83_FR_9043 83 FR 9001 - United States Food and Drug Administration and Health Canada Joint Regional Consultation on the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use; Public Meeting; Request for Comments

83 FR 9001 - United States Food and Drug Administration and Health Canada Joint Regional Consultation on the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use; Public Meeting; Request for Comments

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 42 (March 2, 2018)

Page Range9001-9003
FR Document2018-04256

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing a regional public meeting entitled ``U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Health Canada Joint Regional Consultation on the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH).'' The purpose of the public meeting is to provide information and solicit public input on the current activities of the ICH, as well as the upcoming ICH Assembly Meeting and the Expert Working Group Meetings in Kobe, Japan, scheduled for June 4 through 7, 2018. The topics to be addressed at the public meeting are the current ICH guideline topics under development that will be discussed at the forthcoming ICH Assembly Meeting in Kobe.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 42 (Friday, March 2, 2018)
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[FR Doc No: 2018-04256]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2016-N-1112]


United States Food and Drug Administration and Health Canada 
Joint Regional Consultation on the International Council for 
Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human 
Use; Public Meeting; Request for Comments

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing 
a regional public meeting entitled ``U.S. Food and Drug Administration 
and Health Canada Joint Regional Consultation on the International 
Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals 
for Human Use (ICH).'' The purpose of the public meeting is to provide 
information and solicit public input on the current activities of the 
ICH, as well as the upcoming ICH Assembly Meeting and the Expert 
Working Group Meetings in Kobe, Japan, scheduled for June 4 through 7, 
2018. The topics to be addressed at the public meeting are the current 
ICH guideline topics under development that will be discussed at the 
forthcoming ICH Assembly Meeting in Kobe.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on Friday, April 6, 2018, from 
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Submit either electronic or written comments on this 
public meeting by April 30, 2018. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section for registration date and information.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at FDA's White Oak Campus, 
10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 31 Conference Center, Rm. 1503 (Great 
Room), Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002. The meeting will also be broadcast 
on the web, allowing participants to join in person OR via the web. For 
those who will attend in person, the entrance for the public meeting 
participants (non-FDA employees) is through Building 1 where routine 
security check procedures will be performed. For parking and security 
information, please refer to https://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/WorkingatFDA/BuildingsandFacilities/WhiteOakCampusInformation/ucm241740.htm. For 
those who register to attend the public meeting remotely via the 
webcast, a link to access the webcast will be emailed 1 week in advance 
of the meeting.
    You may submit comments as follows. Please note that late, 
untimely, filed comments will not be considered. Electronic comments 
must be submitted on or before April 30, 2018. The https://www.regulations.gov electronic filing system will accept comments until 
midnight Eastern Time at the end of April 30, 2018. Comments received 
by mail/hand delivery/courier (for written/paper submissions) will be 
considered timely if they are postmarked or the delivery service 
acceptance receipt is on or before that date.

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted 
electronically, including attachments, to https://www.regulations.gov 
will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your comment will be 
made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your comment 
does not include any confidential information that you or a third party 
may not wish to be posted, such as medical information, your or anyone 
else's Social Security number, or confidential business information, 
such as a manufacturing process. Please note that if you include your 
name, contact information, or other information that identifies you in 
the body of your comments, that information will be posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
     If you want to submit a comment with confidential 
information that you do not wish to be made available to the public, 
submit the comment as a written/paper submission and in the manner 
detailed in the sections below (see ``Written/Paper Submissions'' and 
``Instructions'').

