83_FR_48823 83 FR 48636 - Animal Generic Drug User Fee Rates and Payment Procedures for Fiscal Year 2019

83 FR 48636 - Animal Generic Drug User Fee Rates and Payment Procedures for Fiscal Year 2019

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 187 (September 26, 2018)

Page Range48636-48639
FR Document2018-20912

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the fee rates and payment procedures for fiscal year (FY) 2019 generic new animal drug user fees. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), as amended by the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2018 (AGDUFA III), authorizes FDA to collect user fees for certain abbreviated applications for generic new animal drugs, for certain generic new animal drug products, and for certain sponsors of such abbreviated applications for generic new animal drugs and/or investigational submissions for generic new animal drugs. This notice establishes the fee rates for FY 2019.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2018-N-0007]


Animal Generic Drug User Fee Rates and Payment Procedures for 
Fiscal Year 2019

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing 
the fee rates and payment procedures for fiscal year (FY) 2019 generic 
new animal drug user fees. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(FD&C Act), as amended by the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments 
of 2018 (AGDUFA III), authorizes FDA to collect user fees for certain 
abbreviated applications for generic new animal drugs, for certain 
generic new animal drug products, and for certain sponsors of such 
abbreviated applications for generic new animal drugs and/or 
investigational submissions for generic new animal drugs. This notice 
establishes the fee rates for FY 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Visit FDA's website at https://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/UserFees/AnimalGenericDrugUserFeeActAGDUFA/default.htm, or contact Lisa Kable, Center for Veterinary Medicine 
(HFV-10), Food and Drug Administration, 7500 Standish Pl., Rockville, 
MD 20855, 240-402-6888, [email protected]. For general questions, 
you may also email the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    Section 741 of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 379j-21) establishes three 
different types of user fees: (1) Fees for certain types of abbreviated 
applications for generic new animal drugs; (2) annual fees for certain 
generic new animal drug products; and (3) annual fees for certain 
sponsors of abbreviated applications for generic new animal drugs and/
or investigational submissions for generic new animal drugs (21 U.S.C. 
379j-21(a)). When certain conditions are met, FDA will waive or reduce 
fees for generic new animal drugs intended solely to provide for a 
minor use or minor species indication (21 U.S.C. 379j-21(d)).
    For FY 2019 through FY 2023, the FD&C Act establishes a yearly base 
revenue amount and percentages for each of these fee categories (21 
U.S.C. 379j-21(b)). Base revenue amounts established for fiscal years 
after FY 2019 are subject to adjustment for inflation and workload. 
Workload increases will be adjusted for excess collections after FY 
2020 (21 U.S.C. 379j-21(c)). The target revenue amounts for each fee 
category for FY 2019, are as follows: For application fees, the target 
revenue amount is $4,584,000; for product fees, the target revenue 
amount is $6,876,000; and for sponsor fees, the target revenue amount 
is $6,876,000.
    For FY 2019, the generic new animal drug user fee rates are: 
$424,444 for each abbreviated application for a generic new animal drug 
other than those subject to the criteria in section 512(d)(4) of the 
FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 360b(d)(4)); $212,222 for each abbreviated 
application for a generic new animal drug subject to the criteria in 
section 512(d)(4); $15,486 for each generic new animal drug product; 
$150,098 for each generic new animal drug sponsor paying 100 percent of 
the sponsor fee; $112,574 for each generic new animal drug sponsor 
paying 75 percent of the sponsor fee; and $75,049 for each generic new 
animal drug sponsor paying 50 percent of the sponsor fee. FDA will 
issue invoices for FY 2019 product and sponsor fees by December 31, 
2018. These fees will be due by January 31, 2019. The application fee 
rates are effective for all abbreviated applications for a generic new 
animal drug submitted on or after October 1, 2018, and will remain in 
effect through September 30, 2019. Applications will not be accepted 
for review until FDA has received full payment of related application 
fees and any other fees owed under the Animal Generic Drug User Fee 
program (AGDUFA program).

II. Revenue Amount for FY 2019

A. Statutory Fee Revenue Amounts

    AGDUFA III, Title II of Public Law 115-234, specifies that the 
aggregate revenue amount for FY 2019 for all generic new animal drug 
user fee categories is $18,336,000 (rounded to the nearest thousand 
dollars) (21 U.S.C. 379j-21(b)(1)).

B. Inflation Adjustment to Fee Revenue Amount

    AGDUFA III specifies that the annual fee revenue amount is to be 
adjusted for inflation increases for FY 2020 and subsequent fiscal 
years, using two separate adjustments--one for personnel compensation 
and benefits (PC&B) and one for non-PC&B costs (see 21 U.S.C. 379j-
21(c)(2)). The component of the inflation adjustment for payroll costs 
shall be one plus the average annual percent change in the cost of all 
PC&B paid per full-time equivalent position at FDA for the first 3 of 
the 4 preceding fiscal years, multiplied by the average proportion of 
PC&B costs to total FDA costs for the first 3 of the 4 preceding fiscal 
years. The statute specifies that the portion of the inflation 
adjustment for non-payroll costs is the average annual percent change 
that occurred in the Consumer Price Index for urban consumers 
(Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV; not seasonally adjusted; all items 
less food and energy; annual index) for the first 3 of the preceding 4 
years of available data multiplied by the proportion of all costs other 
than PC&B costs to total FDA costs. Because the adjustment for 
inflation does not take effect until FY 2020, FDA will not adjust the 
FY 2019 fee revenue amount for inflation.

C. Workload Adjustment to Inflation Adjusted Fee Revenue Amount

    The fee revenue amounts established in AGDUFA III for FY 2020 and 
subsequent fiscal years are also subject to adjustment to account for 
changes in FDA's review workload. A workload adjustment will be applied 
to the inflation adjusted fee revenue amount (21 U.S.C. 379j-21(c)(3)).
    AGDUFA III specifies that FDA shall calculate the weighted average 
of the change in the total number of each of the four types of 
applications and submissions specified in the workload adjustment 
provision (abbreviated applications for generic new animal drugs, 
manufacturing supplemental abbreviated applications for generic new 
animal drugs, investigational generic new animal drug study 
submissions, and investigational generic new animal drug protocol 
submissions). Because the

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adjustment for workload does not take effect until FY 2020, FDA will 
not adjust the FY 2019 fee revenue amount for workload changes.

D. Reduction of Workload-Based Increase by Amount of Certain Excess 
Collections

    Under section 741(c)(3)(B) of the FD&C Act, for FYs 2021 through 
2023, if application of the workload adjustment increases the amount of 
fee revenues established for the fiscal year, as adjusted for 
inflation, the fee revenue increase will be reduced by the amount of 
any excess collections, for the second preceding fiscal year, up to the 
amount of the fee revenue increase. Since this provision will not take 
effect until FY 2021, FDA will not reduce the FY 2019 fee revenue 
amount for excess collections.

