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[FR Doc. 2014–18556 Filed 8–5–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820–14–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. FDA–2014–D–0968] Draft Guidance for Industry on Upper Facial Lines: Developing Botulinum Toxin Drug Products; Availability AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled ‘‘Upper Facial Lines: Developing Botulinum Toxin Drug Products.’’ The purpose of this draft guidance is to assist sponsors with their clinical trial designs using botulinum toxin drug products intended for the treatment of upper facial lines. This draft guidance clarifies FDA’s thinking on endpoint development and clinical trial design considerations for botulinum toxin drug products that present unique safety concerns. DATES: Although you can comment on any guidance at any time (see 21 CFR 10.115(g)(5)), to ensure that the Agency considers your comment on this draft guidance before it begins work on the final version of the guidance, submit SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 either electronic or written comments on the draft guidance by November 4, 2014. ADDRESSES: Submit written requests for single copies of the draft guidance to the Division of Drug Information, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm. 2201, Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002. Send one self-addressed adhesive label to assist that office in processing your requests. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for electronic access to the draft guidance document. Submit electronic comments on the draft guidance to https:// www.regulations.gov.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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cristina Attinello, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 22, Rm. 5181, Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, 301– 796–3986. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background FDA is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled ‘‘Upper Facial Lines: Developing Botulinum Toxin Drug Products.’’ The purpose of this draft guidance is to assist sponsors with their clinical trial designs using botulinum toxin drug products intended for the treatment of upper facial lines. This draft guidance clarifies FDA’s thinking on endpoint development and clinical trial design considerations for botulinum toxin drug products that present unique safety concerns related to the potential for local and distant spread of toxin effect. This draft guidance is being issued consistent with FDA’s good guidance practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). The draft guidance, when finalized, will represent the Agency’s current thinking on developing botulinum toxin drug products for upper facial lines. It does not create or confer any rights for or on any person and does not operate to bind FDA or the public. An alternative approach may be used if such approach satisfies the requirements of the applicable statutes and regulations. II. The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 This guidance refers to previously approved collections of information that are subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 E:\FR\FM\06AUN1.SGM 06AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 151 / Wednesday, August 6, 2014 / Notices (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520). The collections of information in 21 CFR parts 312 and 314 have been approved under OMB control numbers 0910–0014 and 0910– 0001, respectively. III. Comments Interested persons may submit either electronic comments regarding this document to https://www.regulations.gov or written comments to the Division of Dockets Management (see ADDRESSES). It is only necessary to send one set of comments. Identify comments with the docket number found in brackets in the heading of this document. Received comments may be seen in the Division of Dockets Management between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, and will be posted to the docket at https:// www.regulations.gov. IV. Electronic Access Persons with access to the Internet may obtain the document at either https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/Guidance ComplianceRegulatoryInformation/ Guidances/default.htm or https://www. regulations.gov. Dated: July 31, 2014. Leslie Kux, Assistant Commissioner for Policy. [FR Doc. 2014–18564 Filed 8–5–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4164–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. FDA–2011–D–0215] In Vitro Companion Diagnostic Devices; Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff; Availability AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of the guidance entitled ‘‘In Vitro Companion Diagnostic Devices.’’ This guidance is intended to assist sponsors who are planning to develop a therapeutic product for which the use of an in vitro companion diagnostic device is essential for the therapeutic product’s safe and effective use as well as sponsors planning to develop an in vitro companion diagnostic device that is intended to be used with a corresponding therapeutic product. DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on this guidance at any time. General comments on Agency guidance documents are welcome at any time. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:14 Aug 05, 2014 Jkt 232001 An electronic copy of the guidance document is available for download from the Internet. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for information on electronic access to the guidance. Submit written requests for a single hard copy of the guidance document entitled ‘‘In Vitro Companion Diagnostic Devices’’ to the Office of the Center Director, Guidance and Policy Development, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 5431, Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002. Send one selfaddressed adhesive label to assist that office in processing your request. Alternatively, you may submit written requests for single copies of the guidance to the Division of Drug Information, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm. 2201, Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, or Office of Communication, Outreach and Development, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 3128, Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002. Send one self-addressed adhesive label to the office that you are ordering from to assist in processing your request. Submit electronic comments on the guidance 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. Identify comments with the docket number found in brackets in the heading of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Mansfield, Center for Devices and Radiologic Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 5676, Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, 301–796–4664; or Christopher Leptak, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bldg. 22, Rm. 6462, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, 301– 796–0017; or Stephen Ripley, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 7301, Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, 240–402–7911. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ADDRESSES: I. Background The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance document for industry and FDA staff entitled ‘‘In Vitro Companion Diagnostic Devices.’’ This guidance is PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 45813 intended to assist: (1) Sponsors who are planning to develop a therapeutic product (either a novel product or an existing product with a new indication) for which the use of an in vitro companion diagnostic device (or test) is essential for the therapeutic product’s safe and effective use and (2) sponsors planning to develop an in vitro companion diagnostic device that is intended to be used with a corresponding therapeutic product. The guidance defines ‘‘in vitro companion diagnostic device’’ (also referred to as ‘‘IVD companion diagnostic device’’) and clarifies that in most circumstances, an IVD companion diagnostic device and its corresponding therapeutic product should be approved or cleared contemporaneously by FDA for the use indicated in the therapeutic product labeling. Diagnostic tests have been used for many years to enhance the use of therapeutic products. Tests are also used during therapeutic product development to obtain the data FDA uses to make regulatory determinations. After a therapeutic product is commercially available for use, health care professionals may use a relevant diagnostic test, for example, to select the appropriate therapy for a particular patient or to optimize a dosing regimen. Recently, the development of therapeutic products for which the use of a diagnostic test is essential for the products to meet their labeled safety and effectiveness claims has become more common. For example, such a test can identify appropriate subpopulations for treatment or identify populations who should not receive a particular treatment because of an increased risk of a serious side effect. These new technologies are making it increasingly possible to individualize, or personalize, medical therapy by identifying patients who are most likely to respond, or who are at varying degrees of risk for a particular side effect. FDA believes that use of an IVD companion diagnostic device with a therapeutic product raises important concerns about the safety and effectiveness of both the device and the therapeutic product. An erroneous test result could lead to withholding appropriate therapy or to administering inappropriate therapy. Health care professionals must be able to rely on information from IVD companion diagnostic devices to help make critical treatment decisions. FDA oversight of IVD companion diagnostic devices will help protect patients from treatment risks that could arise from IVD E:\FR\FM\06AUN1.SGM 06AUN1