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Written/Paper Submissions

    Submit written/paper submissions as follows:
     Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for written/paper 
submissions): Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
     For written/paper comments submitted to the Dockets 
Management Staff, FDA will post your comment, as well as any 
attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified, 
as confidential, if submitted as detailed in ``Instructions.''
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No. 
FDA-2016-N-1112 for ``U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Health 
Canada Joint Regional Consultation on the International Council for 
Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human 
Use; Public Meeting; Request for Comments.'' Received comments, those 
filed in a timely manner (see ADDRESSES), will be placed in the docket 
and, except for those submitted as ``Confidential Submissions,'' 
publicly viewable at https://www.regulations.gov or at the Dockets 
Management Staff between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
     Confidential Submissions--To submit a comment with 
confidential information that you do not wish to be made publicly 
available, submit your comments only as a written/paper submission. You 
should submit two copies total. One copy will include the information 
you claim to be confidential with a heading or cover note that states 
``THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.'' The Agency will 
review this copy, including the claimed confidential information, in 
its consideration of comments. The second copy, which will have the 
claimed confidential information redacted/blacked out, will be 
available for public viewing and posted on https://www.regulations.gov. 
Submit both copies to the Dockets Management Staff. If you do not wish 
your name and contact information to be made publicly available, you 
can provide this information on the cover sheet and not in the body of 
your comments and you must identify this information as 
``confidential.'' Any information marked as ``confidential'' will not 
be disclosed except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other 
applicable disclosure law. For more information about FDA's posting of 
comments to public dockets, see 80 FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or 
access the information at: https://www.thefederalregister.org/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
the electronic and written/paper comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov and insert the docket number, found in brackets in 
the heading of this document, into the ``Search'' box and follow the 
prompts and/or go to the Dockets Management Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, 
Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amanda Roache, Center for Drug 
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New 
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm. 1176, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-
796-4548, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The ICH, formerly known as the International Conference on 
Harmonisation, was established in 1990 as a joint regulatory/industry 
project to improve, through harmonization, the efficiency of the 
process for developing and registering new medicinal products in 
Europe, Japan, and the United States without compromising the 
regulatory requirements for safety and effectiveness. One of the goals 
of harmonization is to identify and then reduce regional differences in 
technical regulatory requirements for pharmaceutical products while 
preserving a consistently high standard for drug efficacy, safety, and 
quality. In 2015, the ICH was reformed to establish ICH as a true 
global initiative that expands beyond the previous ICH members. More 
involvement from regulators around the world is expected, as they join 
counterparts from Europe, Japan, the United States, Canada, and 
Switzerland as ICH observers and regulatory members. Expanded 
involvement is also anticipated from global regulated pharmaceutical 
industry parties, joining as ICH observers and industry members. The 
reforms build on a 25-year track record of successful delivery of 
harmonized guidelines for global pharmaceutical development and their 
regulation.
    ICH guidelines are developed following a five-step process. In Step 
1, experts from the different ICH regions work together to prepare a 
consensus draft of the Step 1 Technical Document. The Step 1 Technical 
Document is submitted to the ICH Assembly to request endorsement under 
Step 2a of the process. Step 2b is a ``Regulators only'' step in which 
the ICH regulatory members review the Step 2a Final Technical Document 
and take any actions, which might include revisions that they deem 
necessary, to develop the draft ``Guideline.'' Step 3 of the process 
begins with the public consultation process conducted by each of the 
ICH regulatory members in their respective regions, and this step 
concludes with completion and acceptance of any revisions that need to 
be made to the Step 2b draft guideline in response to public comments. 
Adoption of the new guideline occurs in Step 4. Following adoption, the 
harmonized guideline moves to Step 5, the final step of the process 
when it is implemented by each of the regulatory members in their 
respective regions. The ICH process has achieved significant 
harmonization of the technical requirements for the approval of 
pharmaceuticals for human use in the ICH regions since 1990. More 
information on the current ICH process and structure can be found at 
the following website: http://www.ich.org/home.html. (FDA has verified 
the website addresses, as of the date this document publishes in the 
Federal Register, but websites are subject to change over time.)

