82_FR_4371 82 FR 4362 - Emergency Use Authorization of Medical Products and Related Authorities; Guidance for Industry and Other Stakeholders; Availability

82 FR 4362 - Emergency Use Authorization of Medical Products and Related Authorities; Guidance for Industry and Other Stakeholders; Availability

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 9 (January 13, 2017)

Page Range4362-4364
FR Document2017-00721

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry and other stakeholders entitled ``Emergency Use Authorization of Medical Products and Related Authorities.'' The purpose of this guidance is to explain FDA's current thinking on the authorization of the emergency use of certain medical products under certain sections of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act) as amended or added by the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013 (PAHPRA). The provisions in PAHPRA include key legal authorities to sustain and strengthen national preparedness for public health, military, and domestic emergencies involving chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) agents, including emerging infectious disease threats.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2016-D-1025]


Emergency Use Authorization of Medical Products and Related 
Authorities; Guidance for Industry and Other Stakeholders; Availability

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing 
the availability of a guidance for industry and other stakeholders 
entitled ``Emergency Use Authorization of Medical Products and Related 
Authorities.'' The purpose of this guidance is to explain FDA's current 
thinking on the authorization of the emergency use of certain medical 
products under certain sections of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (the FD&C Act) as amended or added by the Pandemic and All-Hazards 
Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013 (PAHPRA). The provisions in 
PAHPRA include key legal authorities to sustain and strengthen national 
preparedness for public health, military, and domestic emergencies 
involving chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) 
agents, including emerging infectious disease threats.

DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on Agency guidances 
at any time.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments as follows:

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted 
electronically, including attachments, to http://www.regulations.gov 
will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your comment will be 
made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your comment 
does not include any confidential information that you or a third party 
may not wish to be posted,

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such as medical information, your or anyone else's Social Security 
number, or confidential business information, such as a manufacturing 
process. Please note that if you include your name, contact 
information, or other information that identifies you in the body of 
your comments, that information will be posted on http://www.regulations.gov.
     If you want to submit a comment with confidential 
information that you do not wish to be made available to the public, 
submit the comment as a written/paper submission and in the manner 
detailed (see ``Written/Paper Submissions'' and ``Instructions'').

