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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2013–N–1504]
Independent Assessment of the
Process for the Review of Device
Submissions; Implementation
Evaluation Report
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA or Agency) is
announcing Booz Allen Hamilton’s final
evaluation report submitted as part of
their independent assessment of the
process for the review of medical device
submissions. The evaluation is part of
the FDA performance commitments
relating to the Medical Device User Fee
Amendments of 2012 (MDUFA III),
which reauthorized device user fees for
fiscal years 2013 through 2017. The
assessment is described in section V,
Independent Assessment of Review
Process Management, of the
commitment letter entitled ‘‘MDUFA
Performance Goals and Procedures’’
(MDUFA III Commitment Letter). The
evaluation has been conducted as the
second phase (Phase 2) and is the last
of a series of deliverables, as outlined in
the contract statement of work.
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fda.hhs.gov.
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SUMMARY:
I. Background
On July 9, 2012, President Obama
signed into law the Food and Drug
Administration Safety and Innovation
Act (Pub. L. 112–144) (FDASIA).1 Title
II of FDASIA is the Medical Device User
Fee Amendments of 2012 (MDUFA III),
which gives FDA the authority to collect
device user fees from industry for fiscal
years 2013 through 2017. MDUFA III
took effect on October 1, 2012, and will
continue through September 30, 2017.
Device user fees were first established
by Congress in 2002. Medical device
companies pay fees to FDA when they
register their establishment and list their
devices with the Agency, whenever they
submit an application or a notification
to market a new medical device in the
United States, and for certain other
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types of submissions. Under MDUFA III,
FDA is authorized to collect user fees
that will total approximately $595
million (plus adjustments for inflation)
over 5 years. With this additional
funding, FDA will be able to hire more
than 200 full-time-equivalent workers
over the course of MDUFA III. In
exchange, FDA has committed to meet
certain performance goals outlined in
the MDUFA III Commitment Letter.2
II. Assessment of FDA’s Process for the
Review of Device Submissions
Section V of the MDUFA III
Commitment Letter states that FDA and
the device industry will participate in a
comprehensive assessment of the
process for the review of device
applications. The assessment will
include consultation with both FDA and
industry. The assessment will be
conducted in two phases by a private,
independent consulting firm, under
contract with FDA, that is capable of
performing the technical analysis,
management assessment, and program
evaluation tasks required to address the
assessment as described in the MDUFA
III Commitment Letter.
FDA awarded the contract in June
2013 to the consulting firm Booz Allen
Hamilton. Findings on high-priority
recommendations (i.e., those likely to
have a significant impact on review
times) were published in December
2013.3 Final comprehensive findings
and recommendations were scheduled
to be published within 1 year of the
contract award and are included in the
report available at www.fda.gov/
downloads/ForIndustry/UserFees/
MedicalDeviceUserFee/UCM426392.pdf.
FDA agreed to publish an
implementation plan within 1 year of
the final findings and recommendations.
The final implementation plan, ‘‘Plan of
Action,’’ was published December 2014
and is available at www.fda.gov/
downloads/ForIndustry/UserFees/
MedicalDeviceUserFee/UCM426392.pdf.
Examination of the final comprehensive
findings and recommendations report
led FDA to conclude that the
recommendations could be expanded to
further enhance the efficiency of
premarket reviews. Those actions were
also outlined in the Plan of Action. To
distinguish actions in direct response to
the recommendations from additional
actions to further improve the premarket
review process, FDA used a ‘‘Stage’’
approach. In the Plan of Action ‘‘Stage
1’’ actions directly addressed the
2 www.fda.gov/downloads/MedicalDevices/News
Events/WorkshopsConferences/UCM295454.pdf.
3 www.fda.gov/downloads/MedicalDevices/Device
RegulationandGuidance/Overview/MDUFAIII/
UCM378202.pdf.
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recommendations in the independent
assessment and ‘‘Stage 2’’ actions
outlined additional long-term actions
the Agency intended to implement to
further enhance the premarket review
process. In addition, FDA has publicly
stated in the ‘‘Plan of Action’’ that the
Agency intended to complete all Stage
1 actions by December 31, 2015.
For Phase 2 of the independent
assessment, the contractor evaluated the
implementation of recommendations,
described under Stage 1 in the ‘‘Plan of
Action,’’ and is publishing its written
assessment 4 no later than February 1,
2016.
FDA has implemented all Stage 1
actions outlined in the Plan of Action,
and incorporated the resulting
enhancements into the management of
the premarket review program.
Resources permitting, the Center for
Devices and Radiological Health will
continue to implement Stage 2 actions.
