Bioequivalence Recommendations for Progesterone; Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability, 67409-67411 [2015-27816]
Download as PDF
Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 211 / Monday, November 2, 2015 / Notices
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Division of Dockets Management
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 Division of Dockets
Management. 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.fda.gov/
regulatoryinformation/dockets/
default.htm.
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 Division of Dockets
Management, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm.
1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Office of Compliance, Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research, Food and
Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD
20993–0002, 301–796–3130,
drugtrackandtrace@fda.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On July 6, 2015, FDA published a
Notice of Availability in the Federal
Register (80 FR 38449) announcing a
guidance document entitled ‘‘DSCSA
Implementation: Product Tracing
Requirements for Dispensers—
Compliance Policy.’’ The guidance
VerDate Sep<11>2014
18:55 Oct 30, 2015
Jkt 238001
described FDA’s intention with regard
to enforcement of the product tracing
information requirements under section
582(d)(1) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C.
360eee–1(d)(1)). FDA is issuing a
revised guidance that extends the
compliance policy described in the
guidance. We are issuing this guidance
consistent with our good guidance
practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115).
We are implementing this guidance
without prior public comment because
we have determined that prior public
participation is not feasible or
appropriate (21 CFR 10.115(g)(2)). We
made this determination because this
guidance document provides
information pertaining to certain
statutory requirements that took effect
on July 1, 2015, regarding the provisions
to provide, capture, and maintain
product tracing information under
section 582(d)(1) of the FD&C Act, and
it extends a compliance policy that
would have expired for transactions
after November 1, 2015. It is important
that FDA provide this information
before that date. Although this guidance
document is immediately in effect, it
remains subject to comment in
accordance with the Agency’s good
guidance practices (21 CFR
10.115(g)(3)).
On November 27, 2013, the DSCSA
(Title II of Pub. L. 113–54) was signed
into law. Section 202 of DSCSA adds
sections 581 and 582 to the FD&C Act,
which set forth new definitions and
requirements for the tracing of products
through the pharmaceutical distribution
supply chain. Starting in 2015, trading
partners (manufacturers, wholesale
distributors, dispensers, and
repackagers) were required under
sections 582(b)(1), (c)(1), (d)(1), and
(e)(1) of the FD&C Act to exchange
product tracing information when
engaging in transactions involving
certain prescription drugs. For
dispensers, requirements for the tracing
of products through the pharmaceutical
distribution supply chain under section
582(d)(1) of the FD&C Act took effect on
July 1, 2015. FDA published a guidance
document on July 6, 2015, stating that
it does not intend to take action against
dispensers who, prior to November 1,
2015, (1) accept ownership of product
without receiving the product tracing
information, as required by section
582(d)(1)(A)(i) of the FD&C Act, or (2)
do not capture and maintain the product
tracing information, as required by
section 582(d)(1)(A)(iii) of the FD&C
Act.
Some dispensers—primarily smaller,
independent pharmacies and health
systems—have expressed concern that
they will be unable to comply with
PO 00000
Frm 00028
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
67409
these requirements by November 1,
2015. Thus, FDA recognizes that these
dispensers continue to need additional
time to work with trading partners to
ensure that the product tracing
information required by section 582 of
the FD&C Act is captured and
maintained by dispensers. In light of
these concerns, FDA does not intend to
take action against dispensers who,
prior to March 1, 2016: (1) Accept
ownership of product without receiving
product tracing information, prior to or
at the time of a transaction, as required
by section 582(d)(1)(A)(i) of the FD&C
Act or (2) do not capture and maintain
the product tracing information, as
required by section 582(d)(1)(A)(iii) of
the FD&C Act. This compliance policy
does not extend to other requirements of
the FD&C Act applicable to dispensers
and other trading partners, including
those in section 582 of the FD&C Act,
such as verification related to suspect
and illegitimate product (including
quarantine, investigation, notification,
and recordkeeping) and requirements
related to engaging in transactions only
with authorized trading partners. The
guidance document explains the scope
of the compliance policy in further
detail.
The guidance represents the current
thinking of FDA on this topic. It does
not establish any rights for any person
and is not binding on FDA or the public.
You can use an alternative approach if
it satisfies the requirements of the
applicable statutes and regulations.
II. Electronic Access
Persons with access to the Internet
may obtain the document at https://
www.fda.gov/Drugs/Guidance
ComplianceRegulatoryInformation/
Guidances/default.htm, https://
www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/
GuidanceComplianceRegulatory
Information/Guidances/default.htm, or
https://www.regulations.gov.
Dated: October 27, 2015.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2015–27841 Filed 10–30–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4164–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2007–D–0369]
Bioequivalence Recommendations for
Progesterone; Draft Guidance for
Industry; Availability
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
E:\FR\FM\02NON1.SGM
02NON1
67410
ACTION:
Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 211 / Monday, November 2, 2015 / Notices
Notice of Availability.
