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program fees for a fiscal year for
prescription drug products identified in
a single approved NDA or BLA (see
section 736(a)(2)(C)). Applicants are
assessed a program fee for a fiscal year
only for user fee eligible prescription
drug products identified in a human
drug application approved as of October
1 of such fiscal year.
FDA estimates 2,740 program fees
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exemptions. FDA approximates that
there will be 54 waivers and refunds
granted. In addition, FDA approximates
that another 44 program fees will be
exempted in FY 2020 based on the
orphan drug exemption in section
736(k) of the FD&C Act. FDA estimates
2,642 program fees in FY 2020, after
allowing for an estimated 98 waivers
and reductions, including the orphan
drug exemptions. The FY 2020
prescription drug program fee rate is
calculated by dividing the adjusted total
revenue from program fees
($859,771,200) by the estimated 2,642
program fees, for a FY 2020 program fee
of $325,424.
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2019. Payment will be due on October
1, 2019. FDA will issue invoices in
December 2019 for FY 2020 program
fees that qualify for fee assessments after
the August 2019 billing.
Dated: July 29, 2019.
Lowell J. Schiller,
Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2019–D–2837]
Testing and Labeling Medical Devices
for Safety in the Magnetic Resonance
Environment; Draft Guidance for
Industry and Food and Drug
Administration Staff; Availability
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice of availability.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA or Agency) is
announcing the availability of the draft
guidance entitled ‘‘Testing and Labeling
Medical Devices for Safety in the
Magnetic Resonance (MR)
Environment.’’ FDA developed this
draft guidance to provide FDA’s
recommendations on the testing needed
for assessing the safety and
compatibility of medical devices in the
Magnetic Resonance (MR) Environment
and the recommended format for
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Safety Information in medical device
labeling. This draft guidance document
is anticipated to aid in consistency of
reviews, testing, and MRI safety labeling
across a variety of medical devices. This
draft guidance is not final nor is it in
effect at this time.
DATES: Submit either electronic or
written comments on the draft guidance
by October 1, 2019 to ensure that the
Agency considers your comment on this
draft guidance before it begins work on
the final version of the guidance.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on any guidance at any time as follows:
SUMMARY:
Electronic Submissions
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• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
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• For written/paper comments
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2019–D–2837 for ‘‘Testing and Labeling
Medical Devices for Safety in the
Magnetic Resonance (MR)
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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/201523389.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)).
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 ‘‘Testing and
Labeling Medical Devices for Safety in
the Magnetic Resonance (MR)
Environment’’ to the Office of Policy,
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:
Terry Woods, Center for Devices and
Radiological Health, Food and Drug
Administration, 10903 New Hampshire
Ave., Bldg. 62, Rm. 2116, Silver Spring,
MD 20993–0002, 301–796–2503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The MR Environment presents unique
safety hazards for patients and other
persons with devices near or inside an
MR system. Ensuring safety and
effectiveness for a medical device
intended to enter the MR Environment
should be an integral part of the device
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risk management. Appropriate testing
and labeling, such as well supported
MR Conditional labeling, should form
the basis of adequate mitigations for the
unique safety hazards in the MR
Environment. This guidance document
outlines FDA’s current thinking on the
testing needed for assessing the safety
and compatibility of medical devices in
the MR Environment and the
recommended format for MRI Safety
Information in device labeling.
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 ‘‘Testing and Labeling Medical
Devices for Safety in the Magnetic
Resonance (MR) Environment.’’ 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.
III. Electronic Access
Persons interested in obtaining a copy
of the draft guidance may do so by
downloading an electronic copy from
the internet. A search capability for all
Center for Devices and Radiological
Health guidance documents is available
at https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/
device-advice-comprehensiveregulatory-assistance/guidancedocuments-medical-devices-andradiation-emitting-products. This
guidance document is also available at
https://www.regulations.gov. Persons
unable to download an electronic copy
of ‘‘Testing and Labeling Medical
Devices for Safety in the Magnetic
Resonance (MR) Environment’’ may
send an email request to CDRHGuidance@fda.hhs.gov to receive an
electronic copy of the document. Please
use the document number 1500059 to
identify the guidance you are
requesting.
IV. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This draft guidance refers to
previously approved collections of
information. 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 the
following FDA regulations and guidance
have been approved by OMB as listed in
the following table:
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807, subpart E ............................................................................
814, subparts A through E .........................................................
814, subpart H ............................................................................
