.70(d).
                                                    Laboratory Testing Records 212.60(g);                                 129                        501              64,640      0.166 (10                     10,730
                                                      212.61(b); 212.70(d)(2), 212.70(d)(3).                                                                                        min.)
                                                    Conditional Final Releases 212.70(f) .............                    129                          1                 129      1 ..................              129
                                                    Out-of-Specification Investigations 212.20(c);                        129                         36               4,654      1 ..................            4,654
                                                      212.71(a).
                                                    Reprocessing Procedures 212.71(b) .............                       129                          1                    129   1 ..................                 129



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                                                                                                TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUAL RECORDKEEPING BURDEN 1—Continued
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Average
                                                                                                                                  No. of                    No. of records per                   Total annual                  burden per
                                                                        21 CFR Section                                                                                                                                                                Total hours
                                                                                                                              recordkeepers                   recordkeeper                         records                       record-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                keeping

                                                    Reprocessing       Procedures        212.20(c);                                                129                                 1                             129      1 ..................                  129
                                                      212.71(d).
                                                    Reprocessing       Procedures        212.20(c);                                                129                                 1                             129      1 ..................                  129
                                                      212.90(a).
                                                    Distribution Records 212.90(b) ......................                                          129                              501                         64,640        0.25 (15                          16,160
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                mins.)
                                                    Complaints 212.20(c); 212.100(a) ..................                                            129                                 1                             129      1 ..................                  129
                                                    Complaints 212.100(b), 212.100(c) ................                                             129                                 1                             129      0.5 (30                                65
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                mins.)

                                                         Total ........................................................    ..............................   ..............................   ..............................   .....................            115,435
                                                       1 There   are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.

                                                                                                  TABLE 2—ESTIMATED ANNUAL THIRD-PARTY DISCLOSURE BURDEN 1
                                                                                                                             No. of                  Annual frequency                 Total annual dis-                Hours per disclo-
                                                                    21 CFR section                                                                                                                                                                    Total hours
                                                                                                                          respondents                  of disclosure                      closures                           sure

                                                    Sterility Test Failure Notices 212.70(e)                                  129                             0.25                               32                                1                      32
                                                       1 There   are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this information collection.


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