E. FY 2019 Fee Revenue Amounts

    AGDUFA III specifies that the revenue amount of $18,336,000 
(rounded to the nearest thousand dollars) for FY 2019 is to be divided 
as follows: 25 percent, or a total of $4,584,000, is to come from 
application fees; 37.5 percent, or a total of $6,876,000, is to come 
from product fees; and 37.5 percent, or a total of $6,876,000, is to 
come from sponsor fees (21 U.S.C. 379j-21(b)).

III. Abbreviated Application Fee Calculations for FY 2019

A. Application Fee Revenues and Numbers of Fee-Paying Applications

    Each person that submits an abbreviated application for a generic 
new animal drug shall be subject to an application fee, with limited 
exceptions (21 U.S.C. 379j-21(a)(1)). The term ``abbreviated 
application for a generic new animal drug'' means an abbreviated 
application for the approval of any generic new animal drug submitted 
under section 512(b)(2) (21 U.S.C. 379j-21(k)(1)). The application fees 
are to be set so that they will generate $4,584,000 in fee revenue for 
FY 2019.
    To set fees for abbreviated applications for generic new animal 
drugs to realize $4,584,000, FDA must first make some assumptions about 
the number of fee-paying abbreviated applications it will receive 
during FY 2019.
    The Agency knows the number of applications that have been 
submitted in previous years. That number fluctuates annually. FDA is 
making estimates and applying different assumptions for two types of 
full fee submissions: Original submissions of abbreviated applications 
for generic new animal drugs and ``reactivated'' submissions of 
abbreviated applications for generic new animal drugs. Any original 
submissions of abbreviated applications for generic new animal drugs 
that were received by FDA before July 1, 2008, were not assessed fees 
(21 U.S.C. 379j-21(a)(1)(A)). Some of these non-fee-paying submissions 
were later resubmitted on or after July 1 because the initial 
submission was not approved by FDA (i.e., FDA marked the submission as 
incomplete and requested additional non-administrative information) or 
because the original submission was withdrawn by the sponsor. 
Abbreviated applications for generic new animal drugs resubmitted on or 
after July 1, 2008, are subject to user fees. In this notice, FDA 
refers to these resubmitted applications as ``reactivated'' 
applications.
    Also, under AGDUFA III, an abbreviated application for an animal 
generic drug subject to the criteria in section 512(d)(4) of the FD&C 
Act and submitted on or after October 1, 2013, shall be subject to 50 
percent of the fee applicable to all other abbreviated applications for 
a generic new animal drug (21 U.S.C. 379j-21(a)(1)(C)(ii)).
    Regarding original submissions of abbreviated applications for 
generic new animal drugs, FDA is assuming that the number of 
applications for which fees will be paid in FY 2019 will equal the 
average number of submissions over the five most recently completed 
years of the AGDUFA program (FY 2013-FY 2017).
    The average number of original submissions of abbreviated 
applications for generic new animal drugs over the five most recently 
completed years is 9.2 applications not subject to the criteria in 
section 512(d)(4) of the FD&C Act and 3.2 submissions subject to the 
criteria in section 512(d)(4). Each of the submissions described under 
section 512(d)(4) of the FD&C Act pays 50 percent of the fee paid by 
the other applications and will be counted as one half of a fee. Adding 
all of the applications not subject to the criteria in section 
512(d)(4) of the FD&C Act and 50 percent of the number that are subject 
to such criteria results in a total of 10.8 anticipated full fees.
    In prior years, FDA had estimated the number of reactivations of 
abbreviated applications for generic new animal drugs that had been 
originally submitted prior to July 1, 2008. Over the years, that number 
has decreased to the point that FDA no longer expects to receive any 
reactivations of applications initially submitted prior to July 1, 
2008, and will include no provision for them in its fee estimates. 
Should such a submission be made, the submitter will be expected to pay 
the appropriate fee.
    Based on the previous assumptions, FDA is estimating that it will 
receive a total of 10.8 fee-paying generic new animal drug applications 
in FY 2019 (9.2 original applications paying a full fee and 3.2 
applications paying a half fee).

B. Application Fee Rates for FY 2019

    FDA must set the fee rates for FY 2019 so that the estimated 10.8 
abbreviated applications that pay the fee will generate a total of 
$4,584,000. To generate this amount, the fee for a generic new animal 
drug application will have to be $424,444 and for those applications 
that are subject to the criteria set forth in section 512(d)(4) of the 
FD&C Act, 50 percent of that amount, or $212,222.

IV. Generic New Animal Drug Product Fee Calculations for FY 2019

A. Product Fee Revenues and Numbers of Fee-Paying Products

    The generic new animal drug product fee must be paid annually by 
the person named as the applicant in an abbreviated application or 
supplemental abbreviated application for a generic new animal drug 
product submitted for listing under section 510 of the FD&C Act (21 
U.S.C. 360), and who had an abbreviated application or supplemental 
abbreviated application for a generic new animal drug product pending 
at FDA after September 1, 2008 (see 21 U.S.C. 379j-21(a)(2)). The term 
``generic new animal drug product'' means each specific strength or 
potency of a particular active ingredient or ingredients in final 
dosage form marketed by a particular manufacturer or distributor, which 
is uniquely identified by the labeler code and product code portions of 
the national drug code, and for which an abbreviated application for a 
generic new animal drug or supplemental abbreviated application for a 
generic new animal drug has been approved (21 U.S.C. 379j-21(k)(6)). 
The product fees are to be set so that they will generate $6,876,000 in 
fee revenue for FY 2019.
    To set generic new animal drug product fees to realize $6,876,000, 
FDA must make some assumptions about the number of products for which 
these fees will be paid in FY 2019. FDA gathered data on all generic 
new animal drug products that have been submitted for listing under 
section 510 of the FD&C Act and matched this to the list of all persons 
who FDA estimated would have an abbreviated new animal drug application 
or supplemental abbreviated

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application pending after September 1, 2008. As of June 2018, FDA 
estimates a total of 448 products submitted for listing by persons who 
had an abbreviated application for a generic new animal drug or 
supplemental abbreviated application for a generic new animal drug 
pending after September 1, 2008. Based on this, FDA believes that a 
total of 448 products will be subject to this fee in FY 2019.
    In estimating the fee revenue to be generated by generic new animal 
drug product fees in FY 2019, FDA is estimating that one percent of the 
products invoiced, or four products, will qualify for minor use/minor 
species fee waiver (see 21 U.S.C. 379j-21(d)). FDA has made this 
estimate at one percent this year, based on historical data over the 
past five completed years of the AGDUFA program.
    Accordingly, the Agency estimates that a total of 444 (448 minus 4) 
products will be subject to product fees in FY 2019.

