81_FR_49368 81 FR 49224 - Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

81 FR 49224 - Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 144 (July 27, 2016)

Page Range49224-49225
FR Document2016-17729

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces a forthcoming public advisory committee meeting of the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee. The general function of the committee is to provide advice and recommendations to the Agency on FDA's regulatory issues. The meeting will be open to the public to attend in person at the FDA White Oak campus in Silver Spring, MD. Members will participate via teleconference.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 144 (Wednesday, July 27, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49224-49225]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17729]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2016-N-0001]


Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee; 
Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces a forthcoming 
public advisory committee meeting of the Vaccines and Related 
Biological Products Advisory Committee. The general function of the 
committee is to provide advice and recommendations to the Agency on 
FDA's regulatory issues. The meeting will be open to the public to 
attend in person at the FDA White Oak campus in Silver Spring, MD. 
Members will participate via teleconference.

DATES: The meeting will be held on October 13, 2016, from 1 p.m. to 
4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: FDA White Oak Campus, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 31 
Conference Center, the Great Room (Rm. 1503), Silver Spring, MD 20993-
0002. Answers to commonly asked questions including information 
regarding special accommodations due to a disability, visitor parking, 
and transportation may be accessed at: http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm408555.htm. For those 
unable to attend in person, the meeting will also be Webcast and will 
be available at the following link: https://collaboration.fda.gov/vrbpac101316/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sujata Vijh or Rosanna Harvey, Center 
for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 
10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 6128, Silver Spring, MD 20993-
0002, at 240-402-7107, [email protected] and 240-402-8072, 
[email protected], or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 
1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area). A notice in 
the Federal Register about last minute modifications that impact a 
previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot always be 
published quickly enough to provide timely notice. Therefore, you 
should always check the Agency's Web site at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm and scroll down to the appropriate 
advisory committee meeting

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link, or call the advisory committee information line to learn about 
possible modifications before coming to the meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Agenda: On October 13, 2016, the committee will meet in open 
session to discuss and make recommendations on the selection of strains 
to be included in an influenza virus vaccine for the 2017 southern 
hemisphere influenza season.
    FDA intends to make background material available to the public no 
later than 2 business days before the meeting. If FDA is unable to post 
the background material on its Web site prior to the meeting, the 
background material will be made publicly available at the location of 
the advisory committee meeting, and the background material will be 
posted on FDA's Web site after the meeting. Background material is 
available at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/default.htm. Scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee meeting 
link.
    Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or 
views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee. 
Written submissions may be made to the contact person on or before 
October 3, 2016. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled 
between approximately 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Those individuals 
interested in making formal oral presentations should notify the 
contact person and submit a brief statement of the general nature of 
the evidence or arguments they wish to present, the names and addresses 
of proposed participants, and an indication of the approximate time 
requested to make their presentation on or before September 23, 2016. 
Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. If the number of 
registrants requesting to speak is greater than can be reasonably 
accommodated during the scheduled open public hearing session, FDA may 
conduct a lottery to determine the speakers for the scheduled open 
public hearing session. The contact person will notify interested 
persons regarding their request to speak by September 26, 2016.
    Persons attending FDA's advisory committee meetings are advised 
that the Agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical 
outlets.
    FDA welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee 
meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with 
disabilities. If you require accommodations due to a disability, please 
contact Sujata Vijh at least 7 days in advance of the meeting.
    FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee 
meetings. Please visit our Web site at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm111462.htm for procedures 
on public conduct during advisory committee meetings.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