Written/Paper Submissions

    Submit written/paper submissions as follows:
     Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for written/paper 
submissions): Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
     For written/paper comments submitted to the Division of 
Dockets Management, FDA will post your comment, as well as any 
attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified, 
as confidential, if submitted as detailed in ``Instructions.''
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No. 
FDA-2016-D-1025 for ``Emergency Use Authorization of Medical Products 
and Related Authorities; Guidance for Industry and Other Stakeholders; 
Availability.'' Received comments will be placed in the docket and, 
except for those submitted as ``Confidential Submissions,'' publicly 
viewable at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Division of Dockets 
Management between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
     Confidential Submissions--To submit a comment with 
confidential information that you do not wish to be made publicly 
available, submit your comments only as a written/paper submission. You 
should submit two copies total. One copy will include the information 
you claim to be confidential with a heading or cover note that states 
``THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.'' The Agency will 
review this copy, including the claimed confidential information, in 
its consideration of comments. The second copy, which will have the 
claimed confidential information redacted/blacked out, will be 
available for public viewing and posted on http://www.regulations.gov. 
Submit both copies to the Division of Dockets Management. If you do not 
wish your name and contact information to be made publicly available, 
you can provide this information on the cover sheet and not in the body 
of your comments and you must identify this information as 
``confidential.'' Any information marked as ``confidential'' will not 
be disclosed except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other 
applicable disclosure law. For more information about FDA's posting of 
comments to public dockets, see 80 FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or 
access the information at: http://www.fda.gov/regulatoryinformation/dockets/default.htm.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
the electronic and written/paper comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov and insert the docket number, found in brackets in 
the heading of this document, into the ``Search'' box and follow the 
prompts and/or go to the Division of Dockets Management, 5630 Fishers 
Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
    Submit written requests for single copies of the guidance to Office 
of Counterterrorism and Emerging Threats, Office of the Commissioner, 
Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 1, Rm. 
4343, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-8510. Send one self-
addressed adhesive label to assist that office in processing your 
requests. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for electronic 
access to the guidance document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Drew, Office of Counterterrorism 
and Emerging Threats, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire 
Ave., Bldg. 1, Rm. 4320, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-8510 
(this is not a toll free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    FDA is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry and 
other stakeholders entitled ``Emergency Use Authorization of Medical 
Products and Related Authorities.'' This guidance explains FDA's 
general recommendations and procedures applicable to the authorization 
of the emergency use of certain medical products under sections 564, 
564A, and 564B of the FD&C Act \1\ (21 U.S.C. 360bbb-3, 360bbb-3a, and 
360bbb-3b) as amended or added by the Pandemic and All-Hazards 
Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013 (PAHPRA) \2\ (Pub. L. 113-5). 
The provisions in PAHPRA include key legal authorities to sustain and 
strengthen national preparedness for public health, military, and 
domestic emergencies involving CBRN agents, including emerging 
infectious disease threats such as pandemic influenza. PAHPRA clarifies 
and enhances FDA's authority to support emergency preparedness and 
response and foster the development and availability of medical 
products for use in these emergencies. These medical products, also 
referred to as ``medical countermeasures'' (MCMs) include drugs (e.g., 
antivirals and antidotes), biological products (e.g., vaccines, blood 
products, and biological therapeutics), and devices (e.g., in vitro 
diagnostics and personal protective equipment).
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    \1\ Section 564 was first added to the FD&C Act by the Project 
BioShield Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108-276).
    \2\ Section 3088 of the 21st Century Cures Act, signed into law 
by the President on December 13, 2016, (Pub. L. 114-255) amends 
sections 564, 564A, and 564B of the FD&C Act to add new authorities 
to: (1) Authorize emergency use of unapproved animal drugs; (2) make 
applicable other emergency use authorities (e.g., to issue emergency 
dispensing orders, waive compliance with current good manufacturing 
practices), make available Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention emergency use instructions, and extend expiration dates 
to approved animal drugs; and (3) allow unapproved animal drugs to 
be held for emergency use. While much of what is described in this 
guidance will apply to these new authorities, this guidance does not 
by its terms reference them; FDA asks anyone interested in utilizing 
these authorities to contact FDA directly to discuss how to proceed. 
FDA plans to review these new authorities and address any new 
procedural issues raised as we develop more experience with these 
new authorities.
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    This guidance finalizes the draft guidance ``Emergency Use 
Authorization of Medical Products and Related Authorities'' (April 
2016) and replaces the following two guidance documents, ``Emergency 
Use Authorization of Medical Products'' (July 2007) and ``Emergency Use 
Authorization Questions and Answers'' (April 2009). The public comments 
received on the draft guidance have been considered and the guidance 
has been revised to clarify issues raised as appropriate. This guidance 
is intended to inform industry and government sponsors and other 
stakeholders involved in emergency response activities, including 
government agencies and public health and emergency response 
stakeholders, and FDA staff of FDA's general recommendations and 
procedures for:
     Issuance of Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) under 
section 564 of the FD&C Act;
     Implementation of the emergency use authorities set forth 
in section 564A of the FD&C Act; and
     Reliance on the governmental pre-positioning authority set 
forth in section 564B of the FD&C Act.
    Section 564 of the FD&C Act, as amended by PAHPRA, permits the