FDA will monitor implemented
improvements for accomplishment of
intended results and the process for the
review of device submissions for
additional improvement opportunities.
Dated: February 4, 2016.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2016–D–0270]
Display Devices for Diagnostic
Radiology; Draft Guidance for Industry
and Food and Drug Administration
Staff; Availability
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA or Agency) is
announcing the availability of the draft
guidance entitled ‘‘Display Devices for
Diagnostic Radiology’’. This draft
guidance document provides
recommendations for the types of
information you should provide in your
premarket notification submission
(510(k)) for display devices intended for
diagnostic radiology with the assigned
product code PGY. This guidance, when
finalized, will replace a previously
issued final guidance entitled ‘‘Display
Accessories for Full-Field Digital
SUMMARY:
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UserFees/MedicalDeviceUserFee/UCM484146.pdf.
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Mammography Systems-Premarket
Notification (510(k)) Submissions,’’
issued on May 30, 2008. 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
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 May 9, 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
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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–
2016–D–0270 for ‘‘Display Devices for
Diagnostic Radiology; Draft Guidance
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for Industry and Food and Drug
Administration Staff; 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.
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 ‘‘Display Devices for
Diagnostic Radiology’’ to the Office of
the Center Director, Guidance and
Policy Development, Center for Devices
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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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Pastel, Center for Devices and
Radiological Health, Food and Drug
Administration, 10903 New Hampshire
Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 4312, Silver Spring,
MD 20993–0002, 301–796–6887.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
This guidance, when finalized, will
apply to display devices intended for
diagnostic radiology as identified in
section III ‘‘Scope’’ of the guidance, and
currently classified under 21 CFR
892.2050 as class II devices according to
section 513(a)(1) of the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C
360c(a)(1)) with the assigned product
code PGY. This draft guidance is
intended to assist industry in preparing
a 510(k) for display devices intended for
use in diagnostic radiology. This draft
guidance provides recommendations for
the types of information to provide in
510(k) submissions for display devices
intended for diagnostic radiology. This
information supplements the
requirements for a 510(k) submission
found in 21 CFR part 807, subpart E, as
well as recommendations provided in
other FDA guidance documents
concerning the specific content of a
510(k) submission.
This guidance, when finalized, will
apply to workstation medical image
displays for diagnostic radiology. These
devices are classified as class II devices
that are intended to be used in
controlled viewing conditions to display
and view digital images for primary
image interpretation. Display devices for
diagnostic radiology may also be
referred to as soft-copy displays or
medical grade monitors.
II. Significance of Guidance
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 current thinking of FDA
on display devices for diagnostic
radiology. 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.
III. Electronic Access
Persons interested in obtaining a copy
of the draft guidance may do so by
downloading an electronic copy from
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the Internet. A search capability for all
Center for Devices and Radiological
Health guidance documents is available
at https://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/
DeviceRegulationandGuidance/
GuidanceDocuments/default.htm.
Guidance documents are also available
at https://www.regulations.gov. Persons
unable to download an electronic copy
of ‘‘Display Devices for Diagnostic
Radiology’’ may send an email request
to CDRH-Guidance@fda.hhs.gov to
receive an electronic copy of the
document. Please use the document
number 1500022 to identify the
guidance you are requesting.
IV. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
The draft guidance refers to
previously approved collections of
information found in FDA regulations.
These collections of information are
subject to review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520). The collections
of information in 21 CFR part 807 have
been approved under OMB control
number 0910–0120 and the collections
of information in 21 CFR part 801 have
been approved under OMB control
number 0910–0485.
Dated: February 2, 2016.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
Notice.
In compliance with section
3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the
Secretary (OS), Department of Health
and Human Services, has submitted an
Information Collection Request (ICR),
described below, to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. The ICR is for a
new collection. Comments submitted
during the first public review of this ICR
will be provided to OMB. OMB will
accept further comments from the
public on this ICR during the review
and approval period.
DATES: Comments on the ICR must be
received on or before March 10, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or via
facsimile to (202) 395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information Collection Clearance staff,
Information.Collection
Clearance@hhs.gov or (202) 690–6162.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
Information Collection Request Title
and document identifier HHS–OS–
4040–New–30D for reference.
SUMMARY:
Information Collection Request Title:
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[Document Identifier: HHS–OS–4040–New–
30D]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment
Request
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
Abstract: Public Law 113–101, The
Digital Accountability and
Transparency Act of 2014 (DATA Act)
expands the Federal Funding
Accountability and Transparency Act of
2006 by increasing accountability and
transparency in Federal spending.
Section 5 of the DATA Act (‘‘Sec. 5.
