Pediatric Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request for Comments, 44541-44542 [2020-15998]

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• Food and Drug Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 142 (Thursday, July 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44541-44542]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15998]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2020-N-1648]


Pediatric Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting; Establishment of 
a Public Docket; Request for Comments

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice; establishment of a public docket; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces a forthcoming 
public advisory committee meeting of the Pediatric Advisory Committee. 
The general function of the committee is to provide advice and 
recommendations to FDA on regulatory issues. The meeting will be open 
to the public. FDA is establishing a docket for public comment on this 
document.

DATES: The meeting will be held on September 15, 2020, from 10 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Please note that due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, 
all meeting participants will be joining this advisory committee 
meeting via an online teleconferencing platform. Answers to commonly 
asked questions about FDA advisory committee meetings may be accessed 
at: https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm408555.htm.
    FDA is establishing a docket for public comment on this meeting. 
The docket number is FDA-2020-N-1648. The docket will close on 
September 14, 2020. Submit either electronic or written comments on 
this public meeting by September 14, 2020. Please note that late, 
untimely filed comments will not be considered. Electronic comments 
must be submitted on or before September 14, 2020. The https://www.regulations.gov electronic filing system will accept comments until 
11:59 p.m. Eastern Time at the end of September 14, 2020. Comments 
received by mail/hand delivery/courier (for written/paper submissions) 
will be considered timely if they are postmarked or the delivery 
service acceptance receipt is on or before that date.
    Comments received on or before August 31, 2020, will be provided to 
the committee. Comments received after that date will be taken into 
consideration by FDA. In the event that the meeting is cancelled, FDA 
will continue to evaluate any relevant applications or information, and 
consider any comments submitted to the docket, as appropriate.
    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): 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-2020-N-1648 for ``Pediatric Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting; 
Establishment of a Public Docket; Request for Comments.'' Received 
comments, those filed in a timely manner (see ADDRESSES), will be 
placed in the docket and, except for those

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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, 240-402-7500.
     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.'' FDA 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 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 the 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, September18, 2015, or access the information at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/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, 240-402-7500.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marieann Brill, Office of Pediatric 
Therapeutics, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., 
Bldg. 32, Rm. 5154, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 240-402-3838, 
[email protected], or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 
1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area). A notice in 
the Federal Register about last minute modifications that impact a 
previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot always be 
published quickly enough to provide timely notice. Therefore, you 
should always check the FDA's website at https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm and scroll down to the appropriate 
advisory committee meeting link, or call the advisory committee 
information line to learn about possible modifications before coming to 
the meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda: The meeting presentations will be 
heard, viewed, captioned, and recorded through an online 
teleconferencing platform. On September 15, 2020, the Pediatric 
Advisory Committee (PAC) will discuss pediatric-focused safety reviews, 
as mandated by the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (Pub. L. 107-
109) and the Pediatric Research Equity Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108-155).
    The PAC will meet to discuss the following products (listed by FDA 
Center):
    (1) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
    a. GAMUNEX[supreg]-C (immune globulin intravenous (human)), 10%, 
Caprylate/Chromatography Purified
    (2) Center for Devices and Radiological Health
    a. FLOURISHTM Pediatric Esophageal Atresia Device 
(humanitarian device exemption)
    (3) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
    a. ADZENYS ER (amphetamine) extended-release oral suspension,
    b. MYDAYIS (mixed salts of a single-entity amphetamine product) 
extended-release capsule, for oral use,
    c. ORENCIA (abatacept) for injection, for intravenous use
    d. VYVANSE[supreg] (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate) capsule and 
chewable tablet,
    FDA will discuss acute dystonia associated with the use of 
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications (including 
methylphenidate products, amphetamine products, and atomoxetine). 
Additionally, FDA will discuss acute hyperkinetic movement disorder 
associated with the combined use of ADHD stimulants and antipsychotics 
(including first-generation antipsychotics and second-generation 
antipsychotics).
    FDA intends to make background material available to the public no 
later than 2 business days before the meeting. If FDA is unable to post 
the background material on its website prior to the meeting, the 
background material will be made publicly available at the location of 
the advisory committee meeting, and the background material will be 
posted on FDA's website after the meeting. Background material is 
available at https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/default.htm. Scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee meeting 
link.
    Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or 
views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee. 
Written submissions may be made to the contact person on or before 
September 8, 2020. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled 
between approximately 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Those individuals 
interested in making formal oral presentations should notify the 
contact person and submit a brief statement of the general nature of 
the evidence or arguments they wish to present, the names and addresses 
of proposed participants, and an indication of the approximate time 
requested to make their presentation on or before August 31, 2020. Time 
allotted for each presentation may be limited. If the number of 
registrants requesting to speak is greater than can be reasonably 
accommodated during the scheduled open public hearing session, FDA may 
conduct a lottery to determine the speakers for the scheduled open 
public hearing session. The contact person will notify interested 
persons regarding their request to speak by September 1, 2020.
    For press inquiries, please contact the Office of Media Affairs at 
[email protected] or 301-796-4540.
    FDA welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee 
meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with 
disabilities. If you require accommodations due to a disability, please 
contact Marieann Brill (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) at least 7 
days in advance of the meeting.
    FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee 
meetings. Please visit our website at https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm111462.htm for procedures 
on public conduct during advisory committee meetings.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

    Dated: July 17, 2020.
Lauren K. Roth,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2020-15998 Filed 7-22-20; 8:45 am]
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