83_FR_32437 83 FR 32303 - Human Gene Therapy for Rare Diseases; Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability

83 FR 32303 - Human Gene Therapy for Rare Diseases; Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 134 (July 12, 2018)

Page Range32303-32305
FR Document2018-14871

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a draft document entitled ``Human Gene Therapy for Rare Diseases; Draft Guidance for Industry.'' The draft guidance document provides recommendations to stakeholders developing a human gene therapy (GT) product intended to treat a rare disease in adult and/or pediatric patients regarding the manufacturing, preclinical, and clinical trial design issues for all phases of the clinical development program. Such information is intended to assist sponsors in designing clinical development programs for such products, where there may be limited study population size and potential feasibility and safety issues as well as issues relating to the interpretability of bioactivity/efficacy outcomes that may be unique to rare diseases or to the nature of the GT product itself.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2018-D-2258]


Human Gene Therapy for Rare Diseases; Draft Guidance for 
Industry; 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 draft document entitled ``Human Gene Therapy for 
Rare Diseases; Draft Guidance for Industry.'' The draft guidance 
document provides recommendations to stakeholders developing a human 
gene therapy (GT) product intended to treat a rare disease in adult 
and/or pediatric patients regarding the manufacturing, preclinical, and 
clinical trial design issues for all phases of the clinical development 
program. Such information is intended to assist sponsors in designing 
clinical development programs for such products, where there may be 
limited study population size and potential feasibility and safety 
issues as well as issues relating to the interpretability of 
bioactivity/efficacy outcomes that may be unique to rare diseases or to 
the nature of the GT product itself.

DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the draft 
guidance by October 10, 2018 to ensure that the Agency considers your 
comment on this draft guidance before it begins work on the final 
version of the guidance.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on any guidance at any time 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 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): Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
     For written/paper comments submitted to the Dockets 
Management Staff, 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-2018-D-2258 for ``Human Gene Therapy for Rare Diseases; Draft 
Guidance for Industry.'' 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 Dockets 
Management Staff 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 Dockets Management Staff. 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: https://www.thefederalregister.org/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf.
    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 Dockets Management Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, 
Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
    You may submit comments on any guidance at any time (see 21 CFR 
10.115(g)(5)).
    Submit written requests for single copies of the draft guidance to 
the Office of Communication, Outreach and Development, Center for 
Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), Food and Drug Administration, 
10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 3128, Silver Spring, MD 20993-
0002. Send one self-addressed adhesive label to assist the office in 
processing your requests. The draft guidance may also be obtained by 
mail by calling CBER at 1-800-835-4709 or 240-402-8010. See the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for electronic access to the draft 
guidance document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan McKnight, Center for 
Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 
New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 7301, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 
240-402-7911.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Orphan Drug Act of 1983 (Pub. L. 97-414) defines a rare disease 
as a disease or condition that affects fewer than 200,000 persons in 
the United States. Since most rare diseases have no approved therapies, 
there is a significant unmet need for effective treatments. However, 
developing safe and effective products to treat rare diseases can be 
challenging. For example, it may be more difficult to find and recruit 
such patients into clinical trials, and many rare diseases exhibit a 
number of variations or subtypes. Consequently, patients may have 
highly diverse clinical manifestations and rates of disease progression 
with unpredictable clinical courses. Despite these challenges, GT-
related research and development continue to grow at a rapid rate, with 
several products advancing in clinical development.
    FDA is announcing the availability of a document entitled ``Human 
Gene Therapy for Rare Diseases; Draft Guidance for Industry.'' The 
draft guidance provides recommendations to stakeholders developing a GT 
product intended to treat a rare disease in adult and/or pediatric 
patients regarding the manufacturing, preclinical, and clinical trial 
design issues for all phases of the clinical development program. Such 
information is intended to assist sponsors in designing clinical 
development programs for such products, where there may be limited 
study population size and potential feasibility and safety issues as 
well as issues relating to the interpretability of bioactivity/efficacy 
outcomes that may be unique to rare diseases or to the nature of the GT 
product itself.
    Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, FDA is announcing 
the availability of two other human gene therapy draft guidance 
documents entitled ``Human Gene Therapy for Hemophilia; Draft Guidance 
for Industry'' and ``Human Gene Therapy for Retinal Disorders; Draft 
Guidance for Industry.''
    This draft guidance is being issued consistent with FDA's good 
guidance practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). The draft guidance, when 
finalized, will represent the current thinking of FDA on ``Human Gene 
Therapy for Rare Diseases.'' 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. This guidance is not subject to Executive 
Order 12866.

II. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

    This draft guidance refers to previously approved collections of 
information subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). 
The collections of information in 21 CFR part 50 have been approved 
under OMB control number 0910-0755; the

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collections of information in 21 CFR part 58 have been approved under 
OMB control number 0910-0119; the collections of information in 21 CFR 
part 312 have been approved under OMB control number 0910-0014; the 
collections of information in 21 CFR part 601 have been approved under 
OMB control number 0910-0338; the collections of information in the 
guidance entitled ``Expedited Programs for Serious Conditions--Drugs 
and Biologics'' have been approved under OMB control number 0910-0765; 
and the collections of information in the guidance entitled ``Formal 
Meetings Between the FDA and Sponsors or Applicants'' have been 
approved under OMB control number 0910-0429.

III. Electronic Access

    Persons with access to the internet may obtain the draft guidance 
at either https://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Guidances/default.htm or 
https://www.regulations.gov.

    Dated: July 5, 2018.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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                                              for public viewing and posted on                         management, and include genetic as                    III. Electronic Access
                                              https://www.regulations.gov. Submit                      well as age-related diseases. These                      Persons with access to the internet
                                              both copies to the Dockets Management                    disorders manifest with central or                    may obtain the draft guidance at either
                                              Staff. If you do not wish your name and                  peripheral visual impairment and often                https://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBlood
                                              contact information to be made publicly                  with progressive visual loss. The draft               Vaccines/GuidanceCompliance
                                              available, you can provide this                          guidance focuses on issues specific to                RegulatoryInformation/Guidances/
                                              information on the cover sheet and not                   GT products for retinal disorders and                 default.htm or https://
                                              in the body of your comments and you                     provides recommendations related to                   www.regulations.gov.
                                              must identify this information as                        product development, preclinical
                                              ‘‘confidential.’’ Any information marked                                                                         Dated: July 5, 2018.
                                                                                                       testing, and clinical trial design for such
                                              as ‘‘confidential’’ will not be disclosed                                                                      Leslie Kux,
                                                                                                       GT products.
                                              except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20                                                                         Associate Commissioner for Policy.
                                              and other applicable disclosure law. For                    Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal             [FR Doc. 2018–14870 Filed 7–11–18; 8:45 am]
                                              more information about FDA’s posting                     Register, FDA is announcing the                       BILLING CODE 4164–01–P
                                              of comments to public dockets, see 80                    availability of two other human gene
                                              FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or access                  therapy draft guidance documents
                                              the information at: https://www.gpo.gov/                 entitled ‘‘Human Gene Therapy for                     DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                              fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-                        Hemophilia; Draft Guidance for                        HUMAN SERVICES
                                              23389.pdf.                                               Industry’’ and ‘‘Human Gene Therapy
                                                 Docket: For access to the docket to                   for Rare Diseases; Draft Guidance for                 Food and Drug Administration
                                              read background documents or the                         Industry.’’                                           [Docket No. FDA–2018–D–2258]
                                              electronic and written/paper comments                       This draft guidance is being issued
                                              received, go to https://                                 consistent with FDA’s good guidance                   Human Gene Therapy for Rare
                                              www.regulations.gov and insert the                       practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115).                 Diseases; Draft Guidance for Industry;
                                              docket number, found in brackets in the                  The draft guidance, when finalized, will              Availability
                                              heading of this document, into the                       represent the current thinking of FDA                 AGENCY:    Food and Drug Administration,
                                              ‘‘Search’’ box and follow the prompts                    on ‘‘Human Gene Therapy for Retinal                   HHS.
                                              and/or go to the Dockets Management                      Disorders.’’ It does not establish any
                                              Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061,                                                                            ACTION:   Notice of availability.
                                                                                                       rights for any person and is not binding
                                              Rockville, MD 20852.                                     on FDA or the public. You can use an                  SUMMARY:    The Food and Drug
                                                 You may submit comments on any                        alternative approach if it satisfies the              Administration (FDA or Agency) is
                                              guidance at any time (see 21 CFR                         requirements of the applicable statutes               announcing the availability of a draft
                                              10.115(g)(5)).                                           and regulations. This guidance is not                 document entitled ‘‘Human Gene