Simplifying Federal Award Reporting’’)
tasks the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
establish a pilot program (Sec. 5 (b)).
OMB has designated the Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS) as
the executing agent of the pilot program.
Within HHS, the DATA Act Program
Management Office (PMO) (DAP) has
been established under the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Financial
Resources (ASFR) in order to implement
this pilot program. ASFR/DAP, in
coordination with Grants.gov, is
requesting a generic clearance for the
purpose of conducting tests under the
pilot program to obtain qualitative and
quantitative data and gain an
understanding of the burden imposed
on Federal recipients.
The DAP has designed several test
models to evaluate recipient burden and
assess quality of data. The goal of these
test models is to determine whether new
technology, data standards, processes,
and forms aid in reducing recipient
burden and increase the accuracy and
quality of the data submitted. Under this
clearance, a variety of methods (surveys,
focus groups, etc.) could be used to
collect data, with the exact nature of the
questions currently undetermined. DAP
expects these questions to include, but
not be limited to, topics pertaining to
the Standard Form (SF) 424, the
Consolidated Federal Financial Reports,
and the expanded Single Audit form
(SF–SAC). If this data is not collected,
the requirements of the DATA Act
Section 5 pilot will not be met. The
types of collections that this generic
clearance covers include, but are not
limited to:
• Surveys,
• Focus Groups,
• Other qualitative methods such as
interviews, small discussion groups,
and case studies.
Likely Respondents: Recipients of
Federal contracts, grants, and subawards.
TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS
Estimated annual reporting burden
Number of
respondents
Type of collection
Annual
frequency per
response
Hours per
response
Total hours
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Surveys, Focus Groups, and other qualitative methods .................................
300
1
56.25
16,875
Total ..........................................................................................................
300
........................
........................
16,875
Darius Taylor,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2016-D-0270]
Display Devices for Diagnostic Radiology; Draft Guidance for
Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff; Availability
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing
the availability of the draft guidance entitled ``Display Devices for
Diagnostic Radiology''. This draft guidance document provides
recommendations for the types of information you should provide in your
premarket notification submission (510(k)) for display devices intended
for diagnostic radiology with the assigned product code PGY. This
guidance, when finalized, will replace a previously issued final
guidance entitled ``Display Accessories for Full-Field Digital
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Mammography Systems-Premarket Notification (510(k)) Submissions,''
issued on May 30, 2008. 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
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 May 9, 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-2016-D-0270 for ``Display Devices for Diagnostic Radiology; Draft
Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff;
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.
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
``Display Devices for Diagnostic Radiology'' 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 self-addressed adhesive label to assist that office in processing
your request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Pastel, Center for Devices and
Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire
Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 4312, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-6887.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
This guidance, when finalized, will apply to display devices
intended for diagnostic radiology as identified in section III
``Scope'' of the guidance, and currently classified under 21 CFR
892.2050 as class II devices according to section 513(a)(1) of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C 360c(a)(1)) with the
assigned product code PGY. This draft guidance is intended to assist
industry in preparing a 510(k) for display devices intended for use in
diagnostic radiology. This draft guidance provides recommendations for
the types of information to provide in 510(k) submissions for display
devices intended for diagnostic radiology. This information supplements
the requirements for a 510(k) submission found in 21 CFR part 807,
subpart E, as well as recommendations provided in other FDA guidance
documents concerning the specific content of a 510(k) submission.
This guidance, when finalized, will apply to workstation medical
image displays for diagnostic radiology. These devices are classified
as class II devices that are intended to be used in controlled viewing
conditions to display and view digital images for primary image
interpretation. Display devices for diagnostic radiology may also be
referred to as soft-copy displays or medical grade monitors.
II. Significance of Guidance
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 current thinking of FDA on display
devices for diagnostic radiology. 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.
III. Electronic Access
Persons interested in obtaining a copy of the draft guidance may do
so by downloading an electronic copy from
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the Internet. A search capability for all Center for Devices and
Radiological Health guidance documents is available at https://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/DeviceRegulationandGuidance/GuidanceDocuments/default.htm. Guidance documents are also available at
https://www.regulations.gov. Persons unable to download an electronic
copy of ``Display Devices for Diagnostic Radiology'' may send an email
request to CDRH-Guidance@fda.hhs.gov to receive an electronic copy of
the document. Please use the document number 1500022 to identify the
guidance you are requesting.
IV. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
The draft guidance refers to previously approved collections of
information found in FDA regulations. These collections of information
are subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). The
collections of information in 21 CFR part 807 have been approved under
OMB control number 0910-0120 and the collections of information in 21
CFR part 801 have been approved under OMB control number 0910-0485.
Dated: February 2, 2016.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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