83_FR_46118 83 FR 45942 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Guidance for Industry: Formal Meetings Between the Food and Drug Administration and Biosimilar Biological Product Sponsors or Applicants

83 FR 45942 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Guidance for Industry: Formal Meetings Between the Food and Drug Administration and Biosimilar Biological Product Sponsors or Applicants

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 176 (September 11, 2018)

Page Range45942-45944
FR Document2018-19674

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 176 (Tuesday, September 11, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45942-45944]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19674]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2013-D-0286]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office 
of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Guidance for 
Industry: Formal Meetings Between the Food and Drug Administration and 
Biosimilar Biological Product Sponsors or Applicants

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing 
that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Fax written comments on the collection of information by October 
11, 2018.

ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on the information collection are 
received, OMB recommends that written comments be faxed to the Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, 
Fax: 202-395-7285, or emailed to [email protected]. All 
comments should be identified with the OMB control number 0910-0802. 
Also include the FDA docket number found in brackets in the heading of 
this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Domini Bean, Office of Operations, 
Food and Drug Administration, Three White Flint North, 10A-12M, 11601 
Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD 20852, 301-796-5733, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA has 
submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for 
review and clearance.
    Guidance for Industry: Formal Meetings between the Food and Drug 
Administration and Biosimilar Biological Product Sponsors or 
Applicants.
    OMB Control No. 0910-0802--Extension.

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    This information collection supports the above captioned Agency 
guidance. The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009, 
the Biosimilar User Fee Act of 2012, and the recent passage of the 
Biosimilar User Fee Amendments of 2017 (BsUFA II) under Title IV of the 
FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017, authorize user fees for biosimilar 
biological products. FDA has committed to meeting certain performance 
goals in connection with the reauthorized biosimilar user fee program. 
To provide recommendations to industry on formal meetings between FDA 
and sponsors or applicants relating to the development and review of 
biosimilar biological products regulated by the Center for Drug 
Evaluation and Research (CDER) or the Center for Biologics Evaluation 
and Research (CBER) and assist sponsors and applicants in generating 
and submitting meeting requests and the associated meeting packages to 
FDA for biosimilar biological products, we developed guidance for 
industry entitled ``Formal Meetings Between FDA and Biosimilar 
Biological Products Sponsors or Applicants.'' The guidance describes 
our current thinking on how we intend to interpret and apply certain 
provisions of BsUFA II and provides information on specific performance 
goals for the management of meetings associated with the development 
and review of biosimilar biological products. The guidance document 
includes two types of information collection: (1) The submission of a 
meeting request containing certain information and (2) the submission 
of the information package(s) that accompany the meeting request.

A. Request for a Meeting

    Under the guidance, a sponsor or applicant interested in meeting 
with CDER or CBER should submit a meeting request to the sponsor's or 
applicant's application (i.e., investigational new drug application, 
biologics license application). If there is no application, a sponsor 
or applicant should submit the request to either the appropriate CDER 
division director, with a copy sent to the division's chief of project 
management staff, or to the division director of the appropriate 
product office within CBER, but only after first contacting the 
appropriate review division or the Biosimilars Program staff, CDER, 
Office of New Drugs to determine to whom the request should be 
directed, how it should be submitted, and the appropriate format for 
the request and to arrange for confirmation of receipt of the request. 
Under the guidance, FDA requests that sponsors and applicants 
incorporate certain information in the meeting request, including:
    1. Product name,
    2. application number (if applicable), proposed proper name or 
proper name (post licensure),
    4. structure,
    5. reference product name,
    6. proposed indication(s) or context of product development,
    7. meeting type being requested (the rationale for requesting the 
meeting type should be included),
    8. a brief statement of the purpose of the meeting, including a 
brief background of the issues underlying the agenda. It can also 
include a brief summary of completed or planned studies and clinical 
trials or data the sponsor or applicant intends to discuss at the 
meeting, the general nature of the critical questions to be asked, and 
where the meeting fits in the overall development plans.
    9. a list of specific objectives/outcomes expected from the 
meeting,
    10. a proposed agenda, including times required for each agenda 
item,
    11. a list of questions grouped by discipline and a brief 
explanation of the context and purpose of each question,
    12. a list of all individuals with their titles and affiliations 
who will attend the requested meeting from the requestor's organization 
and consultants,
    13. a list of FDA staff, if known, or disciplines asked to 
participate in the requested meeting,
    14. suggested dates and times for the meeting, and
    15. the proposed format of the meeting (i.e., face to face meeting, 
teleconference, or videoconference).
    This information will be used by FDA to determine the utility of 
the meeting, to identify FDA staff necessary to discuss proposed agenda 
items, and to schedule the meeting.