                                                 Submit written requests for single                    subject to Executive Order 12866.                     Therapy for Rare Diseases; Draft
                                              copies of the draft guidance to the Office                                                                     Guidance for Industry.’’ The draft
                                              of Communication, Outreach and                           II. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995                   guidance document provides
                                              Development, Center for Biologics                                                                              recommendations to stakeholders
                                              Evaluation and Research (CBER), Food                       This draft guidance refers to
                                                                                                       previously approved collections of                    developing a human gene therapy (GT)
                                              and Drug Administration, 10903 New                                                                             product intended to treat a rare disease
                                              Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 3128,                      information subject to review by the
                                                                                                                                                             in adult and/or pediatric patients
                                              Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002. Send                       Office of Management and Budget
                                                                                                                                                             regarding the manufacturing,
                                              one self-addressed adhesive label to                     (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction
                                                                                                                                                             preclinical, and clinical trial design
                                              assist the office in processing your                     Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520). The
                                                                                                                                                             issues for all phases of the clinical
                                              requests. The draft guidance may also be                 collections of information in 21 CFR
                                                                                                                                                             development program. Such
                                              obtained by mail by calling CBER at 1–                   part 50 have been approved under OMB
                                                                                                                                                             information is intended to assist
                                              800–835–4709 or 240–402–8010. See                        control number 0910–0755; the                         sponsors in designing clinical
                                              the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section                    collections of information in 21 CFR                  development programs for such
                                              for electronic access to the draft                       part 58 have been approved under OMB                  products, where there may be limited
                                              guidance document.                                       control number 0910–0119; the                         study population size and potential
                                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                         collections of information in 21 CFR                  feasibility and safety issues as well as
                                              Angela Moy, Center for Biologics                         part 211 have been approved under                     issues relating to the interpretability of
                                              Evaluation and Research, Food and                        OMB control number 0910–0139; the                     bioactivity/efficacy outcomes that may
                                              Drug Administration, 10903 New                           collections of information in 21 CFR                  be unique to rare diseases or to the
                                              Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 7301,                      part 312 have been approved under                     nature of the GT product itself.
                                              Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, 240–                       OMB control number 0910–0014; the                     DATES: Submit either electronic or
                                              402–7911.                                                collections of information in 21 CFR                  written comments on the draft guidance
                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                               part 601 have been approved under                     by October 10, 2018 to ensure that the
                                                                                                       OMB control number 0910–0338; the                     Agency considers your comment on this
                                              I. Background                                            collections of information in the                     draft guidance before it begins work on
                                                FDA is announcing the availability of                  guidance entitled ‘‘Expedited Programs                the final version of the guidance.
                                              a draft document entitled ‘‘Human Gene                   for Serious Conditions—Drugs and                      ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
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                                              Therapy for Retinal Disorders; Draft                     Biologics’’ have been approved under                  on any guidance at any time as follows:
                                              Guidance for Industry.’’ The draft                       OMB control number 0910–0765; and
                                              guidance provides recommendations to                     the collections of information in the                 Electronic Submissions
                                              stakeholders developing GT products                      guidance entitled ‘‘Formal Meetings                     Submit electronic comments in the
                                              for retinal disorders affecting adult and                Between the FDA and Sponsors or                       following way:
                                              pediatric patients. These disorders vary                 Applicants’’ have been approved under                   • Federal eRulemaking Portal:
                                              in etiology, prevalence, diagnosis, and                  OMB control number 0910–0429.                         https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the