    Dated: July 21, 2016.
Janice M. Soreth,
Acting Associate Commissioner, Special Medical Programs.
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                                                   B. The Division of Strategy, Policy,                  Office of Workforce Planning and                      DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                                and Governance responsibilities include                    Development (KPD)                                   HUMAN SERVICES
                                                strategy, policy, and IT governance,                     Office of Grants Management (KPG)
                                                including performance measurement                                                                              Food and Drug Administration
                                                and innovation. Provides governance                      Grants Management Regional Units
                                                                                                           (KPGDI–X)                                           [Docket No. FDA–2016–N–0001]
                                                and oversight of centralized enterprise-
                                                wide IT functions, including enterprise                  Office of Diversity Management and                    Vaccines and Related Biological
                                                architecture, creation and maintenance                     Equal Employment Opportunity                        Products Advisory Committee; Notice
                                                of the technology roadmap.                                 (KPH)                                               of Meeting
                                                   C. The Division of Security, Privacy,
                                                and Risk Management provides security,                      V. Under Chapter KP, Office of the                 AGENCY:    Food and Drug Administration,
                                                privacy, and risk management,                            Deputy Assistant Secretary for                        HHS.
                                                including business continuity,                           Administration, Delete KP.20 Functions,               ACTION:   Notice.
                                                standardization and oversight of                         Paragraph B, Office of Information
                                                business processes, external                                                                                   SUMMARY:   The Food and Drug
                                                                                                         Systems, in its entirety.
                                                compliance, and security strategy and                                                                          Administration (FDA) announces a
                                                                                                            VI. Under Chapter KN, Office of                    forthcoming public advisory committee
                                                management. The OCIO will identify
                                                the appropriate continuing education                     Communications, delete KN.20,                         meeting of the Vaccines and Related
                                                for staff in the domain of records                       Functions, Paragraph C, in its entirety               Biological Products Advisory
                                                management, IT security and privacy,                     and replace with the following:                       Committee. The general function of the
                                                and incident response protocols.                            Division of Digital Information is                 committee is to provide advice and
                                                   D. The Division of Infrastructure, Data               responsible for the content of ACF’s                  recommendations to the Agency on
                                                and Web Services provides service                        public-facing digital presence. It also               FDA’s regulatory issues. The meeting
                                                planning and architecture, program and                   coordinates printing services for ACF.                will be open to the public to attend in
                                                project management, portfolio                            The division conducts preparation and                 person at the FDA White Oak campus in
                                                management, applications management,                     clearance of ACF communications                       Silver Spring, MD. Members will
                                                development and maintenance, and IT                                                                            participate via teleconference.
                                                                                                         associated with web content,
                                                infrastructure and operations, including                 audiovisual products, digital                         DATES: The meeting will be held on
                                                data services, big data analytics, and                   publications and graphic designs, but                 October 13, 2016, from 1 p.m. to 4:30
                                                business intelligence.                                   does not include planning, budgeting,                 p.m.
                                                   III. Under KP, Office of the Deputy                                                                         ADDRESSES:   FDA White Oak Campus,
                                                Assistant Secretary for Administration,                  and oversight of the Web site
                                                                                                         maintenance and support contract. It                  10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 31
                                                delete KP.00 Mission in its entirety and                                                                       Conference Center, the Great Room (Rm.
                                                replace with:                                            provides guidance and support to
                                                                                                         program offices related to web content,               1503), Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002.
                                                   KP.00 MISSION. The Deputy
                                                                                                         social media, print publications, audio-              Answers to commonly asked questions
                                                Assistant Secretary for Administration
                                                                                                         visual materials, and digital information             including information regarding special
                                                serves as principal advisor to the
                                                                                                         and communication activities.                         accommodations due to a disability,
                                                Assistant Secretary for Children and
                                                                                                                                                               visitor parking, and transportation may
                                                Families on all aspects of personnel                        VII. Delegation of Authority. Pending              be accessed at: http://www.fda.gov/
                                                administration and management;                           further redelegation, directives, or                  AdvisoryCommittees/
                                                financial management activities; grants                  orders made by the Assistant Secretary                AboutAdvisoryCommittees/
                                                policy and overseeing the issuance of                    for Children and Families or Deputy                   ucm408555.htm. For those unable to
                                                grants; acquisition advisory services; the               Assistant Secretary for Administration,               attend in person, the meeting will also
                                                ethics program; staff development and                    all delegations and redelegations of                  be Webcast and will be available at the
                                                training activities; organizational                      authority made to officials and                       following link: https://
                                                development and organizational
                                                                                                         employees of affected organizational                  collaboration.fda.gov/vrbpac101316/.
                                                analysis; administrative services; and
                                                                                                         components will continue in them or                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                facilities management. The Deputy
                                                Assistant Secretary for Administration                   their successors pending further                      Sujata Vijh or Rosanna Harvey, Center
                                                oversees the Diversity Management and                    redelegations, provided they are                      for Biologics Evaluation and Research,
                                                Equal Employment Opportunity                             consistent with this reorganization.                  Food and Drug Administration, 10903
                                                program and all administrative special                      VIII. Funds, Personnel, and                        New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm.
                                                initiative activities for ACF.                           Equipment. Transfer of organizations                  6128, Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, at
                                                   IV. Under Chapter KP, Office of the                   and functions affected by this                        240–402–7107, sujata.vijh@fda.hhs.gov
                                                Deputy Assistant Secretary for                           reorganization shall be accompanied in                and 240–402–8072, rosanna.harvey@
                                                Administration, delete KP.10                                                                                   fda.hhs.gov, or FDA Advisory
                                                                                                         each instance by direct and support
                                                Organization in its entirety and replace                                                                       Committee Information Line, 1–800–
                                                                                                         funds, positions, personnel, records,
                                                with:                                                                                                          741–8138 (301–443–0572 in the
                                                                                                         equipment, supplies, and other
                                                   KP.10 ORGANIZATION. The Office of                                                                           Washington, DC area). A notice in the
                                                                                                         resources.                                            Federal Register about last minute
                                                the Deputy Assistant Secretary for
                                                Administration is headed by the Deputy                     Dated: July 21, 2016.                               modifications that impact a previously
                                                                                                                                                               announced advisory committee meeting
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                                                Assistant Secretary who reports to the                   Mark H. Greenberg,
                                                Assistant Secretary for Children and                     Acting Assistant Secretary for Children and           cannot always be published quickly
                                                Families. The Office is organized as                     Families.                                             enough to provide timely notice.
                                                follows:                                                 [FR Doc. 2016–17737 Filed 7–26–16; 8:45 am]           Therefore, you should always check the
                                                Immediate Office of the Deputy                                                                                 Agency’s Web site at http://
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                                                   Assistant Secretary for Administration                                                                      www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/
                                                   (KPA)                                                                                                       default.htm and scroll down to the
                                                Office of Financial Services (KPC)                                                                             appropriate advisory committee meeting