B. Information Package

    FDA requests that a sponsor or applicant submit a meeting package 
to the appropriate review division with the meeting request. FDA 
recommends that the information packages generally include:
    1. Product name and application number (if applicable),
    2. proposed proper name or proper name (post licensure),
    3. structure,
    4. reference product name,
    5. proposed indication(s) or context of product development,
    6. dosage form, route of administration, dosing regimen (frequency 
and duration), and presentation(s),
    7. a list of all sponsor's or applicant's attendees and consultants 
with their titles and affiliations who will attend the requested 
meeting,
    8. background that includes a brief history of the development 
program and the status of product development (e.g., chemistry, 
manufacturing, and controls; nonclinical; and clinical, including any 
development outside the United States, as applicable),
    9. a brief statement summarizing the purpose of the meeting,
    10. the proposed agenda,
    11. a list of questions for discussion grouped by discipline and 
with a brief summary for each question to explain the need or context 
for the question, and
    12. data to support discussion organized by discipline and 
question.
    The purpose of the meeting package is to provide FDA staff the 
opportunity to adequately prepare for the meeting, including the review 
of relevant data concerning the product.
    Description of Respondents: A sponsor or applicant for a biosimilar 
biological product who requests a formal meeting with FDA regarding the 
development and review of a biosimilar biological product.
    In the Federal Register of June 18, 2018 (83 FR 28234), we 
published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the proposed 
collection of information. No comments were received.
    We estimate the burden of this collection of information as 
follows:

                                 Table 1--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden \1\
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GFI: Formal meetings between FDA                     Number of
    and biosimilar biological        Number of     responses per   Total annual   Average burden    Total hours
 product sponsors or applicants     respondents     respondent       responses     per response
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CDER Meeting Requests...........              36             2.5              89              15           1,335
CBER Meeting Requests...........               2               1               2              15              30
CDER Information Packages.......              29             2.2              64              30           1,920

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CBER Information Packages.......               2               2               4              30             120
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    Total.......................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............           3,405
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of
  information.

    Since last OMB approval, there has been an increase in meeting 
requests with CDER and a corresponding increase in the number of 
information packages. Accordingly, we have adjusted our estimate upward 
by six respondents to CDER meeting requests. We attribute this change 
to an increase in biosimilar product development.

