81_FR_90601 81 FR 90361 - Public Meeting on Patient-Focused Drug Development for Sarcopenia; Request for Comments

81 FR 90361 - Public Meeting on Patient-Focused Drug Development for Sarcopenia; Request for Comments

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 240 (December 14, 2016)

Page Range90361-90363
FR Document2016-29998

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing a public meeting and an opportunity for public comment on ``Patient- Focused Drug Development for Sarcopenia.'' Patient-Focused Drug Development is part of FDA's performance commitments made as part of the fifth authorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA V). The public meeting is intended to allow FDA to obtain patient perspectives on the impact of sarcopenia on daily life as well as patient views on treatment approaches for sarcopenia.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 240 (Wednesday, December 14, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 14, 2016)]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29998]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-N-2016-4198]


Public Meeting on Patient-Focused Drug Development for 
Sarcopenia; Request for Comments

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing 
a public meeting and an opportunity for public comment on ``Patient-
Focused Drug Development for Sarcopenia.'' Patient-Focused Drug 
Development is part of FDA's performance commitments made as part of 
the fifth authorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA 
V). The public meeting is intended to allow FDA to obtain patient 
perspectives on the impact of sarcopenia on daily life as well as 
patient views on treatment approaches for sarcopenia.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on April 6, 2017, from 1 p.m. to 
5 p.m. Registration to attend the meeting must be received by March 27, 
2017 (see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for instructions). Public comments 
will be accepted through June 6, 2017. See the ADDRESSES section for 
information about submitting comments to the public docket.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the FDA White Oak Campus, 
10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 31 Conference Center, the Great Room, 
(Rm. 1503), Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002. Entrance for the public 
meeting participants (non-FDA employees) is through Building 1 where 
routine security check procedures will be performed. For more 
information on parking and security procedures, please refer to http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/WorkingatFDA/BuildingsandFacilities/WhiteOakCampusInformation/ucm241740.htm.
    You may submit comments as follows:

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted 
electronically, including attachments, to https://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 https://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-
2016-N-4198 for ``Public Meeting on Patient-Focused Drug Development 
for Sarcopenia; Request for Comments.'' Received comments will be 
placed in the docket and, except for those submitted as ``Confidential 
Submissions,'' publicly viewable at https://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 https://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 https://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.
    FDA will post the agenda approximately 5 days before the meeting

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at: http://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/UserFees/PrescriptionDrugUserFee/ucm527587.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Meghana Chalasani, Center for Drug 
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New 
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm. 1146, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 240-
402-6525, FAX: 301-847-8443, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background on Patient-Focused Drug Development

    FDA has selected sarcopenia as the focus of a public meeting under 
Patient-Focused Drug Development, an initiative that involves obtaining 
a better understanding of patient perspectives on the severity of a 
disease and the available therapies for that condition. Patient-Focused 
Drug Development is being conducted to fulfill FDA performance 
commitments that are part of the reauthorization of the PDUFA under 
Title I of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act 
(Pub. L. 112-144). The full set of performance commitments is available 
at http://www.fda.gov/downloads/forindustry/userfees/prescriptiondruguserfee/ucm270412.pdf.
    FDA committed to obtain the patient perspective on at least 20 
disease areas during the course of PDUFA V. For each disease area, the 
Agency is conducting a public meeting to discuss the disease and its 
impact on patients' daily lives, the types of treatment benefit that 
matter most to patients, and patients' perspectives on the adequacy of 
the available therapies. These meetings will include participation of 
FDA review divisions, the relevant patient communities, and other 
interested stakeholders.
    On April 11, 2013, FDA published a notice in the Federal Register 
(78 FR 21613) announcing the disease areas for meetings in fiscal years 
(FYs) 2013-2015, the first 3 years of the 5-year PDUFA V time frame. 
The Agency used several criteria outlined in that notice to develop the 
list of disease areas. FDA obtained public comment on the Agency's 
proposed criteria and potential disease areas through a public docket 
and a public meeting that was convened on October 25, 2012. In 
selecting the set of disease areas, FDA carefully considered the public 
comments received and the perspectives of review divisions at FDA. FDA 
initiated a second public process for determining the disease areas for 
FY 2016-2017, and published a notice in the Federal Register on July 2, 
2015 (80 FR 38216), announcing the selection of eight disease areas. 
More information, including the list of disease areas and a general 
schedule of meetings, is posted at http://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/UserFees/PrescriptionDrugUserFee/ucm326192.htm.