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Commissioner to authorize the emergency use of an unapproved medical 
product or an unapproved use of an approved medical product for certain 
emergency circumstances after the Department of Health and Human 
Services (HHS) Secretary has made a declaration of an emergency or 
threat justifying emergency use. That declaration by the HHS Secretary 
must in turn be based on a determination of an emergency or potential 
emergency or material threat associated with the CBRN agent by, 
respectively, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of 
Defense, or the HHS Secretary. The Commissioner may issue an EUA to 
allow an MCM to be used in an emergency to diagnose, treat, or prevent 
serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions caused by a CBRN 
agent, or by a product used to diagnose, treat, or prevent such 
diseases or conditions, when available data meet specified criteria to 
support such uses and there are no adequate, approved, and available 
alternatives.
    Section 564A, as added by PAHPRA, establishes streamlined 
mechanisms to facilitate preparedness and response activities involving 
certain FDA-approved MCMs without FDA issuing EUAs, which can be a 
resource-intensive process. These authorities, which apply only to 
eligible FDA-approved medical products intended for use during a CBRN 
emergency, include provisions that:
     Empower FDA to extend the expiration date of an eligible 
FDA-approved MCM stockpiled for use in a CBRN emergency, and establish 
appropriate conditions relating to such extensions, such as appropriate 
storage, sampling, and labeling;
     Permit FDA to waive otherwise applicable current good 
manufacturing practice requirements (e.g., storage or handling) to 
accommodate emergency response needs;
     Allow emergency dispensing of MCMs during an actual CBRN 
emergency event without requiring an individual prescription, or all of 
the information otherwise required, for each recipient of the MCM; and
     Permit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to 
create and issue ``emergency use instructions'' concerning the FDA-
approved conditions of use for eligible products.

These authorities, and the definition of eligible products to which 
they apply, are discussed in this guidance.
    To enable stakeholders to prepare for potential rapid deployment of 
MCMs during an actual CBRN emergency, section 564B (also added by 
PAHPRA) permits Federal, State, and local governments to pre-position 
(e.g., stockpile, forward-deploy) MCMs in anticipation of FDA approval 
or clearance, authorization of an investigational use, or the issuance 
of an EUA. This authority is also discussed in this document.

II. Significance of Guidance

    This guidance is being issued consistent with FDA's good guidance 
practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). The guidance represents the 
current thinking of FDA on emergency use authorization of medical 
products and related authorities. It does not establish any rights for 
any person and is not binding on FDA or the public. You can use an 
alternative approach if it satisfies the requirements of the applicable 
statutes and regulations.

III. Electronic Access

    Persons with access to the Internet may obtain the guidance at 
http://www.fda.gov/regulatoryinformation/Guidances/default.htm, http://www.regulations.gov, or http://www.fda.gov/medicalcountermeasures.

IV. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

    This guidance contains information collection provisions that are 
subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). This 
guidance refers to previously approved collections of information. 
These collections of information have been approved under OMB control 
numbers 0910-0308, 0910-0230, 0910-0471, 0910-0014, 0910-0078 and 0910-
0595. The collection of information in this guidance was approved under 
OMB control number 0910-0595.