II. Topics for Discussion at the Public Meeting

    The topics for discussion at this public meeting include the 
current guidelines under development under the ICH. These guidelines 
include the following:
    Topics Currently Under Regional Public Consultation (Step 3 of ICH 
Process):

 S11 Nonclinical Safety Testing in Support of Development of 
Pediatric Medicines
 Q12 Technical and Regulatory Considerations for Pharmaceutical 
Product Lifecycle Management
 E9(R1) Addendum: Statistical Principles for Clinical Trials

    Selected Topics Recently Finalized (Step 4 of ICH Process):

 E17 General Principles on Planning/Designing Multi-Regional 
Clinical Trials

    Electronic Standards and MedDRA (Medical Dictionary for Regulatory 
Activities):

 M2 Electronic Standards for the Transfer of Regulatory 
Information
 M8 Electronic Common Technical Document (eCTD)
 E2B Clinical Safety Data Management: Data Elements for 
Transmission of Individual Case Safety Reports
 M1 MedDRA Terminology

    Additional Ongoing Topics:


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 E19 Optimization of Safety Data Collection
 E8(R1) Revision on General Considerations for Clinical Trials
 E11A Pediatric Extrapolation
 E14/S7B Discussion Group on Clinical and Nonclinical 
Evaluation of QT/QTc Interval Prolongation
 M9 Biopharmaceutics Classification System-Based Biowaivers
 M10 Bioanalytical Method Validation
 S1(R1) Revision on Rodent Carcinogenicity Studies for Human 
Pharmaceuticals
 S5(R3) Revision on Detection of Toxicity to Reproduction for 
Human Pharmaceuticals
 Q3C(R7) Impurities: Guideline for Residual Solvents
 Q3D(R1) Guideline on Elemental Impurities

III. Participating in the Public Meeting

    Registration: Persons interested in attending this public meeting 
must register online by April 3, 2018. To register for the public 
meeting, please visit the following website: https://ich_regional_consultation_2018.eventbrite.com. Please provide complete 
contact information for each attendee, including name, title, 
affiliation, address, email, and telephone.
    Registration is free and based on space availability, with priority 
given to early registrants. Persons interested in attending this public 
meeting must register by April 3, 2018, midnight Eastern Time. Early 
registration is recommended because seating is limited; therefore, FDA 
may limit the number of participants from each organization. If time 
and space permit, onsite registration on the day of the public meeting 
will be provided beginning at 9:30 a.m.
    The agenda for the public meeting will be made available on the 
internet at https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/NewsEvents/ucm592065.htm 
approximately 2 weeks in advance of the meeting.
    If you need special accommodations due to a disability, please 
contact Amanda Roache (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) no later 
than March 23, 2018.
    Requests for Oral Presentations: If you wish to make a presentation 
during the public comment session, please contact Amanda Roache (see 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than March 23, 2018. 
Individuals and organizations with common interests are urged to 
consolidate or coordinate their presentations, and request time for a 
joint presentation. All requests to make presentations must be received 
by the close of registration on April 3, 2018. If selected for 
presentation, any presentation materials must be emailed to Amanda 
Roache (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than April 3, 
2018. No commercial or promotional material will be permitted to be 
presented or distributed at the public meeting. Sign-up for making a 
public comment will also be available between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. on the 
day of the meeting.
    Streaming Webcast of the Public Meeting: This public meeting will 
also be webcast. To register to attend via webcast, please visit the 
following website: https://ich_regional_consultation_2018.eventbrite.com. If you have never 
attended a Connect Pro event before, test your connection at https://collaboration.fda.gov/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm. To get a 
quick overview of the Connect Pro program, visit https://www.adobe.com/go/connectpro_overview. FDA has verified the website addresses in this 
document, as of the date this document publishes in the Federal 
Register, but websites are subject to change over time.