SUMMARY: The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA or Agency) is
announcing the availability of a draft
guidance for industry on progesterone
gel entitled ‘‘Draft Guidance on
Progesterone.’’ The recommendations
provide specific guidance on the design
of bioequivalence (BE) studies to
support abbreviated new drug
applications (ANDAs) for progesterone
gel.
Although you can comment on
any guidance at any time (see 21 CFR
10.115(g)(5)), to ensure that the Agency
considers your comments 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 January 4,
2016.
DATES:
ADDRESSES:
You may submit comments
as follows:
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 (see ‘‘Written/Paper
Submissions’’ and ‘‘Instructions’’).
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Written/Paper Submissions
Submit written/paper submissions as
follows:
• Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for
written/paper submissions): Division of
Dockets Management (HFA–305), Food
and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers
Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
• For written/paper comments
submitted to the Division of Dockets
Management, FDA will post your
VerDate Sep<11>2014
18:55 Oct 30, 2015
Jkt 238001
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–
2007–D–0369 for Bioequivalence
Recommendations for Progesterone;
Draft Guidance for Industry;
Availability. Received comments will be
placed in the docket and, except for
those submitted as ‘‘Confidential
Submissions,’’ publicly viewable at
https://www.regulations.gov or at the
Division of Dockets Management
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 Division of Dockets
Management. 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.fda.gov/
regulatoryinformation/dockets/
default.htm.
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 Division of Dockets
Management, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm.
1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
Submit written requests for single
copies of the draft guidance to the
Division of Drug Information, Center for
PO 00000
Frm 00029
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
Drug Evaluation and Research, Food
and Drug Administration, 10001 New
Hampshire Ave., Hillandale Building,
4th Floor, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Xiaoqiu Tang, Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research (HFD–600),
Food and Drug Administration, 10903
New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 75, Rm.
4730, Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002,
301–796–5850.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In the Federal Register of June 11,
2010 (75 FR 33311), FDA announced the
availability of a guidance for industry,
‘‘Bioequivalence Recommendations for
Specific Products,’’ which explained the
process that would be used to make
product-specific BE recommendations
available to the public on FDA’s Web
site at https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/
GuidanceComplianceRegulatory
Information/Guidances/default.htm. As
described in that guidance, FDA
adopted this process as a means to
develop and disseminate productspecific BE recommendations and
provide a meaningful opportunity for
the public to consider and comment on
those recommendations. This notice
announces the availability of draft BE
recommendations for progesterone gel.
FDA initially approved new drug
application 020701 for Crinone gel in
July 1997. There are no approved
ANDAs for this product. We are now
issuing a draft guidance for industry on
BE recommendations for generic
progesterone gel (‘‘Draft Guidance on
Progesterone’’).
In June 2013, Watson Laboratories,
manufacturer of the reference listed
drug, Crinone, submitted a citizen
petition requesting that FDA require
ANDA applicants to demonstrate
bioequivalence to Crinone with studies
that include pharmacokinetic and
clinical endpoint studies and to issue a
draft BE guidance identifying these
studies. (FDA notes that subsequent to
submission of the petition, Watson
Laboratories informed FDA that the
company has changed its name to
Actavis Labs UT Inc.) FDA has reviewed
the issues raised in the petition and is
responding to the petition (Docket No.
FDA–2013–P–0664, available at https://
www.regulations.gov).
This draft guidance is being issued
consistent with FDA’s good guidance
practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115).
E:\FR\FM\02NON1.SGM
02NON1
Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 211 / Monday, November 2, 2015 / Notices
The draft guidance, when finalized, will
represent the Agency’s current thinking
on the design of BE studies to support
ANDAs for progesterone gel. It does not
establish any rights for any person and
is not binding on FDA or the public.
You can use an alternative approach if
it satisfies the requirements of the
applicable statutes and regulations.
10.115(g)(5)), to ensure that the Agency
considers your comment of 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 December 17,
2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
as follows:
II. 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.
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 (see ‘‘Written/Paper
Submissions’’ and ‘‘Instructions’’).
Dated: October 27, 2015.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2015–27816 Filed 10–30–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4164–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2015–D–3787]
Information To Support a Claim of
Electromagnetic Compatibility of
Electrically Powered Medical Devices;
Draft Guidance for Industry and Food
and Drug Administration Staff;
Availability
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
ACTION:
Notice of availability.
SUMMARY: The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA or Agency) is
announcing the availability of the draft
guidance entitled ‘‘Information to
Support a Claim of Electromagnetic
Compatibility (EMC) of ElectricallyPowered Medical Devices.’’ This
guidance describes the types of
information that should be provided to
support a claim of electromagnetic
compatibility (EMC) in a premarket
submission for an electrically powered
medical device. Electromagnetic
disturbance is electronic product
radiation that may interfere with the
performance of an electrically powered
medical device in its intended
environment (i.e., cause an
electromagnetic interference (EMI)).
