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Evaluation of Automatic Class III
Designation (de novo), or be reclassified
into class I or class II before being
marketed. FDA makes the final decision
of whether a device is substantially
equivalent or not equivalent.
Section 807.81 states when a
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Introducing a device to the market for
the first time; (2) introducing a device
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register; and (3) introducing or
reintroducing a device which is
significantly changed or modified in
design, components, method of
manufacturer, or the intended use that
could affect the safety and effectiveness
of the device.
Form FDA 3514, a summary cover
sheet form, assists respondents in
categorizing administrative 510(k)
information for submission to FDA. This
form also assists respondents in
categorizing information for other FDA
medical device programs such as PMAs,
investigational device exemptions, and
HDEs. Under § 807.87(h), each 510(k)
submitter must include in the 510(k)
either a summary of the information in
the 510(k) as required by § 807.92
(510(k) summary) or a statement
certifying that the submitter will make
available upon request the information
in the 510(k) with certain exceptions as
per § 807.93 (510(k) statement). If the
510(k) submitter includes a 510(k)
statement in the 510(k) submission,
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correspondent of the firm make
available within 30 days of a request all
information included in the submitted
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effectiveness. This information will be
provided to any person within 30 days
of a request if the device described in
the 510(k) submission is determined to
be substantially equivalent. The
information provided will be a
duplicate of the 510(k) submission
including any safety and effectiveness
information, but excluding all patient
identifiers and trade secret and
commercial confidential information.
Section 204 of the Food and Drug
Administration Modernization Act
(FDAMA) (Pub. L. 105–115) amended
section 514 of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C.
360d). Amended section 514 allows
FDA to recognize consensus standards
developed by international and national
organizations for use in satisfying
portions of device premarket review
submissions including premarket
notifications or other requirements. FDA
has published and updated the list of
recognized standards regularly since
enactment of FDAMA and has allowed
510(k) submitters to certify conformance
to recognized standards to meet the
requirements of § 807.87. Form FDA
3654, the 510(k) Standards Data Form,
standardizes the format for submitting
information on consensus standards that
a 510(k) submitter chooses to use as a
portion of their premarket notification
submission (Form FDA 3654 is not for
declarations of conformance to a
recognized standard). FDA believes that
use of this form will simplify the 510(k)
preparation and review process for
510(k).
Under § 807.90, submitters may
request information on their 510(k)
review status 90 days after the initial
login date of the 510(k). Thereafter, the
submitter may request status reports
every 30 days following the initial status
request. To obtain a 510(k) status report,
the submitter should complete the
status request form, Form FDA 3541,
and fax it to the Center for Devices and
Radiological Health office identified on
the form.
FDA estimates the burden of this
collection of information as follows:
TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN1
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
Total annual
responses
Total
hours
Activity and 21 CFR Part/Section
Form No.
510(k) submission (807 subpart
E).
Summary cover sheet (807.87) ...
Status request (807.90(a)(3)) ......
Standards (807.87(d) and (f)) ......
510(k) statement (807.93) ...........
........................
3,900
1
3,900
79 ..............................
308,100
FDA 3514 ......
FDA 3541 ......
FDA 3654 ......
........................
1,956
218
2,700
225
1
1
1
10
1,956
218
2,700
2,250
0.5 (30 minutes) ........
0.25 (15 minutes) ......
10 ..............................
10 ..............................
978
55
27,000
22,500
Total ......................................
........................
........................
........................
........................
....................................
358,633
1 There
are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.
Dated: November 15, 2016.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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2012: Questions and Answers Related
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for Industry; Availability
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice of availability.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA or Agency) is
announcing the availability of guidance
for industry entitled ‘‘Generic Drug User
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Fee Amendments of 2012: Questions
and Answers Related to User Fee
Assessments.’’ This guidance provides
updated answers to common questions
from the generic drug industry and
other interested parties involved in the
development and/or testing of generic
drug products regarding GDUFA user
fees and finalizes the revised version of
the guidance.
Submit either electronic or
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at any time.
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your requests. See the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section for electronic
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mehrban Iranshad, Division of User Fee
Management and Budget Formulation
staff, Center for Drug Evaluation and
Research, Food and Drug
Administration, 10001 New Hampshire
Ave., Hillandale Bldg., Rm. 4145, Silver
Spring, MD 20993, 301–796–7900,
AskGDUFA@fda.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
FDA is announcing the availability of
a guidance for industry entitled
‘‘Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of
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2012: Questions and Answers Related to
User Fee Assessments.’’ GDUFA (Pub. L.
112–144, Title III) was signed into law
by the President on July 9, 2012.
GDUFA is designed to speed the
delivery of safe and effective generic
drugs to the public and improve upon
the predictability of the review process.
GDUFA enables FDA to assess user fees
to support critical and measurable
enhancements to FDA’s generic drugs
program. GDUFA establishes fees for
abbreviated new drug applications
(ANDAs), prior approval supplements
(PASs) to ANDAs, and drug master files
(DMFs), annual facility fees, and a onetime fee for original ANDAs pending
with FDA on October 1, 2012 (backlog
fees). Fees are incurred for ANDAs and
PASs submitted on or after October 1,
2012. An application fee is also incurred
the first time a DMF is referenced in an
ANDA or PAS submitted on or after
October 1, 2012.