    Dated: February 26, 2018.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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                                               that reflects the amount of food                        II. Electronic Access                                 Conference Center, Rm. 1503 (Great
                                               customarily consumed and is expressed                     Persons with access to the internet                 Room), Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002.
                                               in a common household measure that is                   may obtain the guidance at either                     The meeting will also be broadcast on
                                               appropriate to the food. To comply with                 https://www.fda.gov/FoodGuidances or                  the web, allowing participants to join in
                                               this requirement, manufacturers must                    https://www.regulations.gov. Use the                  person OR via the web. For those who
                                               determine and label their food products                 FDA website listed in the previous                    will attend in person, the entrance for
                                               with the appropriate label serving size                 sentence to find the most current                     the public meeting participants (non-
                                               based on the amount of the product                      version of the guidance.                              FDA employees) is through Building 1
                                               customarily consumed.                                                                                         where routine security check
                                                                                                         Dated: February 27, 2018.
                                                  In the Federal Register of May 27,                                                                         procedures will be performed. For
                                                                                                       Leslie Kux,                                           parking and security information, please
                                               2016, we issued a final rule entitled
                                                                                                       Associate Commissioner for Policy.                    refer to https://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/
                                               ‘‘Food Labeling: Serving Sizes of Foods
                                                                                                       [FR Doc. 2018–04283 Filed 3–1–18; 8:45 am]            WorkingatFDA/BuildingsandFacilities/
                                               That Can Reasonably Be Consumed at
                                               One Eating Occasion; Dual-Column                        BILLING CODE 4164–01–P                                WhiteOakCampusInformation/
                                               Labeling; Updating, Modifying, and                                                                            ucm241740.htm. For those who register
                                               Establishing Certain Reference Amounts                                                                        to attend the public meeting remotely
                                                                                                       DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                              via the webcast, a link to access the
                                               Customarily Consumed; Serving Size for
                                                                                                       HUMAN SERVICES                                        webcast will be emailed 1 week in
                                               Breath Mints; and Technical
                                               Amendments’’ (81 FR 34000). The final                   Food and Drug Administration                          advance of the meeting.
                                               rule amends our regulations in                                                                                   You may submit comments as
                                               § 101.12(b) (21 CFR 101.12(b)) to update                [Docket No. FDA–2016–N–1112]
                                                                                                                                                             follows. Please note that late, untimely,
                                               or modify certain pre-existing RACCs,                                                                         filed comments will not be considered.
                                                                                                       United States Food and Drug
                                               and to establish RACCs for new product                                                                        Electronic comments must be submitted
                                                                                                       Administration and Health Canada
                                               categories.                                                                                                   on or before April 30, 2018. The https://
                                                                                                       Joint Regional Consultation on the
                                                  In the Federal Register of January 5,                International Council for                             www.regulations.gov electronic filing
                                               2017 (82 FR 1344), we announced the                     Harmonisation of Technical                            system will accept comments until
                                               availability of a draft guidance for                    Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for                  midnight Eastern Time at the end of
                                               industry entitled ‘‘Reference Amounts                   Human Use; Public Meeting; Request                    April 30, 2018. Comments received by
                                               Customarily Consumed: List of Products                  for Comments                                          mail/hand delivery/courier (for written/
                                               for Each Product Category; Draft                                                                              paper submissions) will be considered
                                               Guidance for Industry’’ and gave                        AGENCY:    Food and Drug Administration,              timely if they are postmarked or the
                                               interested parties an opportunity to                    HHS.                                                  delivery service acceptance receipt is on
                                               submit comments by March 6, 2017, for                   ACTION: Notice of public meeting;                     or before that date.