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[FR Doc No: 2014-18564]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2014-D-0968]


Draft Guidance for Industry on Upper Facial Lines: Developing 
Botulinum Toxin Drug Products; Availability

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the 
availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled ``Upper Facial 
Lines: Developing Botulinum Toxin Drug Products.'' The purpose of this 
draft guidance is to assist sponsors with their clinical trial designs 
using botulinum toxin drug products intended for the treatment of upper 
facial lines. This draft guidance clarifies FDA's thinking on endpoint 
development and clinical trial design considerations for botulinum 
toxin drug products that present unique safety concerns.

DATES: Although you can comment on any guidance at any time (see 21 CFR 
10.115(g)(5)), to ensure that the Agency considers your comment on this 
draft guidance before it begins work on the final version of the 
guidance, submit either electronic or written comments on the draft 
guidance by November 4, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit written requests for single copies of the draft 
guidance to the Division of Drug Information, Center for Drug 
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New 
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm. 2201, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002. Send 
one self-addressed adhesive label to assist that office in processing 
your requests. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for electronic 
access to the draft guidance document.
    Submit electronic comments on the draft guidance 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cristina Attinello, Center for Drug 
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New 
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 22, Rm. 5181, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-
796-3986.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    FDA is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry 
entitled ``Upper Facial Lines: Developing Botulinum Toxin Drug 
Products.'' The purpose of this draft guidance is to assist sponsors 
with their clinical trial designs using botulinum toxin drug products 
intended for the treatment of upper facial lines. This draft guidance 
clarifies FDA's thinking on endpoint development and clinical trial 
design considerations for botulinum toxin drug products that present 
unique safety concerns related to the potential for local and distant 
spread of toxin effect.
    This draft guidance is being issued consistent with FDA's good 
guidance practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). The draft guidance, when 
finalized, will represent the Agency's current thinking on developing 
botulinum toxin drug products for upper facial lines. It does not 
create or confer any rights for or on any person and does not operate 
to bind FDA or the public. An alternative approach may be used if such 
approach satisfies the requirements of the applicable statutes and 
regulations.

II. The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

    This guidance refers to previously approved collections of 
information that are subject to review by the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

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(44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). The collections of information in 21 CFR parts 
312 and 314 have been approved under OMB control numbers 0910-0014 and 
0910-0001, respectively.

III. Comments

    Interested persons may submit either electronic comments regarding 
this document to https://www.regulations.gov or written comments to the 
Division of Dockets Management (see ADDRESSES). It is only necessary to 
send one set of comments. Identify comments with the docket number 
found in brackets in the heading of this document. Received comments 
may be seen in the Division of Dockets Management between 9 a.m. and 4 
p.m., Monday through Friday, and will be posted to the docket at https://www.regulations.gov.

IV. Electronic Access

    Persons with access to the Internet may obtain the document at 
either https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Guidances/default.htm or https://www.regulations.gov.

    Dated: July 31, 2014.
Leslie Kux,
Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2014-18564 Filed 8-5-14; 8:45 am]
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