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                                              instructions for submitting comments.                    claimed confidential information                      However, developing safe and effective
                                              Comments submitted electronically,                       redacted/blacked out, will be available               products to treat rare diseases can be
                                              including attachments, to https://                       for public viewing and posted on                      challenging. For example, it may be
                                              www.regulations.gov will be posted to                    https://www.regulations.gov. Submit                   more difficult to find and recruit such
                                              the docket unchanged. Because your                       both copies to the Dockets Management                 patients into clinical trials, and many
                                              comment will be made public, you are                     Staff. If you do not wish your name and               rare diseases exhibit a number of
                                              solely responsible for ensuring that your                contact information to be made publicly               variations or subtypes. Consequently,
                                              comment does not include any                             available, you can provide this                       patients may have highly diverse
                                              confidential information that you or a                   information on the cover sheet and not                clinical manifestations and rates of
                                              third party may not wish to be posted,                   in the body of your comments, and you                 disease progression with unpredictable
                                              such as medical information, your or                     must identify this information as                     clinical courses. Despite these
                                              anyone else’s Social Security number, or                 ‘‘confidential.’’ Any information marked              challenges, GT-related research and
                                              confidential business information, such                  as ‘‘confidential’’ will not be disclosed             development continue to grow at a rapid
                                              as a manufacturing process. Please note                  except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20                rate, with several products advancing in
                                              that if you include your name, contact                   and other applicable disclosure law. For              clinical development.
                                              information, or other information that                   more information about FDA’s posting                     FDA is announcing the availability of
                                              identifies you in the body of your                       of comments to public dockets, see 80                 a document entitled ‘‘Human Gene
                                              comments, that information will be                       FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or access               Therapy for Rare Diseases; Draft
                                              posted on https://www.regulations.gov.                   the information at: https://www.gpo.gov/              Guidance for Industry.’’ The draft
                                                • If you want to submit a comment                      fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-                     guidance provides recommendations to
                                              with confidential information that you                   23389.pdf.                                            stakeholders developing a GT product
                                              do not wish to be made available to the                     Docket: For access to the docket to                intended to treat a rare disease in adult
                                              public, submit the comment as a                          read background documents or the                      and/or pediatric patients regarding the
                                              written/paper submission and in the                      electronic and written/paper comments                 manufacturing, preclinical, and clinical
                                              manner detailed (see ‘‘Written/Paper                     received, go to https://                              trial design issues for all phases of the
                                              Submissions’’ and ‘‘Instructions’’).                     www.regulations.gov and insert the                    clinical development program. Such
                                                                                                       docket number, found in brackets in the               information is intended to assist
                                              Written/Paper Submissions
                                                                                                       heading of this document, into the                    sponsors in designing clinical
                                                 Submit written/paper submissions as                                                                         development programs for such
                                                                                                       ‘‘Search’’ box and follow the prompts
                                              follows:                                                                                                       products, where there may be limited
                                                                                                       and/or go to the Dockets Management
                                                 • Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier (for                                                                           study population size and potential
                                                                                                       Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061,
                                              Written/Paper Submissions): Dockets                                                                            feasibility and safety issues as well as
                                                                                                       Rockville, MD 20852.
                                              Management Staff (HFA–305), Food and                                                                           issues relating to the interpretability of
                                                                                                          You may submit comments on any
                                              Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers                                                                              bioactivity/efficacy outcomes that may
                                                                                                       guidance at any time (see 21 CFR
                                              Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.                                                                           be unique to rare diseases or to the
                                                 • For written/paper comments                          10.115(g)(5)).
                                                                                                          Submit written requests for single                 nature of the GT product itself.
                                              submitted to the Dockets Management                                                                               Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal
                                              Staff, FDA will post your comment as                     copies of the draft guidance to the Office
                                                                                                       of Communication, Outreach and                        Register, FDA is announcing the
                                              well as any attachments, except for                                                                            availability of two other human gene
                                              information submitted, marked, and                       Development, Center for Biologics
                                                                                                                                                             therapy draft guidance documents
                                              identified as confidential, if submitted                 Evaluation and Research (CBER), Food
                                                                                                                                                             entitled ‘‘Human Gene Therapy for
                                              as detailed in ‘‘Instructions.’’                         and Drug Administration, 10903 New
                                                                                                                                                             Hemophilia; Draft Guidance for
                                                 Instructions: All submissions received                Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 3128,
                                                                                                                                                             Industry’’ and ‘‘Human Gene Therapy
                                              must include the Docket No. FDA–                         Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002. Send
                                                                                                                                                             for Retinal Disorders; Draft Guidance for
                                              2018–D–2258 for ‘‘Human Gene                             one self-addressed adhesive label to
                                                                                                                                                             Industry.’’
                                              Therapy for Rare Diseases; Draft                         assist the office in processing your
                                                                                                                                                                This draft guidance is being issued
                                              Guidance for Industry.’’ Received                        requests. The draft guidance may also be
                                                                                                                                                             consistent with FDA’s good guidance
                                              comments will be placed in the docket                    obtained by mail by calling CBER at 1–
                                                                                                                                                             practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115).
                                              and, except for those submitted as                       800–835–4709 or 240–402–8010. See
                                                                                                                                                             The draft guidance, when finalized, will
                                              ‘‘Confidential Submissions,’’ publicly                   the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
                                                                                                                                                             represent the current thinking of FDA
                                              viewable at https://www.regulations.gov                  for electronic access to the draft
                                                                                                                                                             on ‘‘Human Gene Therapy for Rare
                                              or at the Dockets Management Staff                       guidance document.
                                                                                                                                                             Diseases.’’ It does not establish any
                                              between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday                        FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      rights for any person and is not binding
                                              through Friday.                                          Jonathan McKnight, Center for Biologics               on FDA or the public. You can use an
                                                 • Confidential Submissions—To                         Evaluation and Research, Food and                     alternative approach if it satisfies the
                                              submit a comment with confidential                       Drug Administration, 10903 New                        requirements of the applicable statutes
                                              information that you do not wish to be                   Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 7301,                   and regulations. This guidance is not
                                              made publicly available, submit your                     Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, 240–                    subject to Executive Order 12866.
                                              comments only as a written/paper                         402–7911.
                                              submission. You should submit two                        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                                                                             II. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
                                              copies, total. One copy will include the                                                                          This draft guidance refers to
                                              information you claim to be confidential                 I. Background                                         previously approved collections of
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                                              with a heading or cover note that states                   The Orphan Drug Act of 1983 (Pub. L.                information subject to review by the
                                              ‘‘THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS                                 97–414) defines a rare disease as a                   Office of Management and Budget
                                              CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.’’ The                          disease or condition that affects fewer               (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction
                                              Agency will review this copy, including                  than 200,000 persons in the United                    Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520). The
                                              the claimed confidential information, in                 States. Since most rare diseases have no              collections of information in 21 CFR
                                              its consideration of comments. The                       approved therapies, there is a significant            part 50 have been approved under OMB
                                              second copy, which will have the                         unmet need for effective treatments.                  control number 0910–0755; the


