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comparable approved
radiopharmaceutical that produces for
an identified individual patient a
clinical difference, the determination is
documented on the prescription or
order in writing by either (1) the
prescribing practitioner, or (2) the
compounder, reflecting a conversation
with the prescribing practitioner. The
compounder maintains records of the
prescription or order documenting this
determination.
We estimate that annually a total of
approximately 10 compounders (‘‘No. of
Respondents’’ in table 1, line 1) will
consult a prescriber to determine
whether he or she has made a
determination that the compounded
radiopharmaceutical has a change that
produces a clinical difference for an
identified individual patient as
compared to the comparable approved
radiopharmaceutical. We estimate that
compounders will document this
determination on approximately 250
prescriptions or orders for compounded
radiopharmaceuticals ‘‘Total Annual
Disclosures’’ in table 1, line 1). We
estimate that the consultation between
the compounder and the prescriber and
noting this determination on each
prescription or order that does not
already document this determination
will take approximately 3 minutes per
prescription or order.
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A compounder also maintains records
of prescriptions or orders noting the
determination that a prescriber has
determined that the compounded
radiopharmaceutical has a change that
produces a clinical difference for an
identified individual patient. We
estimate that the compounder will take
approximately 2.1 hours to maintain the
records of 250 prescriptions or orders
documenting the prescriber’s
determination of clinical difference
(‘‘Total Hours’’ in table 2). We estimate
that maintaining such records will take
approximately 30 seconds per
prescription or order.
FDA estimates the burden of this
collection of information as follows:
TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUAL THIRD-PARTY DISCLOSURE BURDEN 1
Type of reporting
Number of
respondents
Number of
disclosures
per
respondent
Total annual
disclosures
Average
burden per
disclosure
Total hours
Consultation between the compounder and prescriber or
health care facility, and the notation on the prescription or
order documenting the prescriber’s determination of clinical difference.
10
25
250
3 minutes ....
12.5
1 There
are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.
TABLE 2—ESTIMATED ANNUAL RECORDKEEPING BURDEN 1
Type of reporting
Number of
recordkeepers
Number of
records per
recordkeeper
Total annual
records
Average
burden
per
recordkeeping
Total hours
Maintenance of records of prescriptions or orders documenting the prescriber’s determination of clinical difference.
10
25
250
30 seconds ..
2.1
1 There
are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.
III. Electronic Access
Persons with access to the Internet
may obtain the draft guidance at either
https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/Guidance
ComplianceRegulatoryInformation/
Guidances/default.htm or https://
www.regulations.gov.
Dated: December 22, 2016.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2014–D–1953]
Providing Regulatory Submissions in
Electronic Format—Submission of
Manufacturing Establishment
Information; Draft Guidance 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 a draft
guidance for industry entitled
‘‘Providing Regulatory Submissions in
Electronic Format—Submission of
Manufacturing Establishment
Information.’’ This guidance discusses
the requirements for a valid electronic
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submission of manufacturing
establishment information (MEI) under
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (the FD&C Act). This action will
streamline the review of all
manufacturing establishments involved
in the preparation of a drug or biological
product by consolidating information in
one location and eliminating the
inclusion of erroneous and/or outdated
information from other Agency files.
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 February 27,
2017.
DATES:
ADDRESSES:
You may submit comments
as follows:
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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’’).
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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–
2014–D–1953 for ‘‘Providing Regulatory
Submissions in Electronic Format—
Submission of Manufacturing
Establishment Information.’’ 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
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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; or to the 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. Send one selfaddressed 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:
Regarding drug products: Karen
Takahashi, Center for Drug Evaluation
and Research, Food and Drug
Administration, 10903 New Hampshire
Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm. 4244, Silver Spring,
MD 20993–0002, 301–796–3191.
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Regarding biological products:
Stephen Ripley, Center for Biologics
Evaluation and Research, Food and
Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 7301,
Silver Spring, MD 20993, 240–402–
7911.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
FDA is announcing the availability of
a draft guidance for industry entitled
‘‘Providing Regulatory Submissions in
Electronic Format—Submission of
Manufacturing Establishment
Information.’’
This draft guidance discusses the
requirements and implementation of
section 745A(a) of the FD&C Act (21
U.S.C. 379k–1) regarding valid
electronic submissions of MEI. Twentyfour months after this draft has been
finalized, MEI contained in new drug
applications (NDAs), abbreviated new
drug applications (ANDAs), biologics
license applications (BLAs), and
amendments, supplements, or
resubmissions of these application types
must be submitted electronically in the
format specified in this guidance. This
draft guidance also applies to drug
master files that are submitted for
incorporation by reference into an NDA,
ANDA, or BLA.