B. Product Fee Rates for FY 2019

    FDA must set the fee rates for FY 2019 so that the estimated 444 
products that pay fees will generate a total of $6,876,000. To generate 
this amount will require the fee for a generic new animal drug product, 
rounded to the nearest dollar, to be $15,486.

V. Generic New Animal Drug Sponsor Fee Calculations for FY 2019

A. Sponsor Fee Revenues and Numbers of Fee-Paying Sponsors

    The generic new animal drug sponsor fee must be paid annually by 
each person who: (1) Is named as the applicant in an abbreviated 
application for a generic new animal drug, except for an approved 
application for which all subject products have been removed from 
listing under section 510 of the FD&C Act, or has submitted an 
investigational submission for a generic new animal drug that has not 
been terminated or otherwise rendered inactive and (2) had an 
abbreviated application for a generic new animal drug, supplemental 
abbreviated application for a generic new animal drug, or 
investigational submission for a generic new animal drug pending at FDA 
after September 1, 2008 (see 21 U.S.C. 379j-21(k)(7) and 379j-21(a)(3), 
respectively). A generic new animal drug sponsor is subject to only one 
such fee each fiscal year (see 21 U.S.C. 379j-21(a)(3)(C)). Applicants 
with more than six approved abbreviated applications will pay 100 
percent of the sponsor fee; applicants with more than one and fewer 
than seven approved abbreviated applications will pay 75 percent of the 
sponsor fee; and applicants with one or fewer approved abbreviated 
applications will pay 50 percent of the sponsor fee (see 21 U.S.C. 
379j-21(a)(3)(C)). The sponsor fees are to be set so that they will 
generate $6,876,000 in fee revenue for FY 2019.
    To set generic new animal drug sponsor fees to realize $6,876,000, 
FDA must make some assumptions about the number of sponsors who will 
pay these fees in FY 2019. Based on the number of firms that meet this 
definition and the average number of firms paying fees at each level 
over the five most recently completed years of the AGDUFA program (FY 
2013 through FY 2017), FDA estimates that in FY 2019, 14 sponsors will 
pay 100 percent fees, 19 sponsors will pay 75 percent fees, and 37 
sponsors will pay 50 percent fees. That totals the equivalent of 46.75 
full sponsor fees (14 x 100 percent or 14, plus 19 x 75 percent or 
14.25, plus 37 x 50 percent or 18.5).
    FDA estimates that about two percent of all of these sponsors, or 
0.94, may qualify for a minor use/minor species fee waiver (see 21 
U.S.C. 379j-21(d)). FDA has made the estimate of the percentage of 
sponsors that will not pay fees at two percent this year, based on 
historical data over the past five completed years of the AGDUFA 
program.
    Accordingly, the Agency estimates that the equivalent of 45.81 full 
sponsor fees (46.75 minus 0.94) are likely to be paid in FY 2019.

B. Sponsor Fee Rates for FY 2019

    FDA must set the fee rates for FY 2019 so that the estimated 
equivalent of 45.81 full sponsor fees will generate a total of 
$6,876,000. To generate this amount will require the 100 percent fee 
for a generic new animal drug sponsor, rounded to the nearest dollar, 
to be $150,098. Accordingly, the fee for those paying 75 percent of the 
full sponsor fee will be $112,574, and the fee for those paying 50 
percent of the full sponsor fee will be $75,049.

VI. Fee Schedule for FY 2019

    The fee rates for FY 2019 are summarized in table 1.

                       Table 1--FY 2019 Fee Rates
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                                                           Fee rate for
        Generic new animal drug user fee category             FY 2019
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Abbreviated Application Fee for Generic New Animal Drug         $424,444
 except those subject to the criteria in section
 512(d)(4)..............................................
Abbreviated Application Fee for Generic New Animal Drug          212,222
 subject to the criteria in section 512(d)(4)...........
Generic New Animal Drug Product Fee.....................          15,486
100 Percent Generic New Animal Drug Sponsor Fee \1\.....         150,098
75 Percent Generic New Animal Drug Sponsor Fee \1\......         112,574
50 Percent Generic New Animal Drug Sponsor Fee \1\......          75,049
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\1\ An animal drug sponsor is subject to only one fee each fiscal year.

VII. Fee Waiver or Reduction; Exemption From Fees

    The types of fee waivers and reductions that applied last fiscal 
year still exist for FY 2019. However, a new exemption from fees was 
established by AGDUFA III, as follows:
    Fees will not apply to any person who not later than September 30, 
2023, submits to CVM a supplemental abbreviated application relating to 
a generic new animal drug approved under section 512 of the FD&C Act, 
solely to add the application number to the labeling of the drug in the 
manner specified in section 502(w)(3) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 
352(w)(3)), if that person otherwise would be subject to user fees 
under AGDUFA based only on the submission of the supplemental 
abbreviated application (21 U.S.C. 379j-21(d)(2).

VIII. Procedures for Paying FY 2019 Generic New Animal Drug User Fees

A. Abbreviated Application Fees and Payment Instructions

    The FY 2019 fee established in the new fee schedule must be paid 
for an abbreviated new animal drug application subject to fees under 
AGDUFA III that is submitted on or after October 1, 2018. The payment 
must be made in U.S. currency from a U.S. bank