                                               us to consider before beginning work on                 request for comments.
                                               the final version of the guidance. We                                                                         Electronic Submissions
                                               received several comments on the draft                  SUMMARY:   The Food and Drug
                                                                                                       Administration (FDA or Agency) is                        Submit electronic comments in the
                                               guidance and have modified the                                                                                following way:
                                               content, where appropriate, for this final              announcing a regional public meeting
                                               guidance. Changes to the guidance                       entitled ‘‘U.S. Food and Drug                            • Federal eRulemaking Portal:
                                               include the addition of flavored nut                    Administration and Health Canada Joint                https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
                                               butter spreads (e.g., cocoa, cookie, and                Regional Consultation on the                          instructions for submitting comments.
                                               coffee flavored) as an example in the                   International Council for Harmonisation               Comments submitted electronically,
                                               ‘‘Nut and seed butters, pastes, or                      of Technical Requirements for                         including attachments, to https://
                                               creams’’ product category. In the                       Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH).’’                www.regulations.gov will be posted to
                                                                                                       The purpose of the public meeting is to               the docket unchanged. Because your
                                               Federal Register of November 2, 2016,
                                                                                                       provide information and solicit public                comment will be made public, you are
                                               we published a Request for Information
                                                                                                       input on the current activities of the                solely responsible for ensuring that your
                                               and Comments requesting information
                                                                                                       ICH, as well as the upcoming ICH                      comment does not include any
                                               and comments on the appropriate
                                                                                                       Assembly Meeting and the Expert                       confidential information that you or a
                                               product category and RACC for flavored
                                                                                                       Working Group Meetings in Kobe,                       third party may not wish to be posted,
                                               nut butter spreads (e.g., cocoa, cookie,
                                                                                                       Japan, scheduled for June 4 through 7,                such as medical information, your or
                                               and coffee flavored) (81 FR 76323).
                                                                                                       2018. The topics to be addressed at the               anyone else’s Social Security number, or
                                               Based upon the information and
                                                                                                       public meeting are the current ICH                    confidential business information, such
                                               comments received, and our own
                                                                                                       guideline topics under development                    as a manufacturing process. Please note
                                               assessment, we have determined that
                                                                                                       that will be discussed at the                         that if you include your name, contact
                                               flavored nut butter spreads (e.g., cocoa,               forthcoming ICH Assembly Meeting in
                                               cookie, and coffee flavored) are                                                                              information, or other information that
                                                                                                       Kobe.                                                 identifies you in the body of your
                                               comparable to nut butters and belong in
                                               the ‘‘Nut and seed butters, pastes, or                  DATES:  The public meeting will be held               comments, that information will be
                                               creams’’ product category with a RACC                   on Friday, April 6, 2018, from 10 a.m.                posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
                                               of two tablespoons. In addition to this                 to 1 p.m. Submit either electronic or                    • If you want to submit a comment
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                                               and other clarifying substantive changes                written comments on this public                       with confidential information that you
                                               that we made to the guidance, we made                   meeting by April 30, 2018. See the                    do not wish to be made available to the
                                               editorial changes to improve clarity and                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for                 public, submit the comment as a
                                               to help ensure consistency with                         registration date and information.                    written/paper submission and in the
                                               § 101.12(b). The guidance announced in                  ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be                 manner detailed in the sections below
                                               this notice finalizes the draft guidance                held at FDA’s White Oak Campus,                       (see ‘‘Written/Paper Submissions’’ and
                                               dated January 2017.                                     10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 31                    ‘‘Instructions’’).


