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In the Federal Register of August 29,
2011 (76 FR 53683), FDA announced the
availability of the draft guidance
entitled ‘‘Oversight of Clinical
Investigations: A Risk-Based Approach
to Monitoring,’’ dated August 2011, and
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recommendations about how to develop
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practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115).
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Dated: August 1, 2013.
Leslie Kux,
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2013–N–0001]
Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory
Committee; Notice of Meeting
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
This notice announces a forthcoming
meeting of a public advisory committee
of the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA). The meeting will be open to the
public.
Name of Committee: Anti-Infective
Drugs Advisory Committee.
General Function of the Committee:
To provide advice and
recommendations to the Agency on
FDA’s regulatory issues.
Date and Time: The meeting will be
held on October 17, 2013, from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
Location: FDA White Oak Campus,
Building 31, the Great Room, White Oak
Conference Center (Rm. 1503), 10903
New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD
20993–0002. Information regarding
special accommodations due to a
disability, visitor parking, and
transportation may be accessed at:
https://www.fda.gov/
AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm; under
the heading ‘‘Resources for You,’’ click
on ‘‘Public Meetings at the FDA White
Oak Campus.’’ Please note that visitors
to the White Oak Campus must enter
through Building 1.
Contact Person: Diane Goyette, Center
for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food
and Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 31, Rm. 2417,
Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, 301–
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796–9001, FAX: 301–847–8533, email:
AIDAC@fda.hhs.gov, or FDA Advisory
Committee Information Line, 1–800–
741–8138 (301–443–0572 in the
Washington, DC area). A notice in the
Federal Register about last minute
modifications that impact a previously
announced advisory committee meeting
cannot always be published quickly
enough to provide timely notice.
Therefore, you should always check the
Agency’s Web site at https://
www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/
default.htm and scroll down to the
appropriate advisory committee meeting
link, or call the advisory committee
information line to learn about possible
modifications before coming to the
meeting.
Agenda: The purpose of the meeting
on October 17, 2013, is to discuss
susceptibility interpretive criteria for
systemic antibacterial drugs and for
dosing recommendations in product
labeling. We will seek input on the role
of pharmacokinetic data in setting
susceptibility interpretive criteria. We
will also discuss revising dosing
recommendations in product labeling
based on pharmacokinetic data and
clinical safety and efficacy data.
FDA intends to make background
material available to the public no later
than 2 business days before the meeting.
If FDA is unable to post the background
material on its Web site prior to the
meeting, the background material will
be made publicly available at the
location of the advisory committee
meeting, and the background material
will be posted on FDA’s Web site after
the meeting. Background material is
available at https://www.fda.gov/
AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/
default.htm. Scroll down to the
appropriate advisory committee meeting
link.
Procedure: Interested persons may
present data, information, or views,
orally or in writing, on issues pending
before the committee. Written
submissions may be made to the contact
person on or before October 2, 2013.
Oral presentations from the public will
be scheduled between approximately 1
p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Those individuals
interested in making formal oral
presentations should notify the contact
person and submit a brief statement of
the general nature of the evidence or
arguments they wish to present, the
names and addresses of proposed
participants, and an indication of the
approximate time requested to make
their presentation on or before
September 24, 2013. Time allotted for
each presentation may be limited. If the
number of registrants requesting to
speak is greater than can be reasonably
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accommodated during the scheduled
open public hearing session, FDA may
conduct a lottery to determine the
speakers for the scheduled open public
hearing session. The contact person will
notify interested persons regarding their
request to speak by September 25, 2013.
Persons attending FDA’s advisory
committee meetings are advised that the
Agency is not responsible for providing
access to electrical outlets.
FDA welcomes the attendance of the
public at its advisory committee
meetings and will make every effort to
accommodate persons with physical
disabilities or special needs. If you
require special accommodations due to
a disability, please contact Diane
Goyette at least 7 days in advance of the
meeting.