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by one of the following methods: Wire transfer, electronically, check, 
bank draft, or U.S. postal money order made payable to the Food and 
Drug Administration. The preferred payment method is online using an 
electronic check (Automated Clearing House (ACH), also known as eCheck) 
or credit card (Discover, VISA, MasterCard, American Express). Secure 
electronic payments can be submitted using the User Fees Payment Portal 
at https://userfees.fda.gov/pay or the Pay.gov. payment option is 
available to you after you submit a cover sheet. (Note: only full 
payments are accepted. No partial payments can be made online.) Once 
you have found your invoice, select ``Pay Now'' to be redirected to 
Pay.gov. Electronic payment options are based on the balance due. 
Payment by credit card is available only for balances less than 
$25,000. If the balance exceeds this amount, only the ACH option is 
available. Payments must be made using U.S. bank accounts as well as 
U.S. credit cards.
    When paying by check, bank draft, or U.S. postal money order, 
please write your application's unique Payment Identification Number, 
beginning with the letters ``AG'', on the upper right-hand corner of 
your completed Animal Generic Drug User Fee Cover Sheet. Also write the 
FDA post office box number (P.O. Box 979033) on the enclosed check, 
bank draft, or money order. Mail the payment and a copy of the 
completed Animal Generic Drug User Fee Cover Sheet to: Food and Drug 
Administration, P.O. Box 979033, St. Louis, MO 63197-9000.
    When paying by wire transfer, it is required that the invoice 
number is included; without the invoice number the payment may not be 
applied. If the payment amount is not applied, the invoice amount would 
be referred to collections. The originating financial institution may 
charge a wire transfer fee. If the financial institution charges a wire 
transfer fee, it is required to add that amount to the payment to 
ensure that the invoice is paid in full. Use the following account 
information when sending a wire transfer: U.S. Department of the 
Treasury, TREAS NYC, 33 Liberty St., New York, NY 10045, Account Name: 
Food and Drug Administration, Account No.: 75060099, Routing No.: 
021030004, Swift No.: FRNYUS33.
    To send a check by a courier such as Federal Express, the courier 
must deliver the check and printed copy of the cover sheet to: U.S. 
Bank, Attn: Government Lockbox 979033, 1005 Convention Plaza, St. 
Louis, MO 63101. (Note: This address is for courier delivery only. If 
you have any questions concerning courier delivery, contact U.S. Bank 
at 314-418-4013. This phone number is only for questions about courier 
delivery.)
    It is important that the fee arrives at the bank at least a day or 
two before the abbreviated application arrives at FDA's CVM. FDA 
records the official abbreviated application receipt date as the later 
of the following: The date the application was received by CVM, or the 
date U.S. Bank notifies FDA that your payment in the full amount has 
been received, or when the U.S. Department of the Treasury notifies FDA 
of payment. U.S. Bank and the United States Treasury are required to 
notify FDA within 1 working day, using the Payment Identification 
Number described previously.
    The tax identification number of FDA is 53-0196965. (Note: In no 
case should the payment for the fee be submitted to FDA with the 
application.)

B. Application Cover Sheet Procedures

    Step One--Create a user account and password. Log onto the AGDUFA 
website at https://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/UserFees/AnimalGenericDrugUserFeeActAGDUFA/ucm137049.htm and scroll down the 
page until you find the link ``Create AGDUFA User Fee Cover Sheet.'' 
Select that link and follow the directions. For security reasons, each 
firm submitting an application will be assigned an organization 
identification number, and each user will also be required to set up a 
user account and password the first time you use this site. Online 
instructions will walk you through this process.
    Step Two--Create an Animal Generic Drug User Fee Cover Sheet, 
transmit it to FDA, and print a copy. After logging into your account 
with your user name and password, complete the steps required to create 
an Animal Generic Drug User Fee Cover Sheet. One cover sheet is needed 
for each abbreviated animal drug application. Once you are satisfied 
that the data on the cover sheet is accurate and you have finalized the 
cover sheet, you will be able to transmit it electronically to FDA and 
you will be able to print a copy of your cover sheet showing your 
unique Payment Identification Number.
    Step Three--Send the payment for your application as described in 
section VIII.A.
    Step Four--Please submit your application and a copy of the 
completed Animal Generic Drug User Fee Cover Sheet to the following 
address: Food and Drug Administration, Center for Veterinary Medicine, 
Document Control Unit (HFV-199), 7500 Standish Pl., Rockville, MD 
20855.

C. Product and Sponsor Fees

    By December 31, 2018, FDA will issue invoices and payment 
instructions for product and sponsor fees for FY 2019 using this fee 
schedule. Fees will be due by January 31, 2019. FDA will issue invoices 
in November 2019 for any products and sponsors subject to fees for FY 
2019 that qualify for fees after the December 2018 billing.