    Dated: January 10, 2017.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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                                                    second copy, which will have the                        I. Background                                          Information/Guidances/default.htm, or
                                                    claimed confidential information                                                                               https://www.regulations.gov.
                                                    redacted/blacked out, will be available                    FDA is announcing the availability of
                                                                                                            a draft guidance for industry entitled                   Dated: January 9, 2017.
                                                    for public viewing and posted on                                                                               Leslie Kux,
                                                                                                            ‘‘180-Day Exclusivity: Questions and
                                                    https://www.regulations.gov. Submit
                                                                                                            Answers.’’ This draft guidance is                      Associate Commissioner for Policy.
                                                    both copies to the Division of Dockets
                                                                                                            intended to address questions that have                [FR Doc. 2017–00631 Filed 1–12–17; 8:45 am]
                                                    Management. If you do not wish your
                                                                                                            been raised about the provisions of the                BILLING CODE 4164–01–P
                                                    name and contact information to be
                                                                                                            FD&C Act, which relate to 180-day
                                                    made publicly available, you can
                                                                                                            exclusivity for generic drug products.
                                                    provide this information on the cover                                                                          DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                                                                                            These provisions provide an incentive
                                                    sheet and not in the body of your                                                                              HUMAN SERVICES
                                                                                                            and reward to generic drug applicants
                                                    comments and you must identify this
                                                                                                            that expose themselves to the risk of
                                                    information as ‘‘confidential.’’ Any                                                                           Food and Drug Administration
                                                                                                            patent litigation that may arise during
                                                    information marked as ‘‘confidential’’
                                                                                                            the abbreviated new drug application                   [Docket No. FDA–2016–D–1025]
                                                    will not be disclosed except in                         (ANDA) process (see section 505(j) of
                                                    accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other                  the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 355(j)). It does               Emergency Use Authorization of
                                                    applicable disclosure law. For more                     so by providing for a 180-day period of                Medical Products and Related
                                                    information about FDA’s posting of                      marketing exclusivity vis-a-vis certain                Authorities; Guidance for Industry and
                                                    comments to public dockets, see 80 FR                   other ANDA applicants to the first                     Other Stakeholders; Availability
                                                    56469, September 18, 2015, or access                    applicant(s) who are eligible for the
                                                    the information at: http://www.fda.gov/                 exclusivity under applicable statutory                 AGENCY:   Food and Drug Administration,
                                                    regulatoryinformation/dockets/                          provisions (see section 505(j)(2) and                  HHS.
                                                    default.htm.                                            (j)(5) of the FD&C Act).                               ACTION:   Notice of availability.
                                                       Docket: For access to the docket to                     FDA has received a number of                        SUMMARY:   The Food and Drug
                                                    read background documents or the                        questions about 180-day exclusivity and                Administration (FDA or Agency) is
                                                    electronic and written/paper comments                   has identified commonly asked                          announcing the availability of a
                                                    received, go to https://                                questions for inclusion in the guidance.               guidance for industry and other
                                                    www.regulations.gov and insert the                      FDA expects the information provided                   stakeholders entitled ‘‘Emergency Use
                                                    docket number, found in brackets in the                 in the guidance to enhance transparency                Authorization of Medical Products and
                                                    heading of this document, into the                      and facilitate the development,                        Related Authorities.’’ The purpose of
                                                    ‘‘Search’’ box and follow the prompts                   approval, and timely marketing of                      this guidance is to explain FDA’s
                                                    and/or go to the Division of Dockets                    generic drug products. FDA intends to                  current thinking on the authorization of
                                                    Management, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm.                      update the guidance to include                         the emergency use of certain medical
                                                    1061, Rockville, MD 20852.                              additional questions and answers as                    products under certain sections of the
                                                       Submit written requests for single                   appropriate.                                           Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
                                                    copies of the draft guidance to the                        The draft guidance contains questions               (the FD&C Act) as amended or added by
                                                    Division of Drug Information, Center for                and answers organized according to                     the Pandemic and All-Hazards
                                                    Drug Evaluation and Research, Food                      subject matter. The subject areas are:                 Preparedness Reauthorization Act of
                                                    and Drug Administration, 10001 New                      Applicable statutory scheme, first                     2013 (PAHPRA). The provisions in
                                                    Hampshire Ave., Hillandale Building,                    applicants, 180-day exclusivity and                    PAHPRA include key legal authorities
                                                    4th Floor, Silver Spring, MD 20993–                     patents, 180-day exclusivity trigger and               to sustain and strengthen national
                                                    0002; or to the Office of                               scope, 180-day exclusivity                             preparedness for public health, military,
                                                    Communication, Outreach, and                            relinquishment and waiver, forfeiture of               and domestic emergencies involving
                                                    Development, Center for Biologics                       180-day exclusivity, and procedural                    chemical, biological, radiological, and
                                                    Evaluation and Research, Food and                       questions regarding 180-day exclusivity                nuclear (CBRN) agents, including
                                                    Drug Administration, 10903 New                          determinations.                                        emerging infectious disease threats.
                                                    Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 3128,                        This draft guidance is being issued                 DATES: Submit either electronic or
                                                    Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002. Send                      consistent with FDA’s good guidance                    written comments on Agency guidances
                                                    one self-addressed adhesive label to                    practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115).                  at any time.
                                                    assist that office in processing your                   The draft guidance, when finalized, will               ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
                                                    requests. See the SUPPLEMENTARY                         represent the current thinking of FDA                  as follows:
                                                    INFORMATION section for electronic                      on ‘‘180-Day Exclusivity: Questions and
                                                    access to the draft guidance document.                  Answers.’’ It does not establish any                   Electronic Submissions
                                                                                                            rights for any person and is not binding                 Submit electronic comments in the
                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                            on FDA or the public. You can use an                   following way:
                                                    Harry Schwirck, Center for Drug                         alternative approach if it satisfies the                 • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
                                                    Evaluation and Research, Food and                       requirements of the applicable statutes                www.regulations.gov. Follow the
                                                    Drug Administration, 10903 New                          and regulations.                                       instructions for submitting comments.
                                                    Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 75, Rm. 1672,
                                                                                                                                                                   Comments submitted electronically,
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                                                    Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, 301–                      II. Electronic Access
                                                                                                                                                                   including attachments, to http://
                                                    796–4271; or Stephen Ripley, Center for
                                                                                                              Persons with access to the Internet                  www.regulations.gov will be posted to
                                                    Biologics Evaluation and Research,
                                                                                                            may obtain the draft guidance at either                the docket unchanged. Because your
                                                    Food and Drug Administration, 10903
                                                                                                            http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/Guidance                      comment will be made public, you are
                                                    New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm.
                                                                                                            ComplianceRegulatoryInformation/                       solely responsible for ensuring that your
                                                    7301, Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002,
                                                                                                            Guidances/default.htm, http://                         comment does not include any
                                                    240–402–7911.
                                                                                                            www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/                    confidential information that you or a
                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              GuidanceComplianceRegulatory                           third party may not wish to be posted,