    Dated: September 4, 2018.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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                                               in the body of your comments and you                    will be posted on FDA’s website after                   Dated: September 4, 2018.
                                               must identify the information as                        the meeting. Background material is                   Leslie Kux,
                                               ‘‘confidential.’’ Any information marked                available at https://www.fda.gov/                     Associate Commissioner for Policy.
                                               as ‘‘confidential’’ will not be disclosed               AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/                          [FR Doc. 2018–19667 Filed 9–10–18; 8:45 am]
                                               except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20                  default.htm. Scroll down to the                       BILLING CODE 4164–01–P
                                               and other applicable disclosure law. For                appropriate advisory committee meeting
                                               more information about FDA’s posting                    link.
                                               of comments to public dockets, see 80                                                                         DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                                                                                          Procedure: Interested persons may
                                               FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or access                                                                       HUMAN SERVICES
                                                                                                       present data, information, or views,
                                               the information at: https://www.gpo.gov/
                                               fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-                       orally or in writing, on issues pending               Food and Drug Administration
                                               23389.pdf .                                             before the committee. All electronic and
                                                                                                       written submissions submitted to the                  [Docket No. FDA–2013–D–0286]
                                                  Docket: For access to the docket to
                                               read background documents or the                        Docket (see ADDRESSES) on or before
                                                                                                                                                             Agency Information Collection
                                               electronic and written/paper comments                   October 3, 2018, will be provided to the
                                                                                                                                                             Activities; Submission for Office of
                                               received, go to https://                                committee. Oral presentations from the
                                                                                                                                                             Management and Budget Review;
                                               www.regulations.gov and insert the                      public will be scheduled between
                                                                                                                                                             Comment Request; Guidance for
                                               docket number, found in brackets in the                 approximately 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Those                 Industry: Formal Meetings Between the
                                               heading of this document, into the                      individuals interested in making formal               Food and Drug Administration and
                                               ‘‘Search’’ box and follow the prompts                   oral presentations should notify the                  Biosimilar Biological Product
                                               and/or go to the Dockets Management                     contact person and submit a brief                     Sponsors or Applicants
                                               Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061,                     statement of the general nature of the
                                               Rockville, MD 20852.                                    evidence or arguments they wish to                    AGENCY:    Food and Drug Administration,
                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        present, the names and addresses of                   HHS.
                                               Moon Hee V. Choi, Center for Drug                       proposed participants, and an                         ACTION:   Notice.
                                               Evaluation and Research, Food and                       indication of the approximate time
                                                                                                                                                             SUMMARY:   The Food and Drug
                                               Drug Administration, 10903 New                          requested to make their presentation on
                                                                                                                                                             Administration (FDA or we) is
                                               Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 31, Rm. 2417,                     or before September 25, 2018. Time
                                                                                                                                                             announcing that a proposed collection
                                               Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, 301–                      allotted for each presentation may be
                                                                                                                                                             of information has been submitted to the
                                               796–9001, Fax: 301–847–8533, email:                     limited. If the number of registrants
                                                                                                                                                             Office of Management and Budget
                                               AADPAC@fda.hhs.gov, or FDA                              requesting to speak is greater than can
                                                                                                                                                             (OMB) for review and clearance under
                                               Advisory Committee Information Line,                    be reasonably accommodated during the                 the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
                                               1–800–741–8138 (301–443–0572 in the                     scheduled open public hearing session,
                                                                                                                                                             DATES: Fax written comments on the
                                               Washington, DC area). A notice in the                   FDA may conduct a lottery to determine
                                                                                                                                                             collection of information by October 11,