II. Public Meeting Information

    As part of Patient-Focused Drug Development, FDA will obtain 
patient and patient stakeholder input on the symptoms of sarcopenia 
that matter most to patients and on current approaches to treating 
sarcopenia. Sarcopenia is a condition characterized by loss of muscle 
mass and loss of muscle function or strength that occurs with age. 
While there is currently no cure, treatments for sarcopenia are 
primarily non-drug therapies including exercise and nutrition. FDA is 
interested in the perspectives of patients with sarcopenia on (1) 
symptoms and the daily impacts of their condition, (2) current 
approaches to treatment, and (3) decision factors taken into account 
when selecting a treatment.
    The questions that will be asked of patients and patient 
stakeholders at the meeting are listed in this section, organized by 
topic. For each topic, a brief initial patient panel discussion will 
begin the dialogue. This will be followed by a facilitated discussion 
inviting comments from other patient and patient stakeholder 
participants. In addition to input generated through this public 
meeting, FDA is interested in receiving patient input addressing these 
questions through written comments, which can be submitted to the 
public docket (see ADDRESSES).
Topic 1: Disease Symptoms and Daily Impacts That Matter Most to 
Patients
    (1) Of all the symptoms that you experience because of your 
condition, which one to three symptoms have the most significant impact 
on your life? (Examples may include difficulty walking, feeling 
unsteady and falling frequently, having a decreased level of activity, 
etc.)
    (2) Are there specific activities that are important to you but 
that you cannot do at all or as fully as you would like because of your 
condition? (Examples of activities may include participation in social 
activities, household chores, daily hygiene, etc.)
    (3) How do your symptoms and their negative impacts affect your 
daily life on the best days? On the worst days?
    (4) How have your condition and its symptoms changed over time?
    (a) Would you define your condition today as being well managed?
    (5) What worries you most about your condition?
Topic 2: Patients' Perspectives on Current Approaches to Treatment
    (1) What are you currently doing to help treat your condition or 
its symptoms? (Examples may include prescription medicines, over-the-
counter products, and other therapies including non-drug therapies such 
as diet modification.)
    (a) What specific symptoms do your treatments address?
    (b) How has your treatment regimen changed over time, and why?
    (2) How well does your current treatment regimen control your 
condition?
    (a) How well do your treatments address specific activities that 
are important to you in your daily life?
    (b) How well have these treatments worked for you as your condition 
has changed over time?
    (3) What are the most significant downsides to your current 
treatments, and how do they affect your daily life? (Examples of 
downsides may include going to the hospital or clinic for treatment, 
time devoted to treatment, etc.)
    (4) What specific things would you look for in an ideal treatment 
for your condition?
    (a) What would you consider to be a meaningful improvement (for 
example, symptom improvements or functional improvements) in your 
condition that a treatment could provide?
III. Meeting Attendance and Participation
    If you wish to attend this meeting, visit https://sarcopeniapfdd.eventbrite.com. Please register by March 27, 2017. If 
you are unable to attend the meeting in person, you can register to 
view a live Webcast of the meeting. You will be asked to indicate in 
your registration if you plan to attend in person or via the Webcast. 
Seating will be limited, so early registration is recommended. 
Registration is free and will be on a first-come, first-served basis. 
However, FDA may limit the number of participants from each 
organization based on space limitations. Registrants will receive 
confirmation once they have been accepted. Onsite registration on the 
day of the meeting will be based on space availability.
    If you need special accommodations because of a disability, please 
contact Meghana Chalasani (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) at 
least 7 days before the meeting.