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                                                    such as medical information, your or                    made publicly available, you can                       (Pub. L. 113–5). The provisions in
                                                    anyone else’s Social Security number, or                provide this information on the cover                  PAHPRA include key legal authorities
                                                    confidential business information, such                 sheet and not in the body of your                      to sustain and strengthen national
                                                    as a manufacturing process. Please note                 comments and you must identify this                    preparedness for public health, military,
                                                    that if you include your name, contact                  information as ‘‘confidential.’’ Any                   and domestic emergencies involving
                                                    information, or other information that                  information marked as ‘‘confidential’’                 CBRN agents, including emerging
                                                    identifies you in the body of your                      will not be disclosed except in                        infectious disease threats such as
                                                    comments, that information will be                      accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other                 pandemic influenza. PAHPRA clarifies
                                                    posted on http://www.regulations.gov.                   applicable disclosure law. For more                    and enhances FDA’s authority to
                                                      • If you want to submit a comment                     information about FDA’s posting of                     support emergency preparedness and
                                                    with confidential information that you                  comments to public dockets, see 80 FR                  response and foster the development
                                                    do not wish to be made available to the                 56469, September 18, 2015, or access                   and availability of medical products for
                                                    public, submit the comment as a                         the information at: http://www.fda.gov/                use in these emergencies. These medical
                                                    written/paper submission and in the                     regulatoryinformation/dockets/                         products, also referred to as ‘‘medical
                                                    manner detailed (see ‘‘Written/Paper                    default.htm.                                           countermeasures’’ (MCMs) include
                                                    Submissions’’ and ‘‘Instructions’’).                       Docket: For access to the docket to                 drugs (e.g., antivirals and antidotes),
                                                                                                            read background documents or the                       biological products (e.g., vaccines, blood
                                                    Written/Paper Submissions
                                                                                                            electronic and written/paper comments                  products, and biological therapeutics),
                                                       Submit written/paper submissions as                  received, go to http://                                and devices (e.g., in vitro diagnostics
                                                    follows:                                                www.regulations.gov and insert the                     and personal protective equipment).
                                                       • Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for                    docket number, found in brackets in the                   This guidance finalizes the draft
                                                    written/paper submissions): Division of                 heading of this document, into the                     guidance ‘‘Emergency Use
                                                    Dockets Management (HFA–305), Food                      ‘‘Search’’ box and follow the prompts                  Authorization of Medical Products and
                                                    and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers                   and/or go to the Division of Dockets                   Related Authorities’’ (April 2016) and
                                                    Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.                    Management, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm.                     replaces the following two guidance
                                                       • For written/paper comments                         1061, Rockville, MD 20852.                             documents, ‘‘Emergency Use
                                                    submitted to the Division of Dockets                       Submit written requests for single                  Authorization of Medical Products’’
                                                    Management, FDA will post your                          copies of the guidance to Office of                    (July 2007) and ‘‘Emergency Use
                                                    comment, as well as any attachments,                    Counterterrorism and Emerging Threats,                 Authorization Questions and Answers’’
                                                    except for information submitted,                       Office of the Commissioner, Food and                   (April 2009). The public comments
                                                    marked and identified, as confidential,                 Drug Administration, 10903 New                         received on the draft guidance have
                                                    if submitted as detailed in                             Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 1, Rm. 4343,                     been considered and the guidance has
                                                    ‘‘Instructions.’’                                       Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, 301–                     been revised to clarify issues raised as
                                                       Instructions: All submissions received               796–8510. Send one self-addressed                      appropriate. This guidance is intended
                                                    must include the Docket No. FDA–                        adhesive label to assist that office in                to inform industry and government
                                                    2016–D–1025 for ‘‘Emergency Use                         processing your requests. See the                      sponsors and other stakeholders
                                                    Authorization of Medical Products and                   SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for                  involved in emergency response
                                                    Related Authorities; Guidance for                       electronic access to the guidance                      activities, including government
                                                    Industry and Other Stakeholders;                        document.                                              agencies and public health and