FDA previously announced GDUFA
fees for fiscal year 2017 in the Federal
Register. ANDA, PAS, DMF, and facility
fees were published on July 27, 2016 (81
FR 49225), and the backlog fee was
published on October 25, 2012 (77 FR
65199). On August 27, 2012, FDA
announced the availability of a draft
guidance for industry entitled ‘‘Generic
Drug User Fee Amendments of 2012:
Questions and Answers’’ (77 FR 51814).
In response to comments received in the
docket and to address additional
questions that have arisen since the
launch of the GDUFA program, FDA
revised the draft guidance and re-issued
it as ‘‘Draft Guidance for Industry on
Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of
2012: Questions and Answers (Revision
1)’’ on September 10, 2013 (78 FR
55261). The guidance announced in this
notice finalizes the section of Revision
1 relating to user fees, updating and
clarifying the responses in some cases
and adding questions and answers
based on comments received from the
public. Questions and answers related
to GDUFA’s self-identification, review
of generic drug submissions, and
inspections and compliance provisions
that appeared in draft versions of this
guidance will appear in updated form in
a separately issued final guidance.
This guidance is being issued
consistent with FDA’s good guidance
practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115).
The guidance represents the Agency’s
current thinking on ‘‘Generic Drug User
Fee Amendments of 2012: Questions
and Answers Related to User Fee
Assessments.’’ 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
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and regulations.
II. Electronic Access
Persons with access to the Internet
may obtain the guidance at either https://
www.fda.gov/Drugs/Guidance
ComplianceRegulatoryInformation/
Guidances/default.htm or https://
www.regulations.gov.
Dated: November 14, 2016.
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Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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information, or other information that
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comments, that information will be
posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
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applicable disclosure law. For more
information about FDA’s posting of
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56469, September 18, 2015, or access
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regulatoryinformation/dockets/
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2012-D-0880]
Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2012: Questions and Answers
Related to User Fee Assessments; Guidance for Industry; Availability
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing
the availability of guidance for industry entitled ``Generic Drug User
Fee Amendments of 2012: Questions and Answers Related to User Fee
Assessments.'' This guidance provides updated answers to common
questions from the generic drug industry and other interested parties
involved in the development and/or testing of generic drug products
regarding GDUFA user fees and finalizes the revised version of the
guidance.
DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on Agency guidances
at any time.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments as follows:
[[Page 81775]]
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-2012-D-0880 for ``Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2012:
Questions and Answers Related to User Fee Assessments.'' 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 this 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 guidance document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mehrban Iranshad, Division of User Fee
Management and Budget Formulation staff, Center for Drug Evaluation and
Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10001 New Hampshire Ave.,
Hillandale Bldg., Rm. 4145, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301-796-7900,
AskGDUFA@fda.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
FDA is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry
entitled ``Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2012: Questions and
Answers Related to User Fee Assessments.'' GDUFA (Pub. L. 112-144,
Title III) was signed into law by the President on July 9, 2012. GDUFA
is designed to speed the delivery of safe and effective generic drugs
to the public and improve upon the predictability of the review
process. GDUFA enables FDA to assess user fees to support critical and
measurable enhancements to FDA's generic drugs program. GDUFA
establishes fees for abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs), prior
approval supplements (PASs) to ANDAs, and drug master files (DMFs),
annual facility fees, and a one-time fee for original ANDAs pending
with FDA on October 1, 2012 (backlog fees). Fees are incurred for ANDAs
and PASs submitted on or after October 1, 2012. An application fee is
also incurred the first time a DMF is referenced in an ANDA or PAS
submitted on or after October 1, 2012.
FDA previously announced GDUFA fees for fiscal year 2017 in the
Federal Register. ANDA, PAS, DMF, and facility fees were published on
July 27, 2016 (81 FR 49225), and the backlog fee was published on
October 25, 2012 (77 FR 65199). On August 27, 2012, FDA announced the
availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled ``Generic Drug
User Fee Amendments of 2012: Questions and Answers'' (77 FR 51814). In
response to comments received in the docket and to address additional
questions that have arisen since the launch of the GDUFA program, FDA
revised the draft guidance and re-issued it as ``Draft Guidance for
Industry on Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2012: Questions and
Answers (Revision 1)'' on September 10, 2013 (78 FR 55261). The
guidance announced in this notice finalizes the section of Revision 1
relating to user fees, updating and clarifying the responses in some
cases and adding questions and answers based on comments received from
the public. Questions and answers related to GDUFA's self-
identification, review of generic drug submissions, and inspections and
compliance provisions that appeared in draft versions of this guidance
will appear in updated form in a separately issued final guidance.
This guidance is being issued consistent with FDA's good guidance
practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). The guidance represents the
Agency's current thinking on ``Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of
2012: Questions and Answers Related to User Fee Assessments.'' 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
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requirements of the applicable statutes and regulations.
II. Electronic Access
Persons with access to the Internet may obtain the guidance at
either https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Guidances/default.htm or https://www.regulations.gov.
Dated: November 14, 2016.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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