Under current regulations at 21 CFR
314.50(d) and 21 CFR 601.2(a),
applicants and holders of approved
applications are required to submit
contact information for each
manufacturing establishment involved
in the manufacture of the drug or
biological product, as well as other
information relating to the manufacture
of the product. This information is part
of the existing application form (FDA
Form 356h, ‘‘Application to Market a
New Drug, Biologic, or an Antibiotic
Drug for Human Use’’). We have found
that the MEI is sometimes incomplete,
and scattered throughout electronic
submissions. This can lead to delays in
application processing.
The Agency is requiring that
applicants submit a single, consolidated
list of information about each
manufacturing establishment mentioned
in any application. This information
must include the name and address of
each manufacturing establishment
involved in the manufacture of the drug
or biological product, specific
information regarding the physical
location of the establishment, facility
identifiers assigned to the establishment
by FDA, contact information for the
person responsible for scheduling
inspections at the establishment, and
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the specific manufacturing operations
conducted at the establishment.
We believe the required electronic
MEI can be consolidated to appear in a
single location to facilitate the complete,
timely, and accurate review of all
manufacturing establishments involved
in the preparation of a drug or biological
product. This will help to eliminate the
inclusion and/or maintenance of
potentially outdated and erroneous
information that could be retrieved from
other Agency files and will enable
proper identification and timely
evaluation of manufacturing
establishments for conformance with
requirements, including current good
manufacturing practices.
II. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
The 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
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520). The draft
guidance discusses the electronic
submission of MEI contained in an
NDA, ANDA, or BLA to the Center for
Drug Evaluation and Research and the
Center for Biologics Evaluation and
Research by specifying the format for
the electronic submission of such
submissions. The information collection
discussed in the guidance is contained
in our NDA and ANDA regulations (part
314) and approved under OMB control
number 0910–0001, and our BLA
regulations (part 601) and approved
under OMB control number 0910–0338.
Currently, MEI is submitted as part of
the existing application form, Form FDA
356h, and is approved by OMB under
control number 0910–0338.
III. Electronic Access
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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/default.htm, or https://
www.regulations.gov.
Dated: December 23, 2016.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2013–N–0879]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for Office of
Management and Budget Review;
Comment Request; Procedures for the
Safe and Sanitary Processing and
Importing of Fish and Fishery Products
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing
that a proposed collection of
information has been submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Fax written comments on the
collection of information by January 30,
2017.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on
the information collection are received,
OMB recommends that written
comments be faxed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, FAX:
202–395–7285, or emailed to oira_
submission@omb.eop.gov. All
comments should be identified with the
OMB control number 0910–0354. Also
include the FDA docket number found
in brackets in the heading of this
document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FDA
PRA Staff, Office of Operations, Food
and Drug Administration, Three White
Flint North, 10A63, 11601 Landsdown
St., North Bethesda, MD 20852,
PRAStaff@fda.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA
has submitted the following proposed
collection of information to OMB for
review and clearance.
SUMMARY:
Procedures for the Safe and Sanitary
Processing and Importing of Fish and
Fishery Products—21 CFR part 123
OMB Control Number 0910–0354—
Extension
FDA regulations in part 123 (21 CFR
part 123) mandate the application of
hazard analysis and critical control
point (HACCP) principles to the
processing of seafood. HACCP is a
preventive system of hazard control
designed to help ensure the safety of
foods. The regulations were issued
under FDA’s statutory authority to
regulate food safety, including section
402(a)(1) and (4) of the Federal Food,
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Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
342(a)(1) and (4)).
Certain provisions in part 123 require
that processors and importers of seafood
collect and record information. The
HACCP records compiled and
maintained by a seafood processor
primarily consist of the periodic
observations recorded at selected
monitoring points during processing
and packaging operations, as called for
in a processor’s HACCP plan (e.g., the
values for processing times,
temperatures, acidity, etc., as observed
at critical control points). The primary
purpose of HACCP records is to permit
a processor to verify that products have
been produced within carefully
established processing parameters
(critical limits) that ensure that hazards
have been avoided.
HACCP records are normally
reviewed by appropriately trained
employees at the end of a production lot
or at the end of a day or week of
production to verify that control limits
have been maintained, or that
appropriate corrective actions were
taken if the critical limits were not
maintained. Such verification activities
are essential to ensure that the HACCP
system is working as planned. A review
of these records during the conduct of
periodic plant inspections also permits
FDA to determine whether the products
have been consistently processed in
conformance with appropriate HACCP
food safety controls.
