82 FR 1345 - [Pediatric Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request for Comments

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 3 (January 5, 2017)

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces a forthcoming public advisory committee meeting of the Pediatric Advisory Committee (PAC). 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. FDA is establishing a docket for public comments.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1345-1347]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-32019]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2016-N-0567]


[Pediatric Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting; Establishment 
of a Public Docket; Request for Comments

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting; establishment of a public docket; request 
for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces a forthcoming 
public advisory committee meeting of the Pediatric Advisory Committee 
(PAC). 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. FDA is establishing a docket for public 
comments.

DATES: The meeting will be held on March 6, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. to 
5:30 p.m. and March 7, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. The deadline for 
submitting comments to the public docket is February 17, 2017. Comments 
received on or before February 17, 2017, will be provided to the 
committee. Comments received after that date will be taken into 
consideration by the Agency.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel 
Washington DC--Silver Spring, 8727 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring, MD 
20910. The hotel's telephone number is 301-589-5200. Answers to 
commonly asked questions including information regarding special 
accommodations due to a disability, visitor parking, and transportation 
may be accessed at http://doubletree3.hilton.com/en/hotels/maryland/doubletree-by-hilton-hotel-washington-dc-silver-spring-DCASSDT/about/amenities.html.
    You may submit comments as follows:

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the

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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 make 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 submission 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-0567 for ``Pediatric Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting; 
Establishment of a Public Docket; 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marieann Brill, Office of the 
Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., 
Bldg. 32, Rm. 5154, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 240-402-3838, email: 
[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. 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Agenda: The PAC will meet to discuss pediatric-focused safety 
reviews, as mandated by the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (Pub. 
L. 107-109) and the Pediatric Research Equity Act (Pub. L. 108-155). 
Comments about the upcoming March advisory committee meeting should be 
submitted to Docket No. FDA-2016-N-0567.
    On March 6, 2017, the PAC will meet to discuss the following 
products (listed by FDA Center):
    (1) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)
    a. NITROPRESS (sodium nitroprusside)
    b. KUVAN (sapropterin dihydrochloride)
    c. TRUVADA (emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate)
    FDA will provide the analysis of a possible safety signal regarding 
the use of the drug product EXJADE (deferasirox) in children with fever 
and dehydration, which was discussed at the September 2015 PAC meeting. 
The PAC will also discuss the role of pharmacogenomics in pediatric 
product development.
    On March 7, 2017, the PAC will meet to discuss the following 
products (listed by FDA Center):
    (2) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER)
    a. EPICEL (cultured epidermal autografts) (humanitarian device 
exemption (HDE))
    b. NOVOEIGHT (Antihemophilic Factor (Recombinant))
    c. RIXUBIS Coagulation Factor IX (Recombinant)
    (3) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH)
    a. IMPELLA RP SYSTEM (HDE)
    b. LIPOSORBER LA-15 SYSTEM (HDE)
    c. MEDTRONIC ACTIVA DYSTONIA THERAPY (HDE)
    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 will be 
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 
February 27, 2017. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled 
on March 6 and 7, 2017, between approximately 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. 
Those individuals interested in making formal oral presentations should 
notify the contact person and submit a

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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 February 17, 2017. 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 February 21, 2017.
    Persons attending FDA's advisory committee meetings are advised 
that the Agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical 
outlets.
    FDA is establishing a docket for public comment on this document. 
The docket number is FDA-2016-N-0567. The docket will close on February 
17, 2017. Comments received on or before February 17, 2017 will be 
provided to the committee. Comments received after the date will be 
taken into consideration by the Agency. For press inquiries, please 
contact the Office of Media Affairs at [email protected] or 301-796-
4540.
    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 Marieann Brill 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: December 30, 2016.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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