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[Docket No. FDA–2018–D–4367]
Bioavailability Studies Submitted in
New Drug Applications or
Investigational New Drug
Applications—General Considerations;
Draft Guidance for Industry;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announcing the availability of a draft
guidance for industry entitled
‘‘Bioavailability Studies Submitted in
NDAs or INDs—General
Considerations.’’ This draft guidance
provides recommendations to sponsors
planning to include bioavailability (BA)
information for drug products in
investigational new drug applications
(INDs), new drug applications (NDAs),
and NDA supplements. This draft
guidance revises and replaces FDA’s
March 2014 draft guidance for industry
entitled ‘‘Bioavailability and
Bioequivalence Studies Submitted in
NDAs or INDs—General
Considerations,’’ which addresses BA or
bioequivalence (BE) studies for INDs,
NDAs, and NDA supplements.
DATES: Submit either electronic or
written comments on the draft guidance
by May 28, 2019 to ensure that the
Agency considers your comment on this
draft guidance before it begins work on
the final version of the guidance.
SUMMARY:
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Drug Administration, 10903 New
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20993–0002, 301–796–1515.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
FDA is announcing the availability of
a draft guidance for industry entitled
‘‘Bioavailability Studies Submitted in
NDAs or INDs—General
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Considerations.’’ Determining the BA of
formulations is critical during the life
cycle of drug products and aids in
FDA’s evaluation of the safety and
effectiveness of a product in an IND,
NDA, or NDA supplements. This draft
guidance provides recommendations to
sponsors planning to include BA
information for drug products in INDs,
NDAs, and NDA supplements. This
draft guidance contains
recommendations on how to meet the
BA requirements set forth in 21 CFR
part 320 as they apply to dosage forms
intended for oral administration. The
draft guidance is also applicable to nonorally administered drug products when
it is appropriate to rely on systemic
exposure measures to determine the BA
of a drug (e.g., transdermal delivery
systems and certain rectal and nasal
drug products). The draft guidance
provides recommendations on
conducting relative BA studies during
the IND period for an NDA and BE
studies during the postapproval period
for certain changes to drug products.
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 ‘‘Bioavailability Studies in NDAs or
INDs—General Considerations.’’ 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. This
guidance is not subject to Executive
Order 12866.
II. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This 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 collection of
information submitted under 21 CFR
part 312 (INDs) has been approved
under OMB control number 0910–0014;
and the collection of information
submitted under 21 CFR part 314
(NDAs) has been approved under OMB
control number 0910–0001.
III. Electronic Access
Persons with access to the internet
may obtain the draft guidance at either
https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/
GuidanceCompliance
RegulatoryInformation/Guidances/
default.htm or https://
www.regulations.gov.
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Comments submitted electronically,
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solely responsible for ensuring that your
comment does not include any
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third party may not wish to be posted,
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confidential business information, such
as a manufacturing process. Please note
that if you include your name, contact
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identifies you in the body of your
comments, that information will be
posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
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Submit written/paper submissions as
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• Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for
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Management Staff (HFA–305), Food and
Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers
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• For written/paper comments
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information submitted, marked and
identified, as confidential, if submitted
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Comments.’’ Received comments will be
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those submitted as ‘‘Confidential
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Dockets Management Staff between 9
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Friday.
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the claimed confidential information, in
its consideration of comments. The
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claimed confidential information
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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
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FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or access
the information at: https://www.gpo.gov/
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0002. Send one self-addressed adhesive
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your requests. See the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section for electronic
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Evaluation and Research, Food and
Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave. Bldg. 51, Rm. 3330,
Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301–796–
0151, chris.wheeler@fda.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In the Federal Register of November
20, 2018 (83 FR 58574), FDA published
a notice with a 60-day comment period
to request comments on the notice
entitled ‘‘Prescription Drug-Use-Related
Software; Establishment of a Public
Docket; Request for Comments.’’ FDA is
reopening the comment period until
April 29, 2019. The Agency believes
that an additional 60 days will allow
adequate time for interested persons to
submit comments.
II. Electronic Access
Persons with access to the internet
may obtain the notice at either https://
www.fda.gov/Drugs/
GuidanceCompliance
RegulatoryInformation/Guidances/
default.htm or https://
www.regulations.gov.
Dated: February 20, 2019.
Lowell J. Schiller,
Acting Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2018-D-4367]
Bioavailability Studies Submitted in New Drug Applications or
Investigational New Drug Applications--General Considerations; 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
``Bioavailability Studies Submitted in NDAs or INDs--General
Considerations.'' This draft guidance provides recommendations to
sponsors planning to include bioavailability (BA) information for drug
products in investigational new drug applications (INDs), new drug
applications (NDAs), and NDA supplements. This draft guidance revises
and replaces FDA's March 2014 draft guidance for industry entitled
``Bioavailability and Bioequivalence Studies Submitted in NDAs or
INDs--General Considerations,'' which addresses BA or bioequivalence
(BE) studies for INDs, NDAs, and NDA supplements.
DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the draft
guidance by May 28, 2019 to ensure that the Agency considers your
comment on this draft guidance before it begins work on the final
version of the guidance.
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ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on any guidance at any time 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): Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305), Food and Drug
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
For written/paper comments submitted to the Dockets
Management Staff, 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-2018-D-4367 for ``Bioavailability Studies Submitted in NDAs or
INDs--General Considerations.'' 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 Dockets
Management Staff 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 Dockets Management Staff. 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.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf.
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 Dockets Management Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane,
Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
You may submit comments on any guidance at any time (see 21 CFR
10.115(g)(5)).
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: Dakshina Chilukuri, Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-1515.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
FDA is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry
entitled ``Bioavailability Studies Submitted in NDAs or INDs--General
Considerations.'' Determining the BA of formulations is critical during
the life cycle of drug products and aids in FDA's evaluation of the
safety and effectiveness of a product in an IND, NDA, or NDA
supplements. This draft guidance provides recommendations to sponsors
planning to include BA information for drug products in INDs, NDAs, and
NDA supplements. This draft guidance contains recommendations on how to
meet the BA requirements set forth in 21 CFR part 320 as they apply to
dosage forms intended for oral administration. The draft guidance is
also applicable to non-orally administered drug products when it is
appropriate to rely on systemic exposure measures to determine the BA
of a drug (e.g., transdermal delivery systems and certain rectal and
nasal drug products). The draft guidance provides recommendations on
conducting relative BA studies during the IND period for an NDA and BE
studies during the postapproval period for certain changes to drug
products.
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
``Bioavailability Studies in NDAs or INDs--General Considerations.'' 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. This guidance
is not subject to Executive Order 12866.
II. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This 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
collection of information submitted under 21 CFR part 312 (INDs) has
been approved under OMB control number 0910-0014; and the collection of
information submitted under 21 CFR part 314 (NDAs) has been approved
under OMB control number 0910-0001.
III. Electronic Access
Persons with access to the internet may obtain the draft guidance
at either https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Guidances/default.htm or
https://www.regulations.gov.
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Dated: February 20, 2019.
Lowell J. Schiller,
Acting Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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