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    Patients who are interested in presenting comments as part of the 
initial panel discussions will be asked to indicate in their 
registration which topic(s) they wish to address. These patients also 
must send to [email protected] a brief summary of responses to 
the topic questions by March 20, 2017. Panelists will be notified of 
their selection approximately 7 days before the public meeting. We will 
try to accommodate all patients and patient stakeholders who wish to 
speak, either through the panel discussion or audience participation; 
however, the duration of comments may be limited by time constraints.
    Transcripts: Please be advised that as soon as a transcript of the 
public meeting is available, it will be accessible at https://www.regulations.gov. It may be viewed at the Division of Dockets 
Management (see ADDRESSES). A link to the transcript will also be 
available on the Internet at http://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/UserFees/PrescriptionDrugUserFee/ucm527587.htm.

    Dated: December 9, 2016.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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                                                Control Peer Review Organization (PRO)                  accepted through June 6, 2017. See the                if submitted as detailed in
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                                                Standards Review Organization (PSRO)                    submitting comments to the public                     Instructions: All submissions received
                                                program and streamlines peer review                     docket.                                               must include the Docket No. FDA–
                                                activities. The term PRO has been                       ADDRESSES:    The public meeting will be              2016–N–4198 for ‘‘Public Meeting on
                                                renamed Quality Improvement                             held at the FDA White Oak Campus,                     Patient-Focused Drug Development for
                                                Organization (QIO). This information                    10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 31                    Sarcopenia; Request for Comments.’’
                                                collection describes the review                         Conference Center, the Great Room,                    Received comments will be placed in
                                                functions to be performed by the QIO.                   (Rm. 1503), Silver Spring, MD 20993–                  the docket and, except for those
                                                It outlines relationships among QIOs,                   0002. Entrance for the public meeting                 submitted as ‘‘Confidential
                                                providers, practitioners, beneficiaries,                participants (non-FDA employees) is                   Submissions,’’ publicly viewable at
                                                intermediaries, and carriers. Form                      through Building 1 where routine                      https://www.regulations.gov or at the
                                                Number: CMS–R–71 (OMB Control                           security check procedures will be                     Division of Dockets Management
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                                                Business or other for-profit and Not-for-               refer to http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/                    • Confidential Submissions—To
                                                profit institutions; Number of                          WorkingatFDA/BuildingsandFacilities/                  submit a comment with confidential
                                                Respondents: 6,939; Total Annual                        WhiteOakCampusInformation/                            information that you do not wish to be
                                                Responses: 44,015; Total Annual Hours:                  ucm241740.htm.                                        made publicly available, submit your
                                                100,065. (For policy questions regarding                  You may submit comments as                          comments only as a written/paper
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                                                at 410–786–3472.)                                                                                             copies total. One copy will include the
                                                   Dated: December 9, 2016.
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                                                Affairs.                                                https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the               Agency will review this copy, including
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                                                BILLING CODE 4120–01–P                                  Comments submitted electronically,                    its consideration of comments. The
                                                                                                        including attachments, to https://                    second copy, which will have the
                                                                                                        www.regulations.gov will be posted to                 claimed confidential information
                                                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                the docket unchanged. Because your                    redacted/blacked out, will be available
                                                HUMAN SERVICES                                          comment will be made public, you are                  for public viewing and posted on
                                                                                                        solely responsible for ensuring that your             https://www.regulations.gov. Submit
                                                Food and Drug Administration                            comment does not include any                          both copies to the Division of Dockets
                                                                                                        confidential information that you or a                Management. If you do not wish your
                                                [Docket No. FDA–N–2016–4198]
                                                                                                        third party may not wish to be posted,                name and contact information to be
                                                Public Meeting on Patient-Focused                       such as medical information, your or                  made publicly available, you can
                                                Drug Development for Sarcopenia;                        anyone else’s Social Security number, or              provide this information on the cover
                                                Request for Comments                                    confidential business information, such               sheet and not in the body of your
                                                                                                        as a manufacturing process. Please note               comments and you must identify this
                                                AGENCY:    Food and Drug Administration,                that if you include your name, contact                information as ‘‘confidential.’’ Any
                                                HHS.                                                    information, or other information that                information marked as ‘‘confidential’’
                                                ACTION: Notice of public meeting;                       identifies you in the body of your                    will not be disclosed except in
                                                request for comments.                                   comments, that information will be                    accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other
                                                                                                        posted on https://www.regulations.gov.                applicable disclosure law. For more
                                                SUMMARY:    The Food and Drug                             • If you want to submit a comment                   information about FDA’s posting of
                                                Administration (FDA or Agency) is                       with confidential information that you                comments to public dockets, see 80 FR
                                                announcing a public meeting and an                      do not wish to be made available to the               56469, September 18, 2015, or access
                                                opportunity for public comment on                       public, submit the comment as a                       the information at: http://www.fda.gov/
                                                ‘‘Patient-Focused Drug Development for                  written/paper submission and in the                   regulatoryinformation/dockets/
                                                Sarcopenia.’’ Patient-Focused Drug                      manner detailed (see ‘‘Written/Paper                  default.htm.
                                                Development is part of FDA’s                            Submissions’’ and ‘‘Instructions’’).                     Docket: For access to the docket to
                                                performance commitments made as part                                                                          read background documents or the
                                                of the fifth authorization of the                       Written/Paper Submissions                             electronic and written/paper comments
                                                Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA                     Submit written/paper submissions as                 received, go to https://
                                                V). The public meeting is intended to                   follows:                                              www.regulations.gov and insert the
                                                allow FDA to obtain patient                               • Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for                   docket number, found in brackets in the
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                                                perspectives on the impact of                           written/paper submissions): Division of               heading of this document, into the
                                                sarcopenia on daily life as well as                     Dockets Management (HFA–305), Food                    ‘‘Search’’ box and follow the prompts
                                                patient views on treatment approaches                   and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers                 and/or go to the Division of Dockets
                                                for sarcopenia.                                         Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.                  Management, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm.
                                                DATES: The public meeting will be held                    • For written/paper comments                        1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
                                                on April 6, 2017, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.                 submitted to the Division of Dockets                     FDA will post the agenda
                                                Registration to attend the meeting must                 Management, FDA will post your                        approximately 5 days before the meeting