                                                    Availability.’’ Received comments will                                                                         emergency response stakeholders, and
                                                                                                            FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                    be placed in the docket and, except for                                                                        FDA staff of FDA’s general
                                                    those submitted as ‘‘Confidential                       Carol Drew, Office of Counterterrorism
                                                                                                            and Emerging Threats, Food and Drug                    recommendations and procedures for:
                                                    Submissions,’’ publicly viewable at
                                                                                                            Administration, 10903 New Hampshire                       • Issuance of Emergency Use
                                                    http://www.regulations.gov or at the                                                                           Authorizations (EUAs) under section
                                                    Division of Dockets Management                          Ave., Bldg. 1, Rm. 4320, Silver Spring,
                                                                                                                                                                   564 of the FD&C Act;
                                                                                                            MD 20993–0002, 301–796–8510 (this is
                                                    between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday                                                                                 • Implementation of the emergency
                                                    through Friday.                                         not a toll free number).                               use authorities set forth in section 564A
                                                       • Confidential Submissions—To                        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                             of the FD&C Act; and
                                                    submit a comment with confidential                      I. Background                                             • Reliance on the governmental pre-
                                                    information that you do not wish to be                                                                         positioning authority set forth in section
                                                    made publicly available, submit your                       FDA is announcing the availability of               564B of the FD&C Act.
                                                    comments only as a written/paper                        a guidance for industry and other                         Section 564 of the FD&C Act, as
                                                    submission. You should submit two                       stakeholders entitled ‘‘Emergency Use                  amended by PAHPRA, permits the
                                                    copies total. One copy will include the                 Authorization of Medical Products and
                                                    information you claim to be confidential                Related Authorities.’’ This guidance                   2016, (Pub. L. 114–255) amends sections 564, 564A,
                                                    with a heading or cover note that states                explains FDA’s general                                 and 564B of the FD&C Act to add new authorities
                                                                                                            recommendations and procedures                         to: (1) Authorize emergency use of unapproved
                                                    ‘‘THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS                                                                                       animal drugs; (2) make applicable other emergency
                                                    CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.’’ The                         applicable to the authorization of the                 use authorities (e.g., to issue emergency dispensing
                                                    Agency will review this copy, including                 emergency use of certain medical                       orders, waive compliance with current good
                                                    the claimed confidential information, in                products under sections 564, 564A, and                 manufacturing practices), make available Centers
                                                                                                            564B of the FD&C Act 1 (21 U.S.C.                      for Disease Control and Prevention emergency use
                                                    its consideration of comments. The
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                                                                                                                                                                   instructions, and extend expiration dates to
                                                    second copy, which will have the                        360bbb–3, 360bbb–3a, and 360bbb–3b)                    approved animal drugs; and (3) allow unapproved
                                                    claimed confidential information                        as amended or added by the Pandemic                    animal drugs to be held for emergency use. While
                                                    redacted/blacked out, will be available                 and All-Hazards Preparedness                           much of what is described in this guidance will
                                                                                                                                                                   apply to these new authorities, this guidance does
                                                    for public viewing and posted on http://                Reauthorization Act of 2013 (PAHPRA) 2                 not by its terms reference them; FDA asks anyone
                                                    www.regulations.gov. Submit both                                                                               interested in utilizing these authorities to contact
                                                                                                              1 Section 564 was first added to the FD&C Act by
                                                                                                                                                                   FDA directly to discuss how to proceed. FDA plans
                                                    copies to the Division of Dockets                       the Project BioShield Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108–276).   to review these new authorities and address any
                                                    Management. If you do not wish your                       2 Section 3088 of the 21st Century Cures Act,        new procedural issues raised as we develop more
                                                    name and contact information to be                      signed into law by the President on December 13,       experience with these new authorities.