    Dated: September 20, 2018.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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                                               products without approved new drug                      certain types of abbreviated applications             II. Revenue Amount for FY 2019
                                               applications violates section 301(a) and                for generic new animal drugs; (2) annual
                                                                                                                                                             A. Statutory Fee Revenue Amounts
                                               (d) of the Federal Food, Drug, and                      fees for certain generic new animal drug
                                               Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 331(a) and (d)).                products; and (3) annual fees for certain               AGDUFA III, Title II of Public Law
                                               Drug products that are listed in the table              sponsors of abbreviated applications for              115–234, specifies that the aggregate
                                               that are in inventory on October 26,                    generic new animal drugs and/or                       revenue amount for FY 2019 for all
                                               2018 may continue to be dispensed                       investigational submissions for generic               generic new animal drug user fee
                                               until the inventories have been depleted                                                                      categories is $18,336,000 (rounded to
                                                                                                       new animal drugs (21 U.S.C. 379j–
                                               or the drug products have reached their                                                                       the nearest thousand dollars) (21 U.S.C.
                                                                                                       21(a)). When certain conditions are met,              379j–21(b)(1)).
                                               expiration dates or otherwise become                    FDA will waive or reduce fees for
                                               violative, whichever occurs first.                      generic new animal drugs intended                     B. Inflation Adjustment to Fee Revenue
                                                 Dated: September 20, 2018.                            solely to provide for a minor use or                  Amount
                                               Leslie Kux,                                             minor species indication (21 U.S.C.                      AGDUFA III specifies that the annual
                                               Associate Commissioner for Policy.                      379j–21(d)).                                          fee revenue amount is to be adjusted for
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–20947 Filed 9–25–18; 8:45 am]                For FY 2019 through FY 2023, the                   inflation increases for FY 2020 and
                                               BILLING CODE 4164–01–P                                  FD&C Act establishes a yearly base                    subsequent fiscal years, using two
                                                                                                       revenue amount and percentages for                    separate adjustments—one for personnel
                                                                                                                                                             compensation and benefits (PC&B) and
                                                                                                       each of these fee categories (21 U.S.C.
                                               DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                                                                      one for non-PC&B costs (see 21 U.S.C.
                                                                                                       379j–21(b)). Base revenue amounts
                                               HUMAN SERVICES                                                                                                379j–21(c)(2)). The component of the
                                                                                                       established for fiscal years after FY 2019
                                                                                                                                                             inflation adjustment for payroll costs
                                               Food and Drug Administration                            are subject to adjustment for inflation               shall be one plus the average annual
                                                                                                       and workload. Workload increases will                 percent change in the cost of all PC&B
                                               [Docket No. FDA–2018–N–0007]                            be adjusted for excess collections after              paid per full-time equivalent position at
                                               Animal Generic Drug User Fee Rates                      FY 2020 (21 U.S.C. 379j–21(c)). The                   FDA for the first 3 of the 4 preceding
                                               and Payment Procedures for Fiscal                       target revenue amounts for each fee                   fiscal years, multiplied by the average
                                               Year 2019                                               category for FY 2019, are as follows: For             proportion of PC&B costs to total FDA
                                                                                                       application fees, the target revenue                  costs for the first 3 of the 4 preceding
                                               AGENCY:    Food and Drug Administration,                amount is $4,584,000; for product fees,               fiscal years. The statute specifies that
                                               HHS.                                                    the target revenue amount is $6,876,000;              the portion of the inflation adjustment
                                               ACTION:   Notice.                                       and for sponsor fees, the target revenue              for non-payroll costs is the average
                                                                                                       amount is $6,876,000.                                 annual percent change that occurred in
                                               SUMMARY:   The Food and Drug
                                                                                                          For FY 2019, the generic new animal                the Consumer Price Index for urban
                                               Administration (FDA or Agency) is
                                                                                                       drug user fee rates are: $424,444 for                 consumers (Washington-Baltimore, DC–
                                               announcing the fee rates and payment
                                                                                                       each abbreviated application for a                    MD–VA–WV; not seasonally adjusted;
                                               procedures for fiscal year (FY) 2019
                                                                                                       generic new animal drug other than                    all items less food and energy; annual
                                               generic new animal drug user fees. The
                                                                                                                                                             index) for the first 3 of the preceding 4
                                               Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act                    those subject to the criteria in section
                                                                                                                                                             years of available data multiplied by the
                                               (FD&C Act), as amended by the Animal                    512(d)(4) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C.
                                                                                                                                                             proportion of all costs other than PC&B
                                               Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of                     360b(d)(4)); $212,222 for each                        costs to total FDA costs. Because the
                                               2018 (AGDUFA III), authorizes FDA to                    abbreviated application for a generic                 adjustment for inflation does not take
                                               collect user fees for certain abbreviated               new animal drug subject to the criteria               effect until FY 2020, FDA will not
                                               applications for generic new animal                     in section 512(d)(4); $15,486 for each                adjust the FY 2019 fee revenue amount
                                               drugs, for certain generic new animal                   generic new animal drug product;                      for inflation.
                                               drug products, and for certain sponsors                 $150,098 for each generic new animal
                                               of such abbreviated applications for                    drug sponsor paying 100 percent of the                C. Workload Adjustment to Inflation
                                               generic new animal drugs and/or                         sponsor fee; $112,574 for each generic                Adjusted Fee Revenue Amount
                                               investigational submissions for generic                 new animal drug sponsor paying 75                       The fee revenue amounts established
                                               new animal drugs. This notice                           percent of the sponsor fee; and $75,049               in AGDUFA III for FY 2020 and
                                               establishes the fee rates for FY 2019.                                                                        subsequent fiscal years are also subject
                                                                                                       for each generic new animal drug
                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Visit                  sponsor paying 50 percent of the                      to adjustment to account for changes in
                                               FDA’s website at https://www.fda.gov/                   sponsor fee. FDA will issue invoices for              FDA’s review workload. A workload
                                               ForIndustry/UserFees/AnimalGeneric                      FY 2019 product and sponsor fees by                   adjustment will be applied to the
                                               DrugUserFeeActAGDUFA/default.htm,                                                                             inflation adjusted fee revenue amount
                                                                                                       December 31, 2018. These fees will be
                                               or contact Lisa Kable, Center for                                                                             (21 U.S.C. 379j–21(c)(3)).
                                                                                                       due by January 31, 2019. The
                                               Veterinary Medicine (HFV–10), Food                                                                              AGDUFA III specifies that FDA shall
                                                                                                       application fee rates are effective for all
                                               and Drug Administration, 7500 Standish                                                                        calculate the weighted average of the
                                               Pl., Rockville, MD 20855, 240–402–                      abbreviated applications for a generic
                                                                                                                                                             change in the total number of each of
                                               6888, Lisa.Kable@fda.hhs.gov. For                       new animal drug submitted on or after                 the four types of applications and
                                               general questions, you may also email                   October 1, 2018, and will remain in                   submissions specified in the workload
                                               the Center for Veterinary Medicine                      effect through September 30, 2019.                    adjustment provision (abbreviated
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                                               (CVM) at cvmagdufa@fda.hhs.gov.                         Applications will not be accepted for                 applications for generic new animal
                                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                       review until FDA has received full                    drugs, manufacturing supplemental
                                                                                                       payment of related application fees and               abbreviated applications for generic new
                                               I. Background                                           any other fees owed under the Animal                  animal drugs, investigational generic
                                                 Section 741 of the FD&C Act (21                       Generic Drug User Fee program                         new animal drug study submissions,
                                               U.S.C. 379j–21) establishes three                       (AGDUFA program).                                     and investigational generic new animal
                                               different types of user fees: (1) Fees for                                                                    drug protocol submissions). Because the