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                                                at: http://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/                     Register on July 2, 2015 (80 FR 38216),                 (5) What worries you most about your
                                                UserFees/PrescriptionDrugUserFee/                       announcing the selection of eight                     condition?
                                                ucm527587.htm.                                          disease areas. More information,
                                                                                                                                                              Topic 2: Patients’ Perspectives on
                                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        including the list of disease areas and a
                                                                                                                                                              Current Approaches to Treatment
                                                Meghana Chalasani, Center for Drug                      general schedule of meetings, is posted
                                                Evaluation and Research, Food and                       at http://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/                       (1) What are you currently doing to
                                                Drug Administration, 10903 New                          UserFees/PrescriptionDrugUserFee/                     help treat your condition or its
                                                Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm. 1146,                     ucm326192.htm.                                        symptoms? (Examples may include
                                                Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, 240–                                                                            prescription medicines, over-the-
                                                                                                        II. Public Meeting Information
                                                402–6525, FAX: 301–847–8443,                                                                                  counter products, and other therapies
                                                                                                           As part of Patient-Focused Drug                    including non-drug therapies such as
                                                Meghana.Chalasani@fda.hhs.gov.
                                                                                                        Development, FDA will obtain patient                  diet modification.)
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              and patient stakeholder input on the                     (a) What specific symptoms do your
                                                I. Background on Patient-Focused Drug                   symptoms of sarcopenia that matter                    treatments address?
                                                Development                                             most to patients and on current                          (b) How has your treatment regimen
                                                                                                        approaches to treating sarcopenia.                    changed over time, and why?
                                                   FDA has selected sarcopenia as the
                                                                                                        Sarcopenia is a condition characterized                  (2) How well does your current
                                                focus of a public meeting under Patient-
                                                                                                        by loss of muscle mass and loss of                    treatment regimen control your
                                                Focused Drug Development, an
                                                                                                        muscle function or strength that occurs               condition?
                                                initiative that involves obtaining a better
                                                                                                        with age. While there is currently no                    (a) How well do your treatments
                                                understanding of patient perspectives
                                                                                                        cure, treatments for sarcopenia are                   address specific activities that are
                                                on the severity of a disease and the
                                                                                                        primarily non-drug therapies including                important to you in your daily life?
                                                available therapies for that condition.
                                                                                                        exercise and nutrition. FDA is interested                (b) How well have these treatments
                                                Patient-Focused Drug Development is
                                                                                                        in the perspectives of patients with                  worked for you as your condition has
                                                being conducted to fulfill FDA
                                                                                                        sarcopenia on (1) symptoms and the                    changed over time?
                                                performance commitments that are part
                                                                                                        daily impacts of their condition, (2)                    (3) What are the most significant
                                                of the reauthorization of the PDUFA
                                                                                                        current approaches to treatment, and (3)              downsides to your current treatments,
                                                under Title I of the Food and Drug
                                                                                                        decision factors taken into account                   and how do they affect your daily life?
                                                Administration Safety and Innovation
                                                                                                        when selecting a treatment.                           (Examples of downsides may include
                                                Act (Pub. L. 112–144). The full set of                     The questions that will be asked of
                                                performance commitments is available                                                                          going to the hospital or clinic for
                                                                                                        patients and patient stakeholders at the
                                                at http://www.fda.gov/downloads/                                                                              treatment, time devoted to treatment,
                                                                                                        meeting are listed in this section,
                                                forindustry/userfees/                                                                                         etc.)
                                                                                                        organized by topic. For each topic, a