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                                                    4364                            Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 9 / Friday, January 13, 2017 / Notices

                                                    Commissioner to authorize the                           permits Federal, State, and local                      Research, Care, and Services provides
                                                    emergency use of an unapproved                          governments to pre-position (e.g.,                     advice on how to prevent or reduce the
                                                    medical product or an unapproved use                    stockpile, forward-deploy) MCMs in                     burden of Alzheimer’s disease and
                                                    of an approved medical product for                      anticipation of FDA approval or                        related dementias on people with the
                                                    certain emergency circumstances after                   clearance, authorization of an                         disease and their caregivers. The theme
                                                    the Department of Health and Human                      investigational use, or the issuance of an             of the February meeting will be clinical
                                                    Services (HHS) Secretary has made a                     EUA. This authority is also discussed in               trials for Alzheimer’s disease and
                                                    declaration of an emergency or threat                   this document.                                         related dementias and recruitment
                                                    justifying emergency use. That                                                                                 challenges. Additional presentations in
                                                                                                            II. Significance of Guidance                           the afternoon will include updates on
                                                    declaration by the HHS Secretary must
                                                    in turn be based on a determination of                     This guidance is being issued                       progress towards a Care and Services
                                                    an emergency or potential emergency or                  consistent with FDA’s good guidance                    Summit, federal workgroup updates,
                                                    material threat associated with the                     practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115).                  and preparation for the Advisory
                                                    CBRN agent by, respectively, the                        The guidance represents the current                    Council’s 2017 Recommendations, due
                                                    Secretary of Homeland Security, the                     thinking of FDA on emergency use                       in April 2017.
                                                    Secretary of Defense, or the HHS                        authorization of medical products and                  DATES: The meeting will be held on
                                                    Secretary. The Commissioner may issue                   related authorities. It does not establish             Friday, February 3, 2017 from 9:00am to
                                                    an EUA to allow an MCM to be used in                    any rights for any person and is not                   5:00pm EDT.
                                                    an emergency to diagnose, treat, or                     binding on FDA or the public. You can                  ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
                                                    prevent serious or life-threatening                     use an alternative approach if it satisfies            the Great Hall in the Hubert H.
                                                    diseases or conditions caused by a                      the requirements of the applicable                     Humphrey Building, 200 Independence
                                                    CBRN agent, or by a product used to                     statutes and regulations.                              Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201.
                                                    diagnose, treat, or prevent such diseases               III. Electronic Access                                    Comments: Time is allocated in the
                                                    or conditions, when available data meet                                                                        afternoon on the agenda to hear public
                                                    specified criteria to support such uses                    Persons with access to the Internet                 comments. The time for oral comments
                                                    and there are no adequate, approved,                    may obtain the guidance at http://                     will be limited to two (2) minutes per
                                                    and available alternatives.                             www.fda.gov/regulatoryinformation/                     individual. In lieu of oral comments,
                                                       Section 564A, as added by PAHPRA,                    Guidances/default.htm, http://                         formal written comments may be
                                                    establishes streamlined mechanisms to                   www.regulations.gov, or http://www.fda.                submitted for the record to Rohini
                                                    facilitate preparedness and response                    gov/medicalcountermeasures.                            Khillan, ASPE, 200 Independence
                                                    activities involving certain FDA-                       IV. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995                    Avenue SW., Room 424E, Washington,
                                                    approved MCMs without FDA issuing                                                                              DC 20201. All comments should be
                                                                                                              This guidance contains information                   submitted to napa@hhs.gov for the
                                                    EUAs, which can be a resource-
                                                                                                            collection provisions that are subject to              record and to share with the Advisory
                                                    intensive process. These authorities,
                                                                                                            review by the Office of Management and                 Council by January 27, 2017. Those
                                                    which apply only to eligible FDA-
                                                                                                            Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork                       submitting comments should identify
                                                    approved medical products intended for
                                                                                                            Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–                 themselves and any relevant
                                                    use during a CBRN emergency, include