812 ..............................................................................................
‘‘De Novo Classification Process (Evaluation of Automatic
Class III Designation)’’.
‘‘Requests for Feedback on Medical Device Submissions: The
Pre-Submission Program and Meetings with Food and Drug
Administration Staff’’.
801 and 809 ...............................................................................
Premarket notification .................................................................
Premarket approval ....................................................................
Humanitarian Device Exemption ................................................
Investigational Device Exemption ..............................................
De Novo classification process ..................................................
0910–0120
0910–0231
0910–0332
0910–0078
0910–0844
Q-Submissions ...........................................................................
0910–0756
Medical Device Labeling Regulations ........................................
0910–0485
Dated: July 29, 2019.
Lowell J. Schiller,
Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2019–N–3560]
Biosimilar User Fee Rates for Fiscal
Year 2020
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing the
rates for biosimilar user fees for fiscal
year (FY) 2020. The Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), as
amended by the Biosimilar User Fee
Amendments of 2017 (BsUFA II),
authorizes FDA to assess and collect
user fees for certain activities in
connection with biosimilar biological
product development; review of certain
applications for approval of biosimilar
biological products; and each biosimilar
biological product approved in a
biosimilar biological product
application.
BsUFA II directs FDA to establish,
before the beginning of each fiscal year,
the amount of initial and annual
biosimilar biological product
development (BPD) fees, the
reactivation fee, and the biosimilar
biological product application and
program fees for such year. These fees
apply to the period from October 1,
2019, through September 30, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Melissa Hurley, Office of Financial
Management, Food and Drug
Administration, 4041 Powder Mill Rd.,
Rm. 61075, Beltsville, MD 20705–4304,
240–402–4585.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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I. Background
Sections 744G, 744H, and 744I of the
FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 379j–51, 379j–52,
and 379j–53), as amended by BsUFA II
(title IV of the FDA Reauthorization Act
of 2017, Pub. L. 115–52), authorize the
collection of fees for biosimilar
biological products. Under section
744H(a)(1)(A) of the FD&C Act, the
initial BPD fee for a product is due
when the sponsor submits an
investigational new drug (IND)
application that FDA determines is
intended to support a biosimilar
biological product application or within
5 calendar days after FDA grants the
first BPD meeting, whichever occurs
first. A sponsor who has paid the initial
BPD fee is considered to be participating
in FDA’s BPD program for that product.
Under section 744H(a)(1)(B) of the
FD&C Act, once a sponsor has paid the
initial BPD fee for a product, the annual
BPD fee is assessed beginning with the
next fiscal year. The annual BPD fee is
assessed for the product each fiscal year
until the sponsor submits a marketing
application for the product that is
accepted for filing or the sponsor
discontinues participation in FDA’s
BPD program for the product.
Under section 744H(a)(1)(D) of the
FD&C Act, if a sponsor has discontinued
participation in FDA’s BPD program and
wants to re-engage with FDA on
development of the product, the sponsor
must pay a reactivation fee to resume
participation in the program. The
sponsor must pay the reactivation fee by
the earlier of the following dates: No
later than 5 calendar days after FDA
grants the sponsor’s request for a BPD
meeting for that product or upon the
date of submission by the sponsor of an
IND describing an investigation that
FDA determines is intended to support
a biosimilar biological product
application for that product. The
sponsor will be assessed an annual BPD
fee beginning with the first fiscal year
after payment of the reactivation fee.
BsUFA II also authorizes fees for
certain biosimilar biological product
applications and for each biosimilar
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biological product identified in an
approved biosimilar biological product
application (section 744H(a)(2) and (3)
of the FD&C Act). Under certain
conditions, FDA will grant a small
business a waiver from its first
biosimilar biological product
application fee (section 744H(d)(1) of
the FD&C Act).
For FY 2018 through FY 2022, the
base revenue amounts for the total
revenues from all BsUFA fees are
established by BsUFA II. For FY 2020,
the base revenue amount is the FY 2019
inflation adjusted fee revenue amount of
$40,947,463. The FY 2020 base revenue
amount is to be adjusted for inflation
and may be reduced, as appropriate, for
long-term financial planning purposes.
This document provides fee rates for
FY 2020 for the initial and annual BPD
fee ($117,987), for the reactivation fee
($235,975), for an application requiring
clinical data ($1,746,745), for an
application not requiring clinical data
($873,373), and for the program fee
($304,162). These fees are effective on
October 1, 2019, and will remain in
effect through September 30, 2020. For
applications that are submitted on or
after October 1, 2019, the new fee
schedule must be used.