Section 123.12 requires that importers
of seafood products take affirmative
steps and maintain records that verify
that the fish and fishery products they
offer for import into the United States
were processed in accordance with the
HACCP and sanitation provisions set
forth in part 123. These records are also
to be made available for review by FDA
as provided in § 123.12(c).
The time and costs of these
recordkeeping activities will vary
considerably among processors and
importers of fish and fishery products,
depending on the type and number of
products involved, and on the nature of
the equipment or instruments required
to monitor critical control points. The
burden estimate in table 1 includes only
those collections of information under
the seafood HACCP regulations that are
not already required under other
statutes and regulations. The estimate
also does not include collections of
information that are a usual and
customary part of businesses’ normal
activities. For example, the tagging and
labeling of molluscan shellfish (21 CFR
1240.60) is a customary and usual
practice among seafood processors.
Consequently, the estimates in table 1
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2014-D-1953]
Providing Regulatory Submissions in Electronic Format--Submission
of Manufacturing Establishment Information; Draft 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 a draft guidance for industry entitled ``Providing
Regulatory Submissions in Electronic Format--Submission of
Manufacturing Establishment Information.'' This guidance discusses the
requirements for a valid electronic submission of manufacturing
establishment information (MEI) under the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act). This action will streamline the review of
all manufacturing establishments involved in the preparation of a drug
or biological product by consolidating information in one location and
eliminating the inclusion of erroneous and/or outdated information from
other Agency files.
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 February 27, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments as follows:
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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-2014-D-1953 for ``Providing Regulatory Submissions in Electronic
Format--Submission of Manufacturing Establishment Information.''
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; or to the
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. 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: Regarding drug products: Karen
Takahashi, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug
Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm. 4244, Silver
Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-3191.
Regarding biological products: Stephen Ripley, Center for Biologics
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 7301, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 240-402-
7911.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
FDA is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry
entitled ``Providing Regulatory Submissions in Electronic Format--
Submission of Manufacturing Establishment Information.''
This draft guidance discusses the requirements and implementation
of section 745A(a) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 379k-1) regarding valid
electronic submissions of MEI. Twenty-four months after this draft has
been finalized, MEI contained in new drug applications (NDAs),
abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs), biologics license
applications (BLAs), and amendments, supplements, or resubmissions of
these application types must be submitted electronically in the format
specified in this guidance. This draft guidance also applies to drug
master files that are submitted for incorporation by reference into an
NDA, ANDA, or BLA.
Under current regulations at 21 CFR 314.50(d) and 21 CFR 601.2(a),
applicants and holders of approved applications are required to submit
contact information for each manufacturing establishment involved in
the manufacture of the drug or biological product, as well as other
information relating to the manufacture of the product. This
information is part of the existing application form (FDA Form 356h,
``Application to Market a New Drug, Biologic, or an Antibiotic Drug for
Human Use''). We have found that the MEI is sometimes incomplete, and
scattered throughout electronic submissions. This can lead to delays in
application processing.
The Agency is requiring that applicants submit a single,
consolidated list of information about each manufacturing establishment
mentioned in any application. This information must include the name
and address of each manufacturing establishment involved in the
manufacture of the drug or biological product, specific information
regarding the physical location of the establishment, facility
identifiers assigned to the establishment by FDA, contact information
for the person responsible for scheduling inspections at the
establishment, and
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the specific manufacturing operations conducted at the establishment.
We believe the required electronic MEI can be consolidated to
appear in a single location to facilitate the complete, timely, and
accurate review of all manufacturing establishments involved in the
preparation of a drug or biological product. This will help to
eliminate the inclusion and/or maintenance of potentially outdated and
erroneous information that could be retrieved from other Agency files
and will enable proper identification and timely evaluation of
manufacturing establishments for conformance with requirements,
including current good manufacturing practices.
II. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
The 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 (44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520). The draft guidance discusses the electronic submission of MEI
contained in an NDA, ANDA, or BLA to the Center for Drug Evaluation and
Research and the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research by
specifying the format for the electronic submission of such
submissions. The information collection discussed in the guidance is
contained in our NDA and ANDA regulations (part 314) and approved under
OMB control number 0910-0001, and our BLA regulations (part 601) and
approved under OMB control number 0910-0338. Currently, MEI is
submitted as part of the existing application form, Form FDA 356h, and
is approved by OMB under control number 0910-0338.
III. Electronic Access
Persons with access to the Internet may obtain the document at
https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Guidances/default.htm, https://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/default.htm, or https://www.regulations.gov.
Dated: December 23, 2016.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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