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                                              collections of information in 21 CFR                              Dated: July 5, 2018.                                          longer marketed and requested that the
                                              part 58 have been approved under OMB                            Leslie Kux,                                                     approval of the applications be
                                              control number 0910–0119; the                                   Associate Commissioner for Policy.                              withdrawn.
                                              collections of information in 21 CFR                            [FR Doc. 2018–14871 Filed 7–11–18; 8:45 am]
                                              part 312 have been approved under                                                                                               DATES:Approval is withdrawn as of
                                                                                                              BILLING CODE 4164–01–P
                                              OMB control number 0910–0014; the                                                                                               August 13, 2018.
                                              collections of information in 21 CFR                                                                                            FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                              part 601 have been approved under                               DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                        Florine P. Purdie, Center for Drug
                                              OMB control number 0910–0338; the                               HUMAN SERVICES                                                  Evaluation and Research, Food and
                                              collections of information in the                                                                                               Drug Administration, 10903 New
                                              guidance entitled ‘‘Expedited Programs                          Food and Drug Administration                                    Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm. 6248,
                                              for Serious Conditions—Drugs and                                                                                                Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, 301–
                                                                                                              [Docket No. FDA–2018–N–2180]
                                              Biologics’’ have been approved under                                                                                            796–3601.
                                              OMB control number 0910–0765; and                               Concordia Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al.;
                                              the collections of information in the                                                                                           SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:     The
                                                                                                              Withdrawal of Approval of 29 New
                                              guidance entitled ‘‘Formal Meetings                                                                                             holders of the applications listed in the
                                                                                                              Drug Applications
                                              Between the FDA and Sponsors or                                                                                                 table have informed FDA that these drug
                                              Applicants’’ have been approved under                           AGENCY:       Food and Drug Administration,                     products are no longer marketed and
                                              OMB control number 0910–0429.                                   HHS.                                                            have requested that FDA withdraw
                                                                                                              ACTION:     Notice.                                             approval of the applications under the
                                              III. Electronic Access                                                                                                          process in § 314.150(c) (21 CFR
                                                 Persons with access to the internet                          SUMMARY:  The Food and Drug                                     314.150(c)). The applicants have also,
                                              may obtain the draft guidance at either                         Administration (FDA or Agency) is                               by their requests, waived their
                                              https://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBlood                              withdrawing approval of 29 new drug                             opportunity for a hearing. Withdrawal
                                              Vaccines/GuidanceCompliance                                     applications (NDAs) from multiple                               of approval of an application or
                                              RegulatoryInformation/Guidances/                                applicants. The holders of the                                  abbreviated application under
                                              default.htm or https://                                         applications notified the Agency in                             § 314.150(c) is without prejudice to
                                              www.regulations.gov.                                            writing that the drug products were no                          refiling.
                                                Application No.                                              Drug                                                                           Applicant