II. Fee Revenue Amount for FY 2020
The base revenue amount for FY 2020
is $40,947,463 prior to adjustments for
inflation and operating reserves (see
section 744H(c)(1) and (3) of the FD&C
Act).
A. FY 2020 Statutory Fee Revenue
Adjustments for Inflation
BsUFA II specifies that the
$40,947,463 is to be adjusted for
inflation increases for FY 2020 using
two separate adjustments—one for
personnel compensation and benefits
(PC&B) and one for non-PC&B costs (see
section 744H(c)(1) of the FD&C Act).
The component of the inflation
adjustment for payroll costs shall be one
plus the average annual percent change
in the cost of all PC&B paid per full-time
equivalent (FTE) positions at FDA for
the first 3 of the preceding 4 FYs,
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2019-D-2837]
Testing and Labeling Medical Devices for Safety in the Magnetic
Resonance Environment; Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug
Administration Staff; 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 the draft guidance entitled ``Testing and Labeling
Medical Devices for Safety in the Magnetic Resonance (MR)
Environment.'' FDA developed this draft guidance to provide FDA's
recommendations on the testing needed for assessing the safety and
compatibility of medical devices in the Magnetic Resonance (MR)
Environment and the recommended format for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(MRI) Safety Information in medical device labeling. This draft
guidance document is anticipated to aid in consistency of reviews,
testing, and MRI safety labeling across a variety of medical devices.
This draft guidance is not final nor is it in effect at this time.
DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the draft
guidance by October 1, 2019 to ensure that the Agency considers your
comment on this draft guidance before it begins work on the final
version of the guidance.
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
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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-2019-D-2837 for ``Testing and Labeling Medical Devices for Safety
in the Magnetic Resonance (MR) Environment.'' 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)).
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
``Testing and Labeling Medical Devices for Safety in the Magnetic
Resonance (MR) Environment'' to the Office of Policy, 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: Terry Woods, Center for Devices and
Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire
Ave., Bldg. 62, Rm. 2116, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-2503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The MR Environment presents unique safety hazards for patients and
other persons with devices near or inside an MR system. Ensuring safety
and effectiveness for a medical device intended to enter the MR
Environment should be an integral part of the device risk management.
Appropriate testing and labeling, such as well supported MR Conditional
labeling, should form the basis of adequate mitigations for the unique
safety hazards in the MR Environment. This guidance document outlines
FDA's current thinking on the testing needed for assessing the safety
and compatibility of medical devices in the MR Environment and the
recommended format for MRI Safety Information in device labeling.
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 ``Testing and
Labeling Medical Devices for Safety in the Magnetic Resonance (MR)
Environment.'' 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.
III. Electronic Access
Persons interested in obtaining a copy of the draft guidance may do
so by downloading an electronic copy from the internet. A search
capability for all Center for Devices and Radiological Health guidance
documents is available at https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/device-advice-comprehensive-regulatory-assistance/guidance-documents-medical-devices-and-radiation-emitting-products. This guidance document is also
available at https://www.regulations.gov. Persons unable to download an
electronic copy of ``Testing and Labeling Medical Devices for Safety in
the Magnetic Resonance (MR) Environment'' may send an email request to
[email protected] to receive an electronic copy of the
document. Please use the document number 1500059 to identify the
guidance you are requesting.
IV. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This draft guidance refers to previously approved collections of
information. 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
the following FDA regulations and guidance have been approved by OMB as
listed in the following table:
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OMB control
21 CFR part or guidance Topic No.
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807, subpart E.................... Premarket 0910-0120
notification.
814, subparts A through E......... Premarket approval.. 0910-0231
814, subpart H.................... Humanitarian Device 0910-0332
Exemption.
812............................... Investigational 0910-0078
Device Exemption.
``De Novo Classification Process De Novo 0910-0844
(Evaluation of Automatic Class classification
III Designation)''. process.
``Requests for Feedback on Medical Q-Submissions....... 0910-0756
Device Submissions: The Pre-
Submission Program and Meetings
with Food and Drug Administration
Staff''.
801 and 809....................... Medical Device 0910-0485
Labeling
Regulations.
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Dated: July 29, 2019.
Lowell J. Schiller,
Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2019-16505 Filed 8-1-19; 8:45 am]
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