                                                prescriptiondruguserfee/                                                                                         (4) What specific things would you
                                                                                                        brief initial patient panel discussion
                                                ucm270412.pdf.                                                                                                look for in an ideal treatment for your
                                                                                                        will begin the dialogue. This will be
                                                   FDA committed to obtain the patient                                                                        condition?
                                                                                                        followed by a facilitated discussion
                                                perspective on at least 20 disease areas                                                                         (a) What would you consider to be a
                                                                                                        inviting comments from other patient
                                                during the course of PDUFA V. For each                                                                        meaningful improvement (for example,
                                                                                                        and patient stakeholder participants. In
                                                disease area, the Agency is conducting                                                                        symptom improvements or functional
                                                                                                        addition to input generated through this
                                                a public meeting to discuss the disease                                                                       improvements) in your condition that a
                                                                                                        public meeting, FDA is interested in
                                                and its impact on patients’ daily lives,                                                                      treatment could provide?
                                                                                                        receiving patient input addressing these
                                                the types of treatment benefit that
                                                                                                        questions through written comments,                   III. Meeting Attendance and
                                                matter most to patients, and patients’
                                                                                                        which can be submitted to the public                  Participation
                                                perspectives on the adequacy of the
                                                                                                        docket (see ADDRESSES).
                                                available therapies. These meetings will                                                                        If you wish to attend this meeting,
                                                include participation of FDA review                     Topic 1: Disease Symptoms and Daily                   visit https://
                                                divisions, the relevant patient                         Impacts That Matter Most to Patients                  sarcopeniapfdd.eventbrite.com. Please
                                                communities, and other interested                          (1) Of all the symptoms that you                   register by March 27, 2017. If you are
                                                stakeholders.                                           experience because of your condition,                 unable to attend the meeting in person,
                                                   On April 11, 2013, FDA published a                   which one to three symptoms have the                  you can register to view a live Webcast
                                                notice in the Federal Register (78 FR                   most significant impact on your life?                 of the meeting. You will be asked to
                                                21613) announcing the disease areas for                 (Examples may include difficulty                      indicate in your registration if you plan
                                                meetings in fiscal years (FYs) 2013–                    walking, feeling unsteady and falling                 to attend in person or via the Webcast.
                                                2015, the first 3 years of the 5-year                   frequently, having a decreased level of               Seating will be limited, so early
                                                PDUFA V time frame. The Agency used                     activity, etc.)                                       registration is recommended.
                                                several criteria outlined in that notice to                (2) Are there specific activities that             Registration is free and will be on a first-
                                                develop the list of disease areas. FDA                  are important to you but that you cannot              come, first-served basis. However, FDA
                                                obtained public comment on the                          do at all or as fully as you would like               may limit the number of participants
                                                Agency’s proposed criteria and potential                because of your condition? (Examples of               from each organization based on space
                                                disease areas through a public docket                   activities may include participation in               limitations. Registrants will receive
                                                and a public meeting that was convened                  social activities, household chores, daily            confirmation once they have been
                                                on October 25, 2012. In selecting the set                                                                     accepted. Onsite registration on the day
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                                                                                                        hygiene, etc.)
                                                of disease areas, FDA carefully                            (3) How do your symptoms and their                 of the meeting will be based on space
                                                considered the public comments                          negative impacts affect your daily life               availability.
                                                received and the perspectives of review                 on the best days? On the worst days?                     If you need special accommodations
                                                divisions at FDA. FDA initiated a                          (4) How have your condition and its                because of a disability, please contact
                                                second public process for determining                   symptoms changed over time?                           Meghana Chalasani (see FOR FURTHER
                                                the disease areas for FY 2016–2017, and                    (a) Would you define your condition                INFORMATION CONTACT) at least 7 days
                                                published a notice in the Federal                       today as being well managed?                          before the meeting.