FDA is committed to the orderly
conduct of its advisory committee
meetings. Please visit our Web site at
https://www.fda.gov/
AdvisoryCommittees/
AboutAdvisoryCommittees/
ucm111462.htm for procedures on
public conduct during advisory
committee meetings.
Notice of this meeting is given under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. app. 2).
Dated: August 1, 2013.
Jill Hartzler Warner,
Acting Associate Commissioner for Special
Medical Programs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2013–N–0779]
Retrospective Review of Draft
Guidance Documents Issued Before
2010; Withdrawal of Guidances
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing an
initiative in the Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research (CDER)
involving the review of draft guidance
documents issued before 2010 to
determine their status, and to decide
whether those guidances should be
withdrawn, revised, or finalized with
only minor changes. Guidances that are
no longer up to date, and for which
more current information is available,
will be withdrawn. Guidances that
reflect CDER’s current thinking, CDER
will decide whether to revise or finalize.
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General comments on Agency
guidance documents are welcome at any
time.
ADDRESSES: Submit electronic
comments on Agency guidance
documents to https://
www.regulations.gov. Submit written
comments to the Division of Dockets
Management (HFA–305), Food and Drug
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm.
1061, Rockville, MD 20852. See the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for
electronic access to Agency guidance
documents.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kimberly K. Thomas, Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research, Food and
Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm. 6220,
Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, 301–
796–2357,
kimberly.k.thomas@fda.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
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AGENCY:
This notice describes CDER’s initiative,
announces the first group of guidances
to be withdrawn, describes in general
terms draft guidances under
consideration for revision or
finalization, and explains how CDER is
making this process as transparent as
possible.
In September 2000, FDA issued the
final rule ‘‘Administrative Practices and
Procedures; Good Guidance Practices’’
(GGP) (65 FR 56468; September 19,
2000). The GGP regulation describes
FDA policies and procedures for the
development, issuance, and use of
guidance documents and makes these
Agency policies and procedures clear to
the public. The GGP regulation provides
for developing and issuing guidances
that set forth initial interpretations of
statutory or regulatory requirements,
explain changes in interpretation of
policies that are of other than minor in
nature, or discuss complex scientific
issues or highly controversial issues.
The GGP regulation also requires that
such guidances be issued in draft for
public comment before they are
finalized (Level 1 guidances). In
addition, the GGP regulation explains
that FDA will periodically review
existing guidance documents to
determine whether they need to be
changed or withdrawn.
A key component of the GGP
regulation is ensuring transparency
during guidance development and
issuance. Since finalization of the GGP
regulation in September 2000, CDER has
issued an average of approximately 20
draft guidances each year, seeking
public input and carefully considering
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that input before issuing final versions
of the guidances. In many cases,
guidances were not finalized most often
because of higher staff priorities.
However, over the years, because of new
information, scientific developments,
and emerging technologies, draft
guidances were also revised, and
reissued or withdrawn.1
Recently, CDER launched an initiative
to review draft guidance documents
published before 2010 to decide which
guidances to withdraw, revise, or
finalize with only minor changes. CDER
is withdrawing draft guidances that are
no longer up to date. CDER is also
actively reviewing the draft guidances to
determine which ones to either revise or
finalize. This notice lists the first group
of guidances CDER has identified for
withdrawal, describes generally what
guidances are being reviewed, and
describes how CDER will keep the
public informed of the guidances that
are available with the goal of making the
initiative transparent and consistent
with the GGP regulation (21 CFR
10.115).