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                                               Written/Paper Submissions                               fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-                     members review the Step 2a Final
                                                                                                       23389.pdf.                                            Technical Document and take any
                                                  Submit written/paper submissions as                     Docket: For access to the docket to                actions, which might include revisions
                                               follows:                                                read background documents or the                      that they deem necessary, to develop the
                                                  • Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for                    electronic and written/paper comments                 draft ‘‘Guideline.’’ Step 3 of the process
                                               written/paper submissions): Dockets                     received, go to https://                              begins with the public consultation
                                               Management Staff (HFA–305), Food and                    www.regulations.gov and insert the                    process conducted by each of the ICH
                                               Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers                       docket number, found in brackets in the               regulatory members in their respective
                                               Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.                    heading of this document, into the                    regions, and this step concludes with
                                                  • For written/paper comments                         ‘‘Search’’ box and follow the prompts                 completion and acceptance of any
                                               submitted to the Dockets Management                     and/or go to the Dockets Management                   revisions that need to be made to the
                                               Staff, FDA will post your comment, as                   Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061,                   Step 2b draft guideline in response to
                                               well as any attachments, except for                     Rockville, MD 20852.                                  public comments. Adoption of the new
                                               information submitted, marked and                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      guideline occurs in Step 4. Following
                                               identified, as confidential, if submitted               Amanda Roache, Center for Drug                        adoption, the harmonized guideline
                                               as detailed in ‘‘Instructions.’’                        Evaluation and Research, Food and                     moves to Step 5, the final step of the
                                                  Instructions: All submissions received               Drug Administration, 10903 New                        process when it is implemented by each
                                               must include the Docket No. FDA–                        Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm. 1176,                   of the regulatory members in their
                                               2016–N–1112 for ‘‘U.S. Food and Drug                    Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, 301–                    respective regions. The ICH process has
                                               Administration and Health Canada Joint                  796–4548, Amanda.Roache@                              achieved significant harmonization of
                                               Regional Consultation on the                            fda.hhs.gov.                                          the technical requirements for the
                                               International Council for Harmonisation                 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                                                                             approval of pharmaceuticals for human
                                               of Technical Requirements for                                                                                 use in the ICH regions since 1990. More
                                               Pharmaceuticals for Human Use; Public                   I. Background                                         information on the current ICH process
                                               Meeting; Request for Comments.’’                           The ICH, formerly known as the                     and structure can be found at the
                                               Received comments, those filed in a                     International Conference on                           following website: http://www.ich.org/
                                               timely manner (see ADDRESSES), will be                  Harmonisation, was established in 1990                home.html. (FDA has verified the
                                               placed in the docket and, except for                    as a joint regulatory/industry project to             website addresses, as of the date this
                                               those submitted as ‘‘Confidential                       improve, through harmonization, the                   document publishes in the Federal
                                               Submissions,’’ publicly viewable at                     efficiency of the process for developing              Register, but websites are subject to
                                               https://www.regulations.gov or at the                   and registering new medicinal products                change over time.)
                                               Dockets Management Staff between 9                      in Europe, Japan, and the United States               II. Topics for Discussion at the Public
                                               a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through                         without compromising the regulatory                   Meeting
                                               Friday.                                                 requirements for safety and
                                                  • Confidential Submissions—To                        effectiveness. One of the goals of                      The topics for discussion at this
                                               submit a comment with confidential                      harmonization is to identify and then                 public meeting include the current
                                               information that you do not wish to be                  reduce regional differences in technical              guidelines under development under
                                               made publicly available, submit your                    regulatory requirements for                           the ICH. These guidelines include the
                                               comments only as a written/paper                        pharmaceutical products while                         following:
                                               submission. You should submit two                       preserving a consistently high standard                 Topics Currently Under Regional
                                               copies total. One copy will include the                 for drug efficacy, safety, and quality. In            Public Consultation (Step 3 of ICH
                                               information you claim to be confidential                2015, the ICH was reformed to establish               Process):
                                               with a heading or cover note that states                ICH as a true global initiative that                  • S11 Nonclinical Safety Testing in
                                               ‘‘THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS                                expands beyond the previous ICH                         Support of Development of Pediatric
                                               CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.’’ The                         members. More involvement from                          Medicines
                                               Agency will review this copy, including                 regulators around the world is expected,              • Q12 Technical and Regulatory
                                               the claimed confidential information, in                as they join counterparts from Europe,                  Considerations for Pharmaceutical
                                               its consideration of comments. The                      Japan, the United States, Canada, and                   Product Lifecycle Management
                                               second copy, which will have the                        Switzerland as ICH observers and                      • E9(R1) Addendum: Statistical
                                               claimed confidential information                        regulatory members. Expanded                            Principles for Clinical Trials
                                               redacted/blacked out, will be available                 involvement is also anticipated from                    Selected Topics Recently Finalized
                                               for public viewing and posted on                        global regulated pharmaceutical                       (Step 4 of ICH Process):
                                               https://www.regulations.gov. Submit                     industry parties, joining as ICH                      • E17 General Principles on Planning/
                                               both copies to the Dockets Management                   observers and industry members. The                     Designing Multi-Regional Clinical
                                               Staff. If you do not wish your name and                 reforms build on a 25-year track record                 Trials
                                               contact information to be made publicly                 of successful delivery of harmonized
                                               available, you can provide this                         guidelines for global pharmaceutical                    Electronic Standards and MedDRA
                                               information on the cover sheet and not                  development and their regulation.                     (Medical Dictionary for Regulatory
                                               in the body of your comments and you                       ICH guidelines are developed                       Activities):
                                               must identify this information as                       following a five-step process. In Step 1,             • M2 Electronic Standards for the
                                               ‘‘confidential.’’ Any information marked                experts from the different ICH regions                  Transfer of Regulatory Information
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                                               as ‘‘confidential’’ will not be disclosed               work together to prepare a consensus                  • M8 Electronic Common Technical
                                               except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20                  draft of the Step 1 Technical Document.                 Document (eCTD)
                                               and other applicable disclosure law. For                The Step 1 Technical Document is                      • E2B Clinical Safety Data Management:
                                               more information about FDA’s posting                    submitted to the ICH Assembly to                        Data Elements for Transmission of
                                               of comments to public dockets, see 80                   request endorsement under Step 2a of                    Individual Case Safety Reports
                                               FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or access                 the process. Step 2b is a ‘‘Regulators                • M1 MedDRA Terminology
                                               the information at: https://www.gpo.gov/                only’’ step in which the ICH regulatory                 Additional Ongoing Topics:


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                                               • E19 Optimization of Safety Data                       close of registration on April 3, 2018. If            small entity compliance guide (SECG) is
                                                 Collection                                            selected for presentation, any                        intended to help small entities comply
                                               • E8(R1) Revision on General                            presentation materials must be emailed                with a final rule we issued in the
                                                 Considerations for Clinical Trials                    to Amanda Roache (see FOR FURTHER                     Federal Register of May 27, 2016,
                                               • E11A Pediatric Extrapolation                          INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than                    entitled ‘‘Food Labeling: Serving Sizes
                                               • E14/S7B Discussion Group on                           April 3, 2018. No commercial or                       of Foods That Can Reasonably Be
                                                 Clinical and Nonclinical Evaluation of                promotional material will be permitted                Consumed at One Eating Occasion;
                                                 QT/QTc Interval Prolongation                          to be presented or distributed at the                 Dual-Column Labeling; Updating,
                                               • M9 Biopharmaceutics Classification                    public meeting. Sign-up for making a                  Modifying, and Establishing Certain
                                                 System-Based Biowaivers                               public comment will also be available                 Reference Amounts Customarily
                                               • M10 Bioanalytical Method Validation                   between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. on the day                 Consumed; Serving Size for Breath
                                               • S1(R1) Revision on Rodent                             of the meeting.                                       Mints; and Technical Amendments.’’
                                                 Carcinogenicity Studies for Human                       Streaming Webcast of the Public                     The final rule is designed to ensure that
                                                 Pharmaceuticals                                       Meeting: This public meeting will also                serving sizes are based on more recent
                                               • S5(R3) Revision on Detection of                       be webcast. To register to attend via                 consumption data and that consumers
                                                 Toxicity to Reproduction for Human                    webcast, please visit the following                   have serving size information on the
                                                 Pharmaceuticals                                       website: https://ich_regional_                        Nutrition Facts label that will assist
                                               • Q3C(R7) Impurities: Guideline for                     consultation_2018.eventbrite.com. If                  them in maintaining healthy dietary
                                                 Residual Solvents                                     you have never attended a Connect Pro                 practices.
                                               • Q3D(R1) Guideline on Elemental                        event before, test your connection at                 DATES: The announcement of the
                                                 Impurities                                            https://collaboration.fda.gov/common/                 guidance is published in the Federal
                                               III. Participating in the Public Meeting                help/en/support/meeting_test.htm. To                  Register on March 2, 2018.
                                                  Registration: Persons interested in                  get a quick overview of the Connect Pro               ADDRESSES: You may submit either
                                               attending this public meeting must                      program, visit https://www.adobe.com/                 electronic or written comments on
                                               register online by April 3, 2018. To                    go/connectpro_overview. FDA has                       Agency guidances at any time as
                                               register for the public meeting, please                 verified the website addresses in this                follows:
                                               visit the following website: https://ich_               document, as of the date this document
                                                                                                       publishes in the Federal Register, but                Electronic Submissions
                                               regional_consultation_
                                               2018.eventbrite.com. Please provide                     websites are subject to change over time.               Submit electronic comments in the
                                               complete contact information for each                     Dated: February 26, 2018.                           following way:
                                                                                                                                                               • Federal eRulemaking Portal:
                                               attendee, including name, title,                        Leslie Kux,
                                                                                                                                                             https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
                                               affiliation, address, email, and                        Associate Commissioner for Policy.                    instructions for submitting comments.
                                               telephone.                                              [FR Doc. 2018–04256 Filed 3–1–18; 8:45 am]            Comments submitted electronically,
                                                  Registration is free and based on                    BILLING CODE 4164–01–P                                including attachments, to https://
                                               space availability, with priority given to
                                                                                                                                                             www.regulations.gov will be posted to
                                               early registrants. Persons interested in
                                                                                                                                                             the docket unchanged. Because your