EMC assessment helps to ensure that a
device is able to function in its intended
environment without introducing
excessive electromagnetic disturbances
that might interfere with other devices.
This draft guidance is not final nor is it
in effect at this time.
DATES: Although you can comment on
any guidance at any time (see 21 CFR
VerDate Sep<11>2014
18:55 Oct 30, 2015
Jkt 238001
Written/Paper Submissions
Submit written/paper submissions as
follows:
• Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for
written/paper submissions): Division of
Dockets Management (HFA–305), Food
and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers
Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
• For written/paper comments
submitted to the Division of Dockets
Management, 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–
2015–D–3787 for ‘‘Information to
Support a Claim of Electromagnetic
Compatibility (EMC) of ElectricallyPowered Medical Devices.’’ Received
comments will be placed in the docket
and, except for those submitted as
‘‘Confidential Submissions,’’ publicly
viewable at https://www.regulations.gov
or at the Division of Dockets
PO 00000
Frm 00030
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
67411
Management 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 Division of Dockets
Management. 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.fda.gov/
regulatoryinformation/dockets/
default.htm.
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 Division of Dockets
Management, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm.
1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
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 draft guidance
document entitled ‘‘Information to
Support a Claim of Electromagnetic
Compatibility (EMC) of ElectricallyPowered Medical 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.
E:\FR\FM\02NON1.SGM
02NON1
Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 211 (Monday, November 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67409-67411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27816]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2007-D-0369]
Bioequivalence Recommendations for Progesterone; Draft Guidance
for Industry; Availability
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
[[Page 67410]]
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing
the availability of a draft guidance for industry on progesterone gel
entitled ``Draft Guidance on Progesterone.'' The recommendations
provide specific guidance on the design of bioequivalence (BE) studies
to support abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) for progesterone
gel.
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 comments 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 January 4, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments as follows:
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 (see ``Written/Paper Submissions'' and ``Instructions'').
Written/Paper Submissions
Submit written/paper submissions as follows:
Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for written/paper
submissions): Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
For written/paper comments submitted to the Division of
Dockets Management, 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-2007-D-0369 for Bioequivalence Recommendations for Progesterone;
Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability. Received comments will be
placed in the docket and, except for those submitted as ``Confidential
Submissions,'' publicly viewable at https://www.regulations.gov or at
the Division of Dockets Management 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 Division of Dockets Management. 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.fda.gov/regulatoryinformation/dockets/default.htm.
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 Division of Dockets Management, 5630 Fishers
Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
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, 10001 New Hampshire Ave.,
Hillandale Building, 4th Floor, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Xiaoqiu Tang, Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research (HFD-600), Food and Drug Administration, 10903
New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 75, Rm. 4730, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002,
301-796-5850.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In the Federal Register of June 11, 2010 (75 FR 33311), FDA
announced the availability of a guidance for industry, ``Bioequivalence
Recommendations for Specific Products,'' which explained the process
that would be used to make product-specific BE recommendations
available to the public on FDA's Web site at https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Guidances/default.htm. As
described in that guidance, FDA adopted this process as a means to
develop and disseminate product-specific BE recommendations and provide
a meaningful opportunity for the public to consider and comment on
those recommendations. This notice announces the availability of draft
BE recommendations for progesterone gel.
FDA initially approved new drug application 020701 for Crinone gel
in July 1997. There are no approved ANDAs for this product. We are now
issuing a draft guidance for industry on BE recommendations for generic
progesterone gel (``Draft Guidance on Progesterone'').
In June 2013, Watson Laboratories, manufacturer of the reference
listed drug, Crinone, submitted a citizen petition requesting that FDA
require ANDA applicants to demonstrate bioequivalence to Crinone with
studies that include pharmacokinetic and clinical endpoint studies and
to issue a draft BE guidance identifying these studies. (FDA notes that
subsequent to submission of the petition, Watson Laboratories informed
FDA that the company has changed its name to Actavis Labs UT Inc.) FDA
has reviewed the issues raised in the petition and is responding to the
petition (Docket No. FDA-2013-P-0664, available at https://www.regulations.gov).
This draft guidance is being issued consistent with FDA's good
guidance practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115).
[[Page 67411]]
The draft guidance, when finalized, will represent the Agency's current
thinking on the design of BE studies to support ANDAs for progesterone
gel. It does not establish any rights for any person and is not binding
on FDA or the public. You can use an alternative approach if it
satisfies the requirements of the applicable statutes and regulations.
II. 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: October 27, 2015.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2015-27816 Filed 10-30-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4164-01-P