II. Withdrawal of Guidances
CDER has reviewed many draft
guidances published before 2010. As a
result of this review, CDER identified 23
draft guidances for withdrawal. The
guidances are being withdrawn because
they are out of date, thus of little use to
the pharmaceutical industry. In most
cases, FDA has developed other
guidances and resources to assist
industry with clinical evaluation and
requirements for drug approval. The
guidances identified for withdrawal
relate to these topics:
• Current good manufacturing
practice (cGMP) compliance specific to
manufacturing, processing, and dose
unit sampling and assessment;
• Development of antimicrobial drugs
for the treatment of acute bronchitis,
bacterial meningitis, bacterial
prostatitis, bacterial vaginosis, catheterrelated bloodstream infections, febrile
neutropenia, gonorrhea, Lyme disease,
streptococcal pharyngitis and tonsillitis,
uncomplicated urinary tract infections,
and vuvlovaginal candidiasis;
• Clinical trials for developing
antimicrobial drugs and packaging of
1 When Level 1 guidances are revised, they are
usually issued as draft, version 2s, for public input
before being issued in final form. When a guidance
needs to be withdrawn, a notice is sometimes
published in the Federal Register announcing that
the guidance has been withdrawn. If no withdrawal
announcement is made, CDER maintains a current
list of new/revised/withdrawn guidances on the
CDER guidance Web page at https://www.fda.gov/
Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/
Guidances/default.htm.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2013-N-0001]
Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory
committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The meeting will
be open to the public.
Name of Committee: Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee.
General Function of the Committee: To provide advice and
recommendations to the Agency on FDA's regulatory issues.
Date and Time: The meeting will be held on October 17, 2013, from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: FDA White Oak Campus, Building 31, the Great Room, White
Oak Conference Center (Rm. 1503), 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver
Spring, MD 20993-0002. Information regarding special accommodations due
to a disability, visitor parking, and transportation may be accessed
at: https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm; under the
heading ``Resources for You,'' click on ``Public Meetings at the FDA
White Oak Campus.'' Please note that visitors to the White Oak Campus
must enter through Building 1.
Contact Person: Diane Goyette, Center for Drug Evaluation and
Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg.
31, Rm. 2417, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-9001, FAX: 301-847-
8533, email: AIDAC@fda.hhs.gov, or FDA Advisory Committee Information
Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area). A
notice in the Federal Register about last minute modifications that
impact a previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot always
be published quickly enough to provide timely notice. Therefore, you
should always check the Agency's Web site at https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm and scroll down to the appropriate
advisory committee meeting link, or call the advisory committee
information line to learn about possible modifications before coming to
the meeting.
Agenda: The purpose of the meeting on October 17, 2013, is to
discuss susceptibility interpretive criteria for systemic antibacterial
drugs and for dosing recommendations in product labeling. We will seek
input on the role of pharmacokinetic data in setting susceptibility
interpretive criteria. We will also discuss revising dosing
recommendations in product labeling based on pharmacokinetic data and
clinical safety and efficacy data.
FDA intends to make background material available to the public no
later than 2 business days before the meeting. If FDA is unable to post
the background material on its Web site prior to the meeting, the
background material will be made publicly available at the location of
the advisory committee meeting, and the background material will be
posted on FDA's Web site after the meeting. Background material is
available at https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/default.htm. Scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee meeting
link.
Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or
views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee.
Written submissions may be made to the contact person on or before
October 2, 2013. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled
between approximately 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Those individuals interested
in making formal oral presentations should notify the contact person
and submit a brief statement of the general nature of the evidence or
arguments they wish to present, the names and addresses of proposed
participants, and an indication of the approximate time requested to
make their presentation on or before September 24, 2013. Time allotted
for each presentation may be limited. If the number of registrants
requesting to speak is greater than can be reasonably
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accommodated during the scheduled open public hearing session, FDA may
conduct a lottery to determine the speakers for the scheduled open
public hearing session. The contact person will notify interested
persons regarding their request to speak by September 25, 2013.
Persons attending FDA's advisory committee meetings are advised
that the Agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical
outlets.
FDA welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee
meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with
physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special
accommodations due to a disability, please contact Diane Goyette at
least 7 days in advance of the meeting.
FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee
meetings. Please visit our Web site at https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm111462.htm for procedures
on public conduct during advisory committee meetings.
Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).
Dated: August 1, 2013.
Jill Hartzler Warner,
Acting Associate Commissioner for Special Medical Programs.
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