                                               attending this public meeting must                      DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                              comment will be made public, you are
                                               register by April 3, 2018, midnight                     HUMAN SERVICES                                        solely responsible for ensuring that your
                                               Eastern Time. Early registration is
                                                                                                                                                             comment does not include any
                                               recommended because seating is                          Food and Drug Administration
                                                                                                                                                             confidential information that you or a
                                               limited; therefore, FDA may limit the
                                                                                                       [Docket No. FDA–2004–N–0258]                          third party may not wish to be posted,
                                               number of participants from each                                                                              such as medical information, your or
                                               organization. If time and space permit,                 Food Labeling: Serving Sizes of Foods                 anyone else’s Social Security number, or
                                               onsite registration on the day of the                   That Can Reasonably Be Consumed at                    confidential business information, such
                                               public meeting will be provided                         One Eating Occasion; Dual-Column                      as a manufacturing process. Please note
                                               beginning at 9:30 a.m.                                  Labeling; Updating, Modifying, and                    that if you include your name, contact
                                                  The agenda for the public meeting                    Establishing Certain Reference                        information, or other information that
                                               will be made available on the internet                  Amounts Customarily Consumed;                         identifies you in the body of your
                                               at https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/                           Serving Size for Breath Mints; and                    comments, that information will be
                                               NewsEvents/ucm592065.htm                                Technical Amendments—Small Entity                     posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
                                               approximately 2 weeks in advance of                     Compliance Guide; Availability                          • If you want to submit a comment
                                               the meeting.                                                                                                  with confidential information that you
                                                  If you need special accommodations                   AGENCY:    Food and Drug Administration,              do not wish to be made available to the
                                               due to a disability, please contact                     HHS.                                                  public, submit the comment as a
                                               Amanda Roache (see FOR FURTHER                          ACTION:   Notification of availability.               written/paper submission and in the
                                               INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than                                                                            manner detailed (see ‘‘Written/Paper
                                               March 23, 2018.                                         SUMMARY:  The Food and Drug                           Submissions’’ and ‘‘Instructions’’).
                                                  Requests for Oral Presentations: If you              Administration (FDA or we) is
                                               wish to make a presentation during the                  announcing the availability of a                      Written/Paper Submissions
                                               public comment session, please contact                  guidance for industry entitled ‘‘Food                   Submit written/paper submissions as
                                               Amanda Roache (see FOR FURTHER                          Labeling: Serving Sizes of Foods That                 follows:
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES




                                               INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than                      Can Reasonably Be Consumed at One                       • Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier (for
                                               March 23, 2018. Individuals and                         Eating Occasion; Dual-Column Labeling;                written/paper submissions): Dockets
                                               organizations with common interests are                 Updating, Modifying, and Establishing                 Management Staff (HFA–305), Food and
                                               urged to consolidate or coordinate their                Certain Reference Amounts Customarily                 Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers
                                               presentations, and request time for a                   Consumed; Serving Size for Breath                     Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
                                               joint presentation. All requests to make                Mints; and Technical Amendments—                        • For written/paper comments
                                               presentations must be received by the                   Small Entity Compliance Guide.’’ The                  submitted to the Dockets Management


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of public meeting; request for comments.
DatesThe public meeting will be held on Friday, April 6, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Submit either electronic or written comments on this public meeting by April 30, 2018. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for registration date and information.
ContactAmanda Roache, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm. 1176, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301- 796-4548, [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 9001 

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