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                                                link, or call the advisory committee                       FDA is committed to the orderly                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                information line to learn about possible                 conduct of its advisory committee
                                                                                                                                                               I. Background
                                                modifications before coming to the                       meetings. Please visit our Web site at
                                                meeting.                                                 http://www.fda.gov/                                      Sections 744A and 744B of the FD&C
                                                                                                         AdvisoryCommittees/                                   Act (21 U.S.C. 379j–41 and 379j–42)
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                         AboutAdvisoryCommittees/                              establish fees associated with human
                                                   Agenda: On October 13, 2016, the
                                                                                                         ucm111462.htm for procedures on                       generic drug products. Fees are assessed
                                                committee will meet in open session to
                                                                                                         public conduct during advisory                        on: (1) Certain applications in the
                                                discuss and make recommendations on
                                                                                                         committee meetings.                                   backlog as of October 1, 2012 (only
                                                the selection of strains to be included in
                                                                                                           Notice of this meeting is given under               applicable to FY 2013); (2) certain types
                                                an influenza virus vaccine for the 2017
                                                                                                         the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5                 of applications and supplements for
                                                southern hemisphere influenza season.
                                                                                                         U.S.C. app. 2).                                       human generic drug products; (3)
                                                   FDA intends to make background
                                                                                                                                                               certain facilities where APIs and FDFs
                                                material available to the public no later                  Dated: July 21, 2016.
                                                                                                                                                               are produced; and (4) certain DMFs
                                                than 2 business days before the meeting.                 Janice M. Soreth,
                                                                                                                                                               associated with human generic drug
                                                If FDA is unable to post the background                  Acting Associate Commissioner, Special                products (see section 744B(a)(1)–(4) of
                                                material on its Web site prior to the                    Medical Programs.
                                                                                                                                                               the FD&C Act).
                                                meeting, the background material will                    [FR Doc. 2016–17729 Filed 7–26–16; 8:45 am]              For FY 2017, the generic drug fee
                                                be made publicly available at the                        BILLING CODE 4164–01–P                                rates are: ANDA ($70,480), PAS
                                                location of the advisory committee                                                                             ($35,240), DMF ($51,140), domestic API
                                                meeting, and the background material                                                                           facility ($44,234), foreign API facility
                                                will be posted on FDA’s Web site after                   DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                              ($59,234), domestic FDF facility
                                                the meeting. Background material is                      HUMAN SERVICES                                        ($258,646), and foreign FDF facility
                                                available at http://www.fda.gov/                                                                               ($273,646). These fees are effective on
                                                AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/                             Food and Drug Administration
                                                                                                                                                               October 1, 2016, and will remain in
                                                default.htm. Scroll down to the                          [Docket No. FDA–2016–N–0007]                          effect through September 30, 2017.
                                                appropriate advisory committee meeting                                                                            Fees for ANDA and PAS will decrease
                                                link.                                                    Generic Drug User Fee—Abbreviated                     in FY 2017 compared to the FY 2016
                                                   Procedure: Interested persons may                     New Drug Application, Prior Approval                  fees due to an increase in the number of
                                                present data, information, or views,                     Supplement, Drug Master File, Final                   submissions estimated to be submitted
                                                orally or in writing, on issues pending                  Dosage Form Facility, and Active                      in FY 2017 compared to the estimated
                                                before the committee. Written                            Pharmaceutical Ingredient Facility Fee                number of submissions to be submitted
                                                submissions may be made to the contact                   Rates for Fiscal Year 2017                            in FY 2016. Fees for DMFs will increase
                                                person on or before October 3, 2016.                                                                           in FY 2017 compared to the FY 2016 fee
                                                Oral presentations from the public will                  AGENCY:    Food and Drug Administration,
                                                                                                         HHS.                                                  due to a decrease in the number of
                                                be scheduled between approximately                                                                             submissions estimated to be submitted
                                                2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Those                            ACTION:   Notice.                                     in FY 2017 compared to the estimated
                                                individuals interested in making formal                                                                        number of submissions to be submitted
                                                oral presentations should notify the                     SUMMARY:   The Food and Drug
                                                                                                         Administration (FDA) is announcing the                in 2016. The fees for all types of