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                                               adjustment for workload does not take                   submissions of abbreviated applications               made, the submitter will be expected to
                                               effect until FY 2020, FDA will not                      for generic new animal drugs. Any                     pay the appropriate fee.
                                               adjust the FY 2019 fee revenue amount                   original submissions of abbreviated                     Based on the previous assumptions,
                                               for workload changes.                                   applications for generic new animal                   FDA is estimating that it will receive a
                                                                                                       drugs that were received by FDA before                total of 10.8 fee-paying generic new
                                               D. Reduction of Workload-Based
                                                                                                       July 1, 2008, were not assessed fees (21              animal drug applications in FY 2019
                                               Increase by Amount of Certain Excess
                                                                                                       U.S.C. 379j–21(a)(1)(A)). Some of these               (9.2 original applications paying a full
                                               Collections
                                                                                                       non-fee-paying submissions were later                 fee and 3.2 applications paying a half
                                                  Under section 741(c)(3)(B) of the                    resubmitted on or after July 1 because                fee).
                                               FD&C Act, for FYs 2021 through 2023,                    the initial submission was not approved
                                               if application of the workload                                                                                B. Application Fee Rates for FY 2019
                                                                                                       by FDA (i.e., FDA marked the
                                               adjustment increases the amount of fee                  submission as incomplete and requested                  FDA must set the fee rates for FY 2019
                                               revenues established for the fiscal year,               additional non-administrative                         so that the estimated 10.8 abbreviated
                                               as adjusted for inflation, the fee revenue              information) or because the original                  applications that pay the fee will
                                               increase will be reduced by the amount                  submission was withdrawn by the                       generate a total of $4,584,000. To
                                               of any excess collections, for the second               sponsor. Abbreviated applications for                 generate this amount, the fee for a
                                               preceding fiscal year, up to the amount                 generic new animal drugs resubmitted                  generic new animal drug application
                                               of the fee revenue increase. Since this                 on or after July 1, 2008, are subject to              will have to be $424,444 and for those
                                               provision will not take effect until FY                 user fees. In this notice, FDA refers to              applications that are subject to the
                                               2021, FDA will not reduce the FY 2019                   these resubmitted applications as                     criteria set forth in section 512(d)(4) of
                                               fee revenue amount for excess                           ‘‘reactivated’’ applications.                         the FD&C Act, 50 percent of that
                                               collections.                                               Also, under AGDUFA III, an                         amount, or $212,222.
                                               E. FY 2019 Fee Revenue Amounts                          abbreviated application for an animal                 IV. Generic New Animal Drug Product
                                                                                                       generic drug subject to the criteria in               Fee Calculations for FY 2019
                                                  AGDUFA III specifies that the revenue                section 512(d)(4) of the FD&C Act and
                                               amount of $18,336,000 (rounded to the                   submitted on or after October 1, 2013,                A. Product Fee Revenues and Numbers
                                               nearest thousand dollars) for FY 2019 is                shall be subject to 50 percent of the fee             of Fee-Paying Products
                                               to be divided as follows: 25 percent, or                applicable to all other abbreviated                      The generic new animal drug product
                                               a total of $4,584,000, is to come from                  applications for a generic new animal                 fee must be paid annually by the person
                                               application fees; 37.5 percent, or a total              drug (21 U.S.C. 379j–21(a)(1)(C)(ii)).                named as the applicant in an
                                               of $6,876,000, is to come from product                     Regarding original submissions of                  abbreviated application or supplemental
                                               fees; and 37.5 percent, or a total of                   abbreviated applications for generic new              abbreviated application for a generic
                                               $6,876,000, is to come from sponsor fees                animal drugs, FDA is assuming that the                new animal drug product submitted for
                                               (21 U.S.C. 379j–21(b)).                                 number of applications for which fees                 listing under section 510 of the FD&C
                                               III. Abbreviated Application Fee                        will be paid in FY 2019 will equal the                Act (21 U.S.C. 360), and who had an
                                               Calculations for FY 2019                                average number of submissions over the                abbreviated application or supplemental
                                                                                                       five most recently completed years of                 abbreviated application for a generic
                                               A. Application Fee Revenues and                         the AGDUFA program (FY 2013–FY                        new animal drug product pending at
                                               Numbers of Fee-Paying Applications                      2017).                                                FDA after September 1, 2008 (see 21
                                                  Each person that submits an                             The average number of original                     U.S.C. 379j–21(a)(2)). The term ‘‘generic
                                               abbreviated application for a generic                   submissions of abbreviated applications               new animal drug product’’ means each
                                               new animal drug shall be subject to an                  for generic new animal drugs over the                 specific strength or potency of a
                                               application fee, with limited exceptions                five most recently completed years is                 particular active ingredient or
                                               (21 U.S.C. 379j–21(a)(1)). The term                     9.2 applications not subject to the                   ingredients in final dosage form
                                               ‘‘abbreviated application for a generic                 criteria in section 512(d)(4) of the FD&C             marketed by a particular manufacturer
                                               new animal drug’’ means an abbreviated                  Act and 3.2 submissions subject to the                or distributor, which is uniquely
                                               application for the approval of any                     criteria in section 512(d)(4). Each of the            identified by the labeler code and
                                               generic new animal drug submitted                       submissions described under section                   product code portions of the national
                                               under section 512(b)(2) (21 U.S.C. 379j–                512(d)(4) of the FD&C Act pays 50                     drug code, and for which an abbreviated
                                               21(k)(1)). The application fees are to be               percent of the fee paid by the other                  application for a generic new animal
                                               set so that they will generate $4,584,000               applications and will be counted as one               drug or supplemental abbreviated
                                               in fee revenue for FY 2019.                             half of a fee. Adding all of the                      application for a generic new animal
                                                  To set fees for abbreviated                          applications not subject to the criteria in           drug has been approved (21 U.S.C. 379j–
                                               applications for generic new animal                     section 512(d)(4) of the FD&C Act and                 21(k)(6)). The product fees are to be set
                                               drugs to realize $4,584,000, FDA must                   50 percent of the number that are                     so that they will generate $6,876,000 in
                                               first make some assumptions about the                   subject to such criteria results in a total           fee revenue for FY 2019.
                                               number of fee-paying abbreviated                        of 10.8 anticipated full fees.                           To set generic new animal drug
                                               applications it will receive during FY                     In prior years, FDA had estimated the              product fees to realize $6,876,000, FDA
                                               2019.                                                   number of reactivations of abbreviated                must make some assumptions about the
                                                  The Agency knows the number of                       applications for generic new animal                   number of products for which these fees
                                               applications that have been submitted                   drugs that had been originally submitted              will be paid in FY 2019. FDA gathered
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                                               in previous years. That number                          prior to July 1, 2008. Over the years, that           data on all generic new animal drug
                                               fluctuates annually. FDA is making                      number has decreased to the point that                products that have been submitted for
                                               estimates and applying different                        FDA no longer expects to receive any                  listing under section 510 of the FD&C
                                               assumptions for two types of full fee                   reactivations of applications initially               Act and matched this to the list of all
                                               submissions: Original submissions of                    submitted prior to July 1, 2008, and will             persons who FDA estimated would have
                                               abbreviated applications for generic new                include no provision for them in its fee              an abbreviated new animal drug
                                               animal drugs and ‘‘reactivated’’                        estimates. Should such a submission be                application or supplemental abbreviated