                                              NDA 011287 .........    Kayexalate (sodium polystyrene sulfonate) Powder for Suspension,                       Concordia Pharmaceuticals, Inc., c/o Mapi USA, Inc., 2343 Alexandria
                                                                        453.6 gram (g)/bottle.                                                                 Dr., Lexington, KY 40504.
                                              NDA 012249 .........    Librium (chlordiazepoxide hydrochloride (HCl)) Capsules, 5 milligram                   Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America, LLC, 400 Somerset Cor-
                                                                        (mg), 10 mg, and 25 mg.                                                                porate Blvd., Bridgewater, NJ 08807.
                                              NDA 016211 .........    Miochol (acetylcholine chloride) for Ophthalmic Solution, 20 mg/vial ....              Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., One Health Pl., East Hanover, NJ
                                                                                                                                                               07936.
                                              NDA 018674 .........    Metro I.V. (metronidazole) Injection, 500 mg/100 milliliter (mL) .............         B. Braun Medical, Inc., 901 Marcon Blvd., Allentown, PA 18109.
                                              NDA 018852 .........    Sulfamethoxazole and Trimethoprim Tablets USP, 400 mg; 80 mg ......                    Watson Laboratories, Inc., Subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceuticals USA,
                                                                                                                                                               Inc., 425 Privet Rd., Horsham, PA 19044.
                                              NDA 018854 .........    Sulfamethoxazole and Trimethoprim Tablets USP, 800 mg; 160 mg ....                     Do.
                                              NDA 018988 .........    Vasocidin (prednisolone sodium phosphate and sulfacetamide sodium)                     Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.
                                                                        Ophthalmic Solution, equivalent to (EQ) 0.23% phosphate/10%.
                                              NDA 019844 .........    Isolyte H in Dextrose 5% in Plastic Container Injection .........................      B. Braun Medical, Inc.
                                              NDA 019870 .........    Isolyte M in Dextrose 5% in Plastic Container Injection .........................      Do.
                                              NDA 019964 .........    Terazol 3 (terconazole) Vaginal Cream, 0.8% ........................................   Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 1125 Trenton-Harbourton Rd.,
                                                                                                                                                                Titusville, NJ 08560.
                                              NDA 020000 .........    Dextrose 5% in Ringer’s in Plastic Container Injection ..........................      B. Braun Medical, Inc.
                                              NDA 020393 .........    Atrovent (ipratropium bromide) Nasal Spray, 0.021 mg/spray ...............             Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 900 Ridgebury Rd., P.O.
                                                                                                                                                                Box 368, Ridgefield, CT 06877–0368.
                                              NDA 020394 .........    Atrovent (ipratropium bromide) Nasal Spray, 0.042 mg/spray ...............             Do.
                                              NDA 021180 .........    Ortho Evra (ethinyl estradiol; norelgestromin) Transdermal Patch,                      Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 1000 U.S. Route 202, P.O. Box 300,
                                                                        0.035 mg/24 h; 0.15 mg/24 h.                                                            Raritan, NJ 08869–0602.
                                              NDA 021633 .........    Femtrace (estradiol acetate) Tablets, 0.45 mg, 0.9 mg, and 1.8 mg .....                Allergan Pharmaceuticals International, Ltd., c/o Allergan Sales, LLC,
                                                                                                                                                                2525 Dupont Dr., Irvine, CA 92612.
                                              NDA 022033 .........    Luvox CR (fluvoxamine maleate) Extended-Release Capsules, 100 mg                       Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 3180 Porter Dr., Palo Alto, CA 94304.
                                                                        and 150 mg.
                                              NDA 022106 .........    Doribax (doripenem) for Injection, 250 mg/vial and 500 mg/vial ............            Shionogi, Inc., 300 Campus Dr., Florham Park, NJ 07932.
                                              NDA 022386 .........    PrandiMet (metformin HCl; repaglinide) Tablets, 500mg; 1 mg and 500                    Novo Nordisk, Inc., P.O. Box 846, Plainsboro, NJ 08536.
                                                                        mg; 2 mg.
                                              NDA 050201 .........    Ophthocort (chloramphenicol, hydrocortisone acetate, polymyxin B sul-                  Parkedale Pharmaceuticals, Subsidiary of Pfizer Inc., 235 East 42nd
                                                                        fate) Ophthalmic Ointment USP, 10 mg/g; 5 mg/g; 10,000 units/g.                        St., New York, NY 10017.
                                              NDA 050344 .........    Statrol (neomycin sulfate; polymyxin B sulfate) Ophthalmic Ointment,                   Alcon Laboratories, Inc., 6201 South Freeway, TC–45, Fort Worth, TX
                                                                        EQ 3.5 mg base/g; 10,000 units/g.                                                      76134.
                                              NDA 050442 .........    Vibramycin (doxycycline hyclate) Injection, EQ to 200 mg base/vial                     Pfizer, Inc., 235 East 42nd St., New York, NY 10017.
                                                                        and EQ 100 mg base/vial.
                                              NDA 050497 .........    Ticar (ticarcillin disodium) Injection, EQ 1 g base/vial, EQ 3 g base/                 GlaxoSmithKline, 1250 Collegeville Rd., Collegeville, PA 19426.
                                                                        vial, EQ 6 g base/vial, EQ 20 g base/vial, and EQ 30 g base/vial.
                                              NDA 050512 .........    Duricef (cefadroxil monohydrate) USP Capsules, EQ 500 mg base and                      Warner Chilcott Co., LLC, 100 Enterprise Dr., Rockaway, NJ 07866.
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                                                                        EQ 250 mg base.
                                              NDA 050527 .........    Duricef (cefadroxil monohydrate) USP For Oral Suspension, EQ 125                       Do.
                                                                        mg base/5 mL, EQ 250 mg base/5 mL, and EQ 500 mg base/5 mL.
                                              NDA 050593 .........    Eryc Sprinkles (erythromycin) Capsules, 125 mg ...................................     Hospira Inc., 275 North Field Dr., Lake Forest, IL 60045.
                                              NDA 050646 .........    Ceptaz (ceftazidime) Injection, 500 mg/vial, 1 g/vial, 2 g/vial, and 10 g/             GlaxoSmithKline.
                                                                        vial.
                                              NDA 050668 .........    Lorabid (loracarbef) Capsules USP, 200 mg and 400 mg .....................             King Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 501 Fifth St., Bristol, TN 37620.
                                              NDA 050792 .........    Cefotaxime and Dextrose 2.4% in Plastic Container, EQ 2 g base, and                    B. Braun Medical, Inc.
                                                                        Cefotaxime and Dextrose 3.9% in Plastic Container, EQ 1 g base.



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Document Created: 2018-11-06 10:22:37
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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GS 4.107:
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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 the draft guidance by October 10, 2018 to ensure that the Agency considers your comment on this draft guidance before it begins work on the final version of the guidance.
ContactJonathan McKnight, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 7301, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 240-402-7911.
FR Citation83 FR 32303 

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