                                                contact person and submit a brief                                                                              facilities will increase in FY 2017
                                                statement of the general nature of the                   rates for abbreviated new drug
                                                                                                         applications (ANDAs), prior approval                  compared to the FY 2016 fees in due to
                                                evidence or arguments they wish to                                                                             a decrease in the number of facilities
                                                present, the names and addresses of                      supplements to an approved ANDA
                                                                                                         (PASs), drug master files (DMFs),                     that self-identified for FY 2017.
                                                proposed participants, and an
                                                indication of the approximate time                       generic drug active pharmaceutical                    II. Fee Revenue Amount for FY 2017
                                                requested to make their presentation on                  ingredient (API) facilities, and finished
                                                                                                                                                                  The base revenue amount for FY 2017
                                                or before September 23, 2016. Time                       dosage form (FDF) facilities user fees
                                                                                                                                                               is $299 million, as set in the statute
                                                allotted for each presentation may be                    related to the Generic Drug User Fee
                                                                                                                                                               prior to the inflation and final year
                                                limited. If the number of registrants                    Program for fiscal year (FY) 2017. The
                                                                                                                                                               adjustments (see section 744B(c)(2) of
                                                requesting to speak is greater than can                  Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
                                                                                                                                                               the FD&C Act). GDUFA directs FDA to
                                                be reasonably accommodated during the                    (the FD&C Act), as amended by the
                                                                                                                                                               use the yearly revenue amount as a
                                                scheduled open public hearing session,                   Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of
                                                                                                                                                               starting point to set the fee rates for each
                                                FDA may conduct a lottery to determine                   2012 (GDUFA), authorizes FDA to
                                                                                                                                                               fee type. For more information about
                                                the speakers for the scheduled open                      assess and collect user fees for certain
                                                                                                                                                               GDUFA, please refer to the FDA Web
                                                public hearing session. The contact                      applications and supplements for
                                                                                                                                                               site (http://www.fda.gov/gdufa). The
                                                person will notify interested persons                    human generic drug products, on
                                                                                                                                                               ANDA, PAS, DMF, API facility, and
                                                regarding their request to speak by                      applications in the backlog as of October
                                                                                                                                                               FDF facility fee calculations for FY 2017
                                                September 26, 2016.                                      1, 2012 (only applicable to FY 2013), on
                                                                                                                                                               are described in this document.
                                                   Persons attending FDA’s advisory                      FDF and API facilities, and on type II
                                                committee meetings are advised that the                  active pharmaceutical ingredient DMFs                 A. Inflation Adjustment
                                                Agency is not responsible for providing                  to be made available for reference. This                GDUFA specifies that the $299
                                                access to electrical outlets.                            document establishes the fee rates for
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                                                                                                                                                               million is to be adjusted for inflation
                                                   FDA welcomes the attendance of the                    FY 2017.                                              increases for FY 2017 using two
                                                public at its advisory committee                         FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      separate adjustments—one for personnel
                                                meetings and will make every effort to                   David Haas, Office of Financial                       compensation and benefits (PC&B) and
                                                accommodate persons with disabilities.                   Management, Food and Drug                             one for non-PC&B costs (see section
                                                If you require accommodations due to a                   Administration, 8455 Colesville Rd.,                  744B(c)(1) of the FD&C Act).
                                                disability, please contact Sujata Vijh at                COLE–14202I, Silver Spring, MD                          The component of the inflation
                                                least 7 days in advance of the meeting.                  20993–0002, 240–402–9845.                             adjustment for PC&B costs shall be one


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesThe meeting will be held on October 13, 2016, from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
ContactSujata Vijh or Rosanna Harvey, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 6128, Silver Spring, MD 20993- 0002, at 240-402-7107, [email protected] and 240-402-8072, [email protected], or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area). A notice in the Federal Register about last minute modifications that impact a previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot always be published quickly enough to provide timely notice. Therefore, you should always check the Agency's Web site at http://www.fda.gov/ AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm and scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee meeting link, or call the advisory committee information line to learn about possible modifications before coming to the meeting.
FR Citation81 FR 49224 

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