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                                               application pending after September 1,                              person who: (1) Is named as the                                      completed years of the AGDUFA
                                               2008. As of June 2018, FDA estimates a                              applicant in an abbreviated application                              program (FY 2013 through FY 2017),
                                               total of 448 products submitted for                                 for a generic new animal drug, except                                FDA estimates that in FY 2019, 14
                                               listing by persons who had an                                       for an approved application for which                                sponsors will pay 100 percent fees, 19
                                               abbreviated application for a generic                               all subject products have been removed                               sponsors will pay 75 percent fees, and
                                               new animal drug or supplemental                                     from listing under section 510 of the                                37 sponsors will pay 50 percent fees.
                                               abbreviated application for a generic                               FD&C Act, or has submitted an                                        That totals the equivalent of 46.75 full
                                               new animal drug pending after                                       investigational submission for a generic                             sponsor fees (14 × 100 percent or 14,
                                               September 1, 2008. Based on this, FDA                               new animal drug that has not been                                    plus 19 × 75 percent or 14.25, plus 37
                                               believes that a total of 448 products will                          terminated or otherwise rendered                                     × 50 percent or 18.5).
                                               be subject to this fee in FY 2019.                                  inactive and (2) had an abbreviated                                    FDA estimates that about two percent
                                                  In estimating the fee revenue to be                              application for a generic new animal                                 of all of these sponsors, or 0.94, may
                                               generated by generic new animal drug                                drug, supplemental abbreviated                                       qualify for a minor use/minor species
                                               product fees in FY 2019, FDA is                                     application for a generic new animal                                 fee waiver (see 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(d)).
                                               estimating that one percent of the                                  drug, or investigational submission for a                            FDA has made the estimate of the
                                               products invoiced, or four products,                                generic new animal drug pending at                                   percentage of sponsors that will not pay
                                               will qualify for minor use/minor species                            FDA after September 1, 2008 (see 21                                  fees at two percent this year, based on
                                               fee waiver (see 21 U.S.C. 379j–21(d)).                              U.S.C. 379j–21(k)(7) and 379j–21(a)(3),                              historical data over the past five
                                               FDA has made this estimate at one                                   respectively). A generic new animal                                  completed years of the AGDUFA
                                               percent this year, based on historical                              drug sponsor is subject to only one such                             program.
                                               data over the past five completed years                             fee each fiscal year (see 21 U.S.C. 379j–                              Accordingly, the Agency estimates
                                               of the AGDUFA program.                                              21(a)(3)(C)). Applicants with more than                              that the equivalent of 45.81 full sponsor
                                                  Accordingly, the Agency estimates                                six approved abbreviated applications                                fees (46.75 minus 0.94) are likely to be
                                               that a total of 444 (448 minus 4)                                   will pay 100 percent of the sponsor fee;                             paid in FY 2019.
                                               products will be subject to product fees                            applicants with more than one and
                                               in FY 2019.                                                         fewer than seven approved abbreviated                                B. Sponsor Fee Rates for FY 2019
                                               B. Product Fee Rates for FY 2019                                    applications will pay 75 percent of the                                FDA must set the fee rates for FY 2019
                                                                                                                   sponsor fee; and applicants with one or                              so that the estimated equivalent of 45.81
                                                 FDA must set the fee rates for FY 2019                            fewer approved abbreviated                                           full sponsor fees will generate a total of
                                               so that the estimated 444 products that                             applications will pay 50 percent of the                              $6,876,000. To generate this amount
                                               pay fees will generate a total of                                   sponsor fee (see 21 U.S.C. 379j–                                     will require the 100 percent fee for a
                                               $6,876,000. To generate this amount                                 21(a)(3)(C)). The sponsor fees are to be                             generic new animal drug sponsor,
                                               will require the fee for a generic new                              set so that they will generate $6,876,000                            rounded to the nearest dollar, to be
                                               animal drug product, rounded to the                                 in fee revenue for FY 2019.                                          $150,098. Accordingly, the fee for those
                                               nearest dollar, to be $15,486.                                         To set generic new animal drug                                    paying 75 percent of the full sponsor fee
                                               V. Generic New Animal Drug Sponsor                                  sponsor fees to realize $6,876,000, FDA                              will be $112,574, and the fee for those
                                               Fee Calculations for FY 2019                                        must make some assumptions about the                                 paying 50 percent of the full sponsor fee
                                                                                                                   number of sponsors who will pay these                                will be $75,049.
                                               A. Sponsor Fee Revenues and Numbers                                 fees in FY 2019. Based on the number
                                               of Fee-Paying Sponsors                                                                                                                   VI. Fee Schedule for FY 2019
                                                                                                                   of firms that meet this definition and the
                                                 The generic new animal drug sponsor                               average number of firms paying fees at                                 The fee rates for FY 2019 are
                                               fee must be paid annually by each                                   each level over the five most recently                               summarized in table 1.

                                                                                                                         TABLE 1—FY 2019 FEE RATES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Fee rate for
                                                                                                         Generic new animal drug user fee category                                                                                   FY 2019

                                               Abbreviated Application Fee for Generic New Animal Drug except those subject to the criteria in section 512(d)(4) .....................                                                  $424,444
                                               Abbreviated Application Fee for Generic New Animal Drug subject to the criteria in section 512(d)(4) ...........................................                                          212,222
                                               Generic New Animal Drug Product Fee ..............................................................................................................................................         15,486
                                               100 Percent Generic New Animal Drug Sponsor Fee 1 ......................................................................................................................                  150,098
                                               75 Percent Generic New Animal Drug Sponsor Fee 1 ........................................................................................................................                 112,574
                                               50 Percent Generic New Animal Drug Sponsor Fee 1 ........................................................................................................................                  75,049
                                                  1 An   animal drug sponsor is subject to only one fee each fiscal year.


                                               VII. Fee Waiver or Reduction;                                       under section 512 of the FD&C Act,                                   VIII. Procedures for Paying FY 2019
                                               Exemption From Fees                                                 solely to add the application number to                              Generic New Animal Drug User Fees
                                                  The types of fee waivers and                                     the labeling of the drug in the manner                               A. Abbreviated Application Fees and
                                               reductions that applied last fiscal year                            specified in section 502(w)(3) of the                                Payment Instructions
                                               still exist for FY 2019. However, a new                             FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 352(w)(3)), if that
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                                               exemption from fees was established by                              person otherwise would be subject to                                   The FY 2019 fee established in the
                                               AGDUFA III, as follows:                                             user fees under AGDUFA based only on                                 new fee schedule must be paid for an
                                                  Fees will not apply to any person who                            the submission of the supplemental                                   abbreviated new animal drug
                                               not later than September 30, 2023,                                  abbreviated application (21 U.S.C. 379j–                             application subject to fees under
                                               submits to CVM a supplemental                                       21(d)(2).                                                            AGDUFA III that is submitted on or after
                                               abbreviated application relating to a                                                                                                    October 1, 2018. The payment must be
                                               generic new animal drug approved                                                                                                         made in U.S. currency from a U.S. bank