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                                                   Patients who are interested in                                     Dated: December 9, 2016.                                          been approved by the Office of
                                                presenting comments as part of the                                  Leslie Kux,                                                         Management and Budget (OMB) under
                                                initial panel discussions will be asked                             Associate Commissioner for Policy.                                  the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
                                                to indicate in their registration which                             [FR Doc. 2016–29998 Filed 12–13–16; 8:45 am]
                                                topic(s) they wish to address. These                                                                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:    FDA
                                                                                                                    BILLING CODE 4164–01–P
                                                patients also must send to                                                                                                              PRA Staff, Office of Operations, Food
                                                PatientFocused@fda.hhs.gov a brief                                                                                                      and Drug Administration, Three White
                                                summary of responses to the topic                                   DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                            Flint North, 10A63, 11601 Landsdown
                                                questions by March 20, 2017. Panelists                              HUMAN SERVICES                                                      St., North Bethesda, MD 20852,
                                                will be notified of their selection                                                                                                     PRAStaff@fda.hhs.gov.
                                                approximately 7 days before the public                              Food and Drug Administration                                        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:     The
                                                meeting. We will try to accommodate all                             [Docket Nos. FDA–2013–N–0375; FDA–                                  following is a list of FDA information
                                                patients and patient stakeholders who                               2013–N–0370; FDA–2013–N–0134; FDA–                                  collections recently approved by OMB
                                                wish to speak, either through the panel                             2009–N–0511; FDA–1997–N–0020; FDA–                                  under section 3507 of the Paperwork
                                                discussion or audience participation;                               2011–N–0902; FDA–2013–N–0662; FDA–
                                                                                                                                                                                        Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507).
                                                however, the duration of comments may                               2013–N–0450; FDA–2012–N–0477; FDA–
                                                be limited by time constraints.                                     2013–N–0519]                                                        The OMB control number and
                                                   Transcripts: Please be advised that as                                                                                               expiration date of OMB approval for
                                                soon as a transcript of the public                                  Agency Information Collection                                       each information collection are shown
                                                meeting is available, it will be accessible                         Activities; Announcement of Office of                               in table 1. Copies of the supporting
                                                at https://www.regulations.gov. It may                              Management and Budget Approvals                                     statements for the information
                                                be viewed at the Division of Dockets                                AGENCY:      Food and Drug Administration,                          collections are available on the Internet
                                                Management (see ADDRESSES). A link to                               HHS.                                                                at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
                                                the transcript will also be available on                                                                                                PRAMain. An Agency may not conduct
                                                                                                                    ACTION:     Notice.
                                                the Internet at http://www.fda.gov/                                                                                                     or sponsor, and a person is not required
                                                ForIndustry/UserFees/                                               SUMMARY:    The Food and Drug                                       to respond to, a collection of
                                                PrescriptionDrugUserFee/                                            Administration (FDA) is publishing a                                information unless it displays a
                                                ucm527587.htm.                                                      list of information collections that have                           currently valid OMB control number.