                                               Federal Register about last minute                      the speakers for the scheduled open
                                                                                                                                                             2018.
                                               modifications that impact a previously                  public hearing session. The contact
                                                                                                                                                             ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on
                                               announced advisory committee meeting                    person will notify interested persons
                                               cannot always be published quickly                      regarding their request to speak by                   the information collection are received,
                                               enough to provide timely notice.                                                                              OMB recommends that written
                                                                                                       September 26, 2018.
                                               Therefore, you should always check the                                                                        comments be faxed to the Office of
                                                                                                          Persons attending FDA’s advisory                   Information and Regulatory Affairs,
                                               FDA’s website at https://www.fda.gov/                   committee meetings are advised that
                                               AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm and                                                                            OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, Fax: 202–
                                                                                                       FDA is not responsible for providing                  395–7285, or emailed to oira_
                                               scroll down to the appropriate advisory                 access to electrical outlets.
                                               committee meeting link, or call the                                                                           submission@omb.eop.gov. All
                                               advisory committee information line to                     For press inquiries, please contact the            comments should be identified with the
                                               learn about possible modifications                      Office of Media Affairs at fdaoma@                    OMB control number 0910–0802. Also
                                               before coming to the meeting.                           fda.hhs.gov or 301–796–4540.                          include the FDA docket number found
                                                                                                                                                             in brackets in the heading of this
                                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                                 FDA welcomes the attendance of the
                                                                                                                                                             document.
                                                  Agenda: The committee will be asked                  public at its advisory committee
                                               to discuss new drug application (NDA)                   meetings and will make every effort to                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                               210730, for oliceridine 1 milligram/                    accommodate persons with disabilities.                Domini Bean, Office of Operations,
                                               milliliter injection, submitted by                      If you require accommodations due to a                Food and Drug Administration, Three
                                               Trevena, Inc., for the management of                    disability, please contact Moon Hee V.                White Flint North, 10A–12M, 11601
                                               moderate-to-severe acute pain in adult                  Choi (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION                     Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD
                                               patients for whom an intravenous                        CONTACT) at least 7 days in advance of                20852, 301–796–5733, PRAStaff@
                                               opioid is warranted. The committee will                 the meeting.                                          fda.hhs.gov.
                                               also be asked to discuss the efficacy and                                                                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
                                                                                                          FDA is committed to the orderly
                                               safety data and benefit-risk                                                                                  compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA
                                                                                                       conduct of its advisory committee
                                               considerations.                                                                                               has submitted the following proposed
                                                                                                       meetings. Please visit our website at
                                                  FDA intends to make background                                                                             collection of information to OMB for
                                               material available to the public no later               https://www.fda.gov/Advisory
                                                                                                                                                             review and clearance.
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                                               than 2 business days before the meeting.                Committees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/
                                                                                                                                                               Guidance for Industry: Formal
                                               If FDA is unable to post the background                 ucm111462.htm for procedures on
                                                                                                                                                             Meetings between the Food and Drug
                                               material on its website prior to the                    public conduct during advisory
                                                                                                                                                             Administration and Biosimilar
                                               meeting, the background material will                   committee meetings.                                   Biological Product Sponsors or
                                               be made publicly available at the                          Notice of this meeting is given under              Applicants.
                                               location of the advisory committee                      the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5                   OMB Control No. 0910–0802—
                                               meeting, and the background material                    U.S.C. app. 2).                                       Extension.