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                                               by one of the following methods: Wire                   concerning courier delivery, contact                  Unit (HFV–199), 7500 Standish Pl.,
                                               transfer, electronically, check, bank                   U.S. Bank at 314–418–4013. This phone                 Rockville, MD 20855.
                                               draft, or U.S. postal money order made                  number is only for questions about
                                                                                                                                                             C. Product and Sponsor Fees
                                               payable to the Food and Drug                            courier delivery.)
                                               Administration. The preferred payment                      It is important that the fee arrives at              By December 31, 2018, FDA will issue
                                               method is online using an electronic                    the bank at least a day or two before the             invoices and payment instructions for
                                               check (Automated Clearing House                         abbreviated application arrives at FDA’s              product and sponsor fees for FY 2019
                                               (ACH), also known as eCheck) or credit                  CVM. FDA records the official                         using this fee schedule. Fees will be due
                                               card (Discover, VISA, MasterCard,                       abbreviated application receipt date as               by January 31, 2019. FDA will issue
                                               American Express). Secure electronic                    the later of the following: The date the              invoices in November 2019 for any
                                               payments can be submitted using the                     application was received by CVM, or the               products and sponsors subject to fees for
                                               User Fees Payment Portal at https://                    date U.S. Bank notifies FDA that your                 FY 2019 that qualify for fees after the
                                               userfees.fda.gov/pay or the Pay.gov.                    payment in the full amount has been                   December 2018 billing.
                                               payment option is available to you after                received, or when the U.S. Department                   Dated: September 20, 2018.
                                               you submit a cover sheet. (Note: only                   of the Treasury notifies FDA of                       Leslie Kux,
                                               full payments are accepted. No partial                  payment. U.S. Bank and the United                     Associate Commissioner for Policy.
                                               payments can be made online.) Once                      States Treasury are required to notify                [FR Doc. 2018–20912 Filed 9–25–18; 8:45 am]
                                               you have found your invoice, select                     FDA within 1 working day, using the                   BILLING CODE 4164–01–P
                                               ‘‘Pay Now’’ to be redirected to Pay.gov.                Payment Identification Number
                                               Electronic payment options are based on                 described previously.
                                               the balance due. Payment by credit card                    The tax identification number of FDA               DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                               is available only for balances less than                is 53–0196965. (Note: In no case should               HUMAN SERVICES
                                               $25,000. If the balance exceeds this                    the payment for the fee be submitted to
                                               amount, only the ACH option is                          FDA with the application.)                            Health Resources and Services
                                               available. Payments must be made using                                                                        Administration
                                               U.S. bank accounts as well as U.S. credit               B. Application Cover Sheet Procedures
                                               cards.                                                     Step One—Create a user account and                 National Vaccine Injury Compensation
                                                  When paying by check, bank draft, or                 password. Log onto the AGDUFA                         Program: List of Petitions Received
                                               U.S. postal money order, please write                   website at https://www.fda.gov/
                                               your application’s unique Payment                                                                             AGENCY: Health Resources and Services
                                                                                                       ForIndustry/UserFees/AnimalGeneric                    Administration (HRSA), Department of
                                               Identification Number, beginning with                   DrugUserFeeActAGDUFA/
                                               the letters ‘‘AG’’, on the upper right-                                                                       Health and Human Services (HHS).
                                                                                                       ucm137049.htm and scroll down the                     ACTION: Notice.
                                               hand corner of your completed Animal                    page until you find the link ‘‘Create
                                               Generic Drug User Fee Cover Sheet.                      AGDUFA User Fee Cover Sheet.’’ Select                 SUMMARY:    HRSA is publishing this
                                               Also write the FDA post office box                                                                            notice of petitions received under the
                                                                                                       that link and follow the directions. For
                                               number (P.O. Box 979033) on the                                                                               National Vaccine Injury Compensation
                                                                                                       security reasons, each firm submitting
                                               enclosed check, bank draft, or money                                                                          Program (the Program), as required by
                                                                                                       an application will be assigned an
                                               order. Mail the payment and a copy of                                                                         the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as
                                                                                                       organization identification number, and
                                               the completed Animal Generic Drug                                                                             amended. While the Secretary of HHS is
                                                                                                       each user will also be required to set up
                                               User Fee Cover Sheet to: Food and Drug                                                                        named as the respondent in all
                                                                                                       a user account and password the first
                                               Administration, P.O. Box 979033, St.                                                                          proceedings brought by the filing of
                                                                                                       time you use this site. Online
                                               Louis, MO 63197–9000.                                                                                         petitions for compensation under the
                                                  When paying by wire transfer, it is                  instructions will walk you through this
                                                                                                       process.                                              Program, the United States Court of
                                               required that the invoice number is                                                                           Federal Claims is charged by statute
                                               included; without the invoice number                       Step Two—Create an Animal Generic
                                                                                                       Drug User Fee Cover Sheet, transmit it                with responsibility for considering and
                                               the payment may not be applied. If the                                                                        acting upon the petitions.
                                               payment amount is not applied, the                      to FDA, and print a copy. After logging
                                                                                                       into your account with your user name                 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
                                               invoice amount would be referred to
                                                                                                       and password, complete the steps                      information about requirements for
                                               collections. The originating financial
                                                                                                       required to create an Animal Generic                  filing petitions, and the Program in
                                               institution may charge a wire transfer
                                                                                                       Drug User Fee Cover Sheet. One cover                  general, contact Lisa L. Reyes, Clerk of
                                               fee. If the financial institution charges a
                                                                                                       sheet is needed for each abbreviated                  Court, United States Court of Federal
                                               wire transfer fee, it is required to add
                                                                                                       animal drug application. Once you are                 Claims, 717 Madison Place NW,
                                               that amount to the payment to ensure
                                               that the invoice is paid in full. Use the               satisfied that the data on the cover sheet            Washington, DC 20005, (202) 357–6400.
                                               following account information when                      is accurate and you have finalized the                For information on HRSA’s role in the
                                               sending a wire transfer: U.S. Department                cover sheet, you will be able to transmit             Program, contact the Director, National
                                               of the Treasury, TREAS NYC, 33 Liberty                  it electronically to FDA and you will be              Vaccine Injury Compensation Program,
                                               St., New York, NY 10045, Account                        able to print a copy of your cover sheet              5600 Fishers Lane, Room 08N146B,
                                               Name: Food and Drug Administration,                     showing your unique Payment                           Rockville, MD 20857; (301) 443–6593,
                                               Account No.: 75060099, Routing No.:                     Identification Number.                                or visit our website at: http://
                                               021030004, Swift No.: FRNYUS33.                            Step Three—Send the payment for                    www.hrsa.gov/vaccinecompensation/
                                                  To send a check by a courier such as                 your application as described in section              index.html.
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                                               Federal Express, the courier must                       VIII.A.                                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                               deliver the check and printed copy of                      Step Four—Please submit your                       Program provides a system of no-fault
                                               the cover sheet to: U.S. Bank, Attn:                    application and a copy of the completed               compensation for certain individuals
                                               Government Lockbox 979033, 1005                         Animal Generic Drug User Fee Cover                    who have been injured by specified
                                               Convention Plaza, St. Louis, MO 63101.                  Sheet to the following address: Food                  childhood vaccines. Subtitle 2 of Title
                                               (Note: This address is for courier                      and Drug Administration, Center for                   XXI of the PHS Act, 42 U.S.C. 300aa–
                                               delivery only. If you have any questions                Veterinary Medicine, Document Control                 10 et seq., provides that those seeking


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ActionNotice.
ContactVisit FDA's website at https:// www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/UserFees/AnimalGenericDrugUserFeeActAGDUFA/ default.htm, or contact Lisa Kable, Center for Veterinary Medicine (HFV-10), Food and Drug Administration, 7500 Standish Pl., Rockville, MD 20855, 240-402-6888, [email protected] For general questions, you may also email the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) at [email protected]
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