                                                                                            TABLE 1—LIST OF INFORMATION COLLECTIONS APPROVED BY OMB
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Date
                                                                                                                                                                                                              OMB
                                                                                                                Title of collection                                                                                            approval
                                                                                                                                                                                                            control No.         expires

                                                Agreement for Shipments of Devices for Sterilization ............................................................................................            0910–0131           9/30/2019
                                                Export of Medical Devices—Foreign Letters of Approval .......................................................................................                0910–0264           9/30/2019
                                                Mammography Facilities, Standards, and Lay Summaries for Patients .................................................................                          0910–0309           9/30/2019
                                                Medicated Fee Mill License Application ..................................................................................................................    0910–0337           9/30/2019
                                                Substances Generally Recognized as Safe: Notification Procedure ......................................................................                       0910–0342           9/30/2019
                                                Prescription Drug Product Labeling; Medication Guide Requirements ...................................................................                        0910–0393           9/30/2019
                                                Applications for FDA Approval to Market a New Drug: Patent Submission and Listing Requirements and Appli-
                                                  cation of 30-month Stays on Approval of Abbreviated New Drug Applications Certifying That a Patent Claim-
                                                  ing a Drug is Invalid or Will Not be Infringed ......................................................................................................      0910–0513           9/30/2016
                                                Substances Prohibited from Use in Animal Food or Feed; Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed ..........                                                0910–0339          10/31/2019
                                                Investigational Device Exemptions Reports and Records—21 CFR 812 ...............................................................                             0910–0078          11/30/2019
                                                Guidance for Industry on How to Submit Information in Electronic Format to the Center for Veterinary Medicine
                                                  Using the FDA Electronic Submission Gateway .................................................................................................              0910–0454          11/30/2019



                                                  Dated: December 9, 2016.                                          SUMMARY:    The Food and Drug                                       I. Background
                                                Leslie Kux,                                                         Administration (FDA) is announcing the
                                                                                                                    fiscal year (FY) 2017 fee rate for                                    Section 307 of FSMA, Accreditation
                                                Associate Commissioner for Policy.
                                                                                                                    accreditation bodies applying to be                                 of Third-Party Auditors, amends the
                                                [FR Doc. 2016–30035 Filed 12–13–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                    recognized in the third-party                                       FD&C Act to create a new provision,
                                                BILLING CODE 4164–01–P
                                                                                                                    certification program that is authorized                            section 808, under the same name.
                                                                                                                    by the Federal Food, Drug, and                                      Section 808 of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C.
                                                                                                                    Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act), as                                     384d) directs us to establish a new
                                                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                                                                                                    amended by the FDA Food Safety                                      program for accreditation of third-party
                                                HUMAN SERVICES
                                                                                                                    Modernization Act (FSMA).                                           certification bodies 1 conducting food
                                                Food and Drug Administration                                                                                                            safety audits and issuing food and
                                                                                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                                                                                                        facility certifications to eligible foreign
                                                [Docket No. FDA–2016–N–4119]                                        Sylvia Kim, Office of Foods and
                                                                                                                                                                                        entities (including registered foreign
                                                                                                                    Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES




                                                Food Safety Modernization Act Third-                                Administration, 10903 New Hampshire                                   1 For the reasons explained in the third-party
                                                Party Certification Program User Fee                                Ave., Bldg. 1, Rm. 3212, Silver Spring,                             certification final rule (80 FR74570 at 74578–74579,
                                                Rate for Fiscal Year 2017                                           MD 20993, 301–796–7599.                                             November 27, 2015), and for consistency with the
                                                                                                                    DATES: This fee is effective January 13,                            implementing regulations for the third-party
                                                AGENCY:      Food and Drug Administration,                                                                                              certification program in 21 CFR parts 1, 11, and 16,
                                                                                                                    2017, and will remain in effect through
                                                HHS.                                                                                                                                    this notice uses the term ‘‘third-party certification
                                                                                                                    September 30, 2017.                                                 body’’ rather than the term ‘‘third-party auditor’’
                                                ACTION:     Notice.
                                                                                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                                          used in section 808(a)(3) of the FD&C Act.



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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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ActionNotice of public meeting; request for comments.
DatesThe public meeting will be held on April 6, 2017, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Registration to attend the meeting must be received by March 27, 2017 (see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for instructions). Public comments
ContactMeghana Chalasani, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm. 1146, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 240- 402-6525, FAX: 301-847-8443, [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 90361 

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