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                                                 This information collection supports                        contacting the appropriate review                     B. Information Package
                                               the above captioned Agency guidance.                          division or the Biosimilars Program
                                                                                                                                                                      FDA requests that a sponsor or
                                               The Biologics Price Competition and                           staff, CDER, Office of New Drugs to
                                                                                                                                                                   applicant submit a meeting package to
                                               Innovation Act of 2009, the Biosimilar                        determine to whom the request should
                                                                                                                                                                   the appropriate review division with the
                                               User Fee Act of 2012, and the recent                          be directed, how it should be submitted,
                                                                                                                                                                   meeting request. FDA recommends that
                                               passage of the Biosimilar User Fee                            and the appropriate format for the
                                                                                                                                                                   the information packages generally
                                               Amendments of 2017 (BsUFA II) under                           request and to arrange for confirmation
                                                                                                                                                                   include:
                                               Title IV of the FDA Reauthorization Act                       of receipt of the request. Under the
                                               of 2017, authorize user fees for                                                                                       1. Product name and application
                                                                                                             guidance, FDA requests that sponsors
                                               biosimilar biological products. FDA has                                                                             number (if applicable),
                                                                                                             and applicants incorporate certain
                                               committed to meeting certain                                  information in the meeting request,                      2. proposed proper name or proper
                                               performance goals in connection with                          including:                                            name (post licensure),
                                               the reauthorized biosimilar user fee                             1. Product name,                                      3. structure,
                                               program. To provide recommendations                              2. application number (if applicable),                4. reference product name,
                                               to industry on formal meetings between                        proposed proper name or proper name                      5. proposed indication(s) or context of
                                               FDA and sponsors or applicants relating                       (post licensure),                                     product development,
                                               to the development and review of                                 4. structure,                                         6. dosage form, route of
                                               biosimilar biological products regulated                         5. reference product name,                         administration, dosing regimen
                                               by the Center for Drug Evaluation and                            6. proposed indication(s) or context of            (frequency and duration), and
                                               Research (CDER) or the Center for                             product development,                                  presentation(s),
                                               Biologics Evaluation and Research                                7. meeting type being requested (the                  7. a list of all sponsor’s or applicant’s
                                               (CBER) and assist sponsors and                                rationale for requesting the meeting type             attendees and consultants with their
                                               applicants in generating and submitting                       should be included),                                  titles and affiliations who will attend
                                               meeting requests and the associated                              8. a brief statement of the purpose of             the requested meeting,
                                               meeting packages to FDA for biosimilar                        the meeting, including a brief                           8. background that includes a brief
                                               biological products, we developed                             background of the issues underlying the               history of the development program and
                                               guidance for industry entitled ‘‘Formal                       agenda. It can also include a brief                   the status of product development (e.g.,
                                               Meetings Between FDA and Biosimilar                           summary of completed or planned                       chemistry, manufacturing, and controls;
                                               Biological Products Sponsors or                               studies and clinical trials or data the               nonclinical; and clinical, including any
                                               Applicants.’’ The guidance describes                          sponsor or applicant intends to discuss               development outside the United States,
                                               our current thinking on how we intend                         at the meeting, the general nature of the             as applicable),
                                               to interpret and apply certain provisions                     critical questions to be asked, and where                9. a brief statement summarizing the
                                               of BsUFA II and provides information                                                                                purpose of the meeting,
                                                                                                             the meeting fits in the overall
                                               on specific performance goals for the                                                                                  10. the proposed agenda,
                                                                                                             development plans.
                                               management of meetings associated                                                                                      11. a list of questions for discussion
                                                                                                                9. a list of specific objectives/
                                               with the development and review of                                                                                  grouped by discipline and with a brief
                                                                                                             outcomes expected from the meeting,
                                               biosimilar biological products. The                                                                                 summary for each question to explain
                                                                                                                10. a proposed agenda, including
                                               guidance document includes two types                                                                                the need or context for the question, and
                                               of information collection: (1) The                            times required for each agenda item,
                                                                                                                11. a list of questions grouped by                    12. data to support discussion
                                               submission of a meeting request                                                                                     organized by discipline and question.
                                               containing certain information and (2)                        discipline and a brief explanation of the
                                                                                                             context and purpose of each question,                    The purpose of the meeting package is
                                               the submission of the information
                                                                                                                12. a list of all individuals with their           to provide FDA staff the opportunity to
                                               package(s) that accompany the meeting
                                                                                                             titles and affiliations who will attend               adequately prepare for the meeting,
                                               request.
                                                                                                             the requested meeting from the                        including the review of relevant data
                                               A. Request for a Meeting                                      requestor’s organization and                          concerning the product.
                                                  Under the guidance, a sponsor or                           consultants,                                             Description of Respondents: A
                                               applicant interested in meeting with                             13. a list of FDA staff, if known, or              sponsor or applicant for a biosimilar
                                               CDER or CBER should submit a meeting                          disciplines asked to participate in the               biological product who requests a
                                               request to the sponsor’s or applicant’s                       requested meeting,                                    formal meeting with FDA regarding the
                                               application (i.e., investigational new                           14. suggested dates and times for the              development and review of a biosimilar
                                               drug application, biologics license                           meeting, and                                          biological product.
                                               application). If there is no application,                        15. the proposed format of the                        In the Federal Register of June 18,
                                               a sponsor or applicant should submit                          meeting (i.e., face to face meeting,                  2018 (83 FR 28234), we published a 60-
                                               the request to either the appropriate                         teleconference, or videoconference).                  day notice requesting public comment
                                               CDER division director, with a copy                              This information will be used by FDA               on the proposed collection of
                                               sent to the division’s chief of project                       to determine the utility of the meeting,              information. No comments were
                                               management staff, or to the division                          to identify FDA staff necessary to                    received.
                                               director of the appropriate product                           discuss proposed agenda items, and to                    We estimate the burden of this
                                               office within CBER, but only after first                      schedule the meeting.                                 collection of information as follows:

                                                                                                   TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN 1
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                                                                                                                                                 Number of            Total            Average
                                                    GFI: Formal meetings between FDA and biosimilar                           Number of        responses per         annual          burden per    Total hours
                                                         biological product sponsors or applicants                           respondents         respondent        responses          response

                                               CDER Meeting Requests .....................................................                36               2.5               89               15          1,335
                                               CBER Meeting Requests .....................................................                 2                 1                2               15             30
                                               CDER Information Packages ...............................................                  29               2.2               64               30          1,920



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                                                                                                TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN 1—Continued
                                                                                                                                                                        Number of                      Total                     Average
                                                   GFI: Formal meetings between FDA and biosimilar                                           Number of                responses per                   annual                   burden per              Total hours
                                                        biological product sponsors or applicants                                           respondents                 respondent                  responses                   response

                                               CBER Information Packages ...............................................                                        2                           2                          4                        30              120

                                                    Total ..............................................................................   ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................          3,405
                                                  1 There   are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.


                                                 Since last OMB approval, there has                                      synthetic manufacturing process                                             information submitted, marked and
                                               been an increase in meeting requests                                      changes; changes in the source of drug                                      identified, as confidential, if submitted
                                               with CDER and a corresponding                                             substance; and change to container                                          as detailed in ‘‘Instructions.’’
                                               increase in the number of information                                     closure system of the drug substance.                                          Instructions: All submissions received
                                               packages. Accordingly, we have                                            DATES: Submit either electronic or                                          must include the Docket No. FDA–
                                               adjusted our estimate upward by six                                       written comments on the draft guidance                                      2018–D–3151 for ‘‘Postapproval
                                               respondents to CDER meeting requests.                                     by November 13, 2018 to ensure that the                                     Changes to Drug Substances.’’ Received
                                               We attribute this change to an increase                                   Agency considers your comment on this                                       comments will be placed in the docket
                                               in biosimilar product development.                                        draft guidance before it begins work on                                     and, except for those submitted as
                                                 Dated: September 4, 2018.                                               the final version of the guidance.                                          ‘‘Confidential Submissions,’’ publicly
                                               Leslie Kux,                                                               ADDRESSES: You may submit comments                                          viewable at https://www.regulations.gov
                                                                                                                         on any guidance at any time as follows:                                     or at the Dockets Management Staff
                                               Associate Commissioner for Policy.
                                                                                                                                                                                                     between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–19674 Filed 9–10–18; 8:45 am]                               Electronic Submissions                                                      through Friday.
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                                                                                                                           Submit electronic comments in the                                            • Confidential Submissions—To
                                                                                                                         following way:                                                              submit a comment with confidential
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                                                                                                                         https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the                                     made publicly available, submit your
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                                                                                                                         instructions for submitting comments.
                                               Food and Drug Administration                                              Comments submitted electronically,                                          submission. You should submit two
                                                                                                                         including attachments, to https://                                          copies total. One copy will include the
                                               [Docket No. FDA–2018–D–3151]                                              www.regulations.gov will be posted to                                       information you claim to be confidential
                                                                                                                         the docket unchanged. Because your                                          with a heading or cover note that states
                                               Postapproval Changes to Drug                                                                                                                          ‘‘THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS
                                               Substances; Draft Guidance for                                            comment will be made public, you are
                                                                                                                         solely responsible for ensuring that your                                   CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.’’ The
                                               Industry; Availability                                                                                                                                Agency will review this copy, including
                                                                                                                         comment does not include any
                                               AGENCY:      Food and Drug Administration,                                confidential information that you or a                                      the claimed confidential information, in
                                               HHS.                                                                      third party may not wish to be posted,                                      its consideration of comments. The
                                               ACTION:     Notice of availability.                                       such as medical information, your or                                        second copy, which will have the
                                                                                                                         anyone else’s Social Security number, or                                    claimed confidential information
                                               SUMMARY:    The Food and Drug                                             confidential business information, such                                     redacted/blacked out, will be available
                                               Administration (FDA or Agency) is                                         as a manufacturing process. Please note                                     for public viewing and posted on
                                               announcing the availability of a draft                                    that if you include your name, contact                                      https://www.regulations.gov. Submit
                                               guidance for industry entitled                                            information, or other information that                                      both copies to the Dockets Management
                                               ‘‘Postapproval Changes to Drug                                            identifies you in the body of your                                          Staff. If you do not wish your name and
                                               Substances.’’ This draft guidance                                         comments, that information will be                                          contact information to be made publicly
                                               provides recommendations to holders of                                    posted on https://www.regulations.gov.                                      available, you can provide this
                                               approved new drug applications,                                             • If you want to submit a comment                                         information on the cover sheet and not
                                               abbreviated new drug applications, new                                    with confidential information that you                                      in the body of your comments and you
                                               animal drug applications, abbreviated                                     do not wish to be made available to the                                     must identify this information as
                                               new animal drug applications, and                                         public, submit the comment as a                                             ‘‘confidential.’’ Any information marked
                                               holders of drug master files and                                          written/paper submission and in the                                         as ‘‘confidential’’ will not be disclosed
                                               veterinary master files who may want to                                   manner detailed (see ‘‘Written/Paper                                        except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20
                                               make a change to the drug substance                                       Submissions’’ and ‘‘Instructions’’).                                        and other applicable disclosure law. For
                                               manufacturing process during the drug                                                                                                                 more information about FDA’s posting
                                               product application postapproval                                          Written/Paper Submissions                                                   of comments to public dockets, see 80
                                               period. The draft guidance applies to                                       Submit written/paper submissions as                                       FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or access
                                               synthetic drug substances and the                                         follows:                                                                    the information at: https://www.gpo.gov/
                                               synthetic steps involved in the                                             • Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for                                         fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-
                                               preparation of semisynthetic drug                                         written/paper submissions): Dockets                                         23389.pdf.
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                                               substances. The draft guidance covers                                     Management Staff (HFA–305), Food and                                           Docket: For access to the docket to
                                               facility, scale, and equipment changes                                    Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers                                           read background documents or the
                                               associated with all steps of drug                                         Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.                                        electronic and written/paper comments
                                               substance manufacturing; specification                                      • For written/paper comments                                              received, go to https://
                                               changes to starting materials, raw                                        submitted to the Dockets Management                                         www.regulations.gov and insert the
                                               materials, intermediates, and the                                         Staff, FDA will post your comment, as                                       docket number, found in brackets in the
                                               unfinished and final drug substance;                                      well as any attachments, except for                                         heading of this document, into the


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesFax written comments on the collection of information by October 11, 2018.
ContactDomini Bean, Office of Operations, Food and Drug Administration, Three White Flint North, 10A-12M, 11601 Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD 20852, 301-796-5733, [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 45942 

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