                                                                                                            3520). This guidance refers to                         organizational affiliations.
                                                    provisions that:
                                                                                                            previously approved collections of
                                                       • Empower FDA to extend the                                                                                 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                            information. These collections of
                                                    expiration date of an eligible FDA-                                                                            Rohini Khillan (202) 690–5932,
                                                                                                            information have been approved under
                                                    approved MCM stockpiled for use in a                                                                           rohini.khillan@hhs.gov. Note: Seating
                                                                                                            OMB control numbers 0910–0308,
                                                    CBRN emergency, and establish                                                                                  may be limited. Those wishing to attend
                                                                                                            0910–0230, 0910–0471, 0910–0014,
                                                    appropriate conditions relating to such                                                                        the meeting must send an email to
                                                                                                            0910–0078 and 0910–0595. The
                                                    extensions, such as appropriate storage,                                                                       napa@hhs.gov and put ‘‘February
                                                                                                            collection of information in this
                                                    sampling, and labeling;                                                                                        Meeting Attendance’’ in the Subject line
                                                                                                            guidance was approved under OMB
                                                       • Permit FDA to waive otherwise                                                                             by Friday, January 20, 2017 so that their
                                                                                                            control number 0910–0595.
                                                    applicable current good manufacturing                                                                          names may be put on a list of expected
                                                    practice requirements (e.g., storage or                   Dated: January 10, 2017.                             attendees and forwarded to the security
                                                    handling) to accommodate emergency                      Leslie Kux,                                            officers the Humphrey Building. Any
                                                    response needs;                                         Associate Commissioner for Policy.                     interested member of the public who is
                                                       • Allow emergency dispensing of                      [FR Doc. 2017–00721 Filed 1–12–17; 8:45 am]            a non-U.S. citizen should include this
                                                    MCMs during an actual CBRN                              BILLING CODE 4164–01–P                                 information at the time of registration to
                                                    emergency event without requiring an                                                                           ensure that the appropriate security
                                                    individual prescription, or all of the                                                                         procedure to gain entry to the building
                                                    information otherwise required, for each                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                               is carried out. Although the meeting is
                                                    recipient of the MCM; and                               HUMAN SERVICES                                         open to the public, procedures
                                                       • Permit the Centers for Disease                                                                            governing security and the entrance to
                                                    Control and Prevention to create and                    Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s                        federal buildings may change without
                                                    issue ‘‘emergency use instructions’’                    Research, Care, and Services; Meeting                  notice. If you wish to make a public
                                                    concerning the FDA-approved                                                                                    comment, you must note that within
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                                                                                                            AGENCY: Assistant Secretary for
                                                    conditions of use for eligible products.                Planning and Evaluation, HHS.                          your email.
                                                    These authorities, and the definition of                ACTION: Notice of meeting.                             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of
                                                    eligible products to which they apply,                                                                         these meetings is given under the
                                                    are discussed in this guidance.                         SUMMARY:  This notice announces the                    Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
                                                       To enable stakeholders to prepare for                public meeting of the Advisory Council                 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(a)(1) and
                                                    potential rapid deployment of MCMs                      on Alzheimer’s Research, Care, and                     (a)(2)). Topics of the Meeting: The
                                                    during an actual CBRN emergency,                        Services (Advisory Council). The                       theme of the February meeting will be
                                                    section 564B (also added by PAHPRA)                     Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s                        clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of availability.
DatesSubmit either electronic or written comments on Agency guidances at any time.
ContactCarol Drew, Office of Counterterrorism and Emerging Threats, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 1, Rm. 4320, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-8510 (this is not a toll free number).
FR Citation82 FR 4362 

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