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annually, and it will take an estimated
thirty-five hours per jurisdiction per ILS
PPR. Each jurisdiction’s SILC and DSE
will collaborate to complete the ILS
PPR. The fifty-six jurisdictions,
combined, will take an estimated 1,960
hours per year to complete ILS PPRs.
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DSEs and SILCs have told ACL about
how long filling out ILS PPRs took in
previous reporting years.
Respondent/data collection activity
Number of
respondents
Responses
per
respondent
Hours per
response
Total annual
burden hours
SILCs and DSEs ..............................................................................................
56
1
35
1,960
Dated: December 10, 2020.
Mary Lazare,
Principal Deputy Administrator.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
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Food and Drug Administration
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Interacting With the Food and Drug
Administration on Complex Innovative
Trial Designs for Drugs and Biological
Products; 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 final
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guidance entitled ‘‘Interacting with the
FDA on Complex Innovative Trial
Designs for Drugs and Biological
Products.’’ The guidance provides
recommendations to sponsors and
applicants on interacting with FDA on
complex innovative trial design (CID)
proposals for drugs or biological
products. FDA is issuing this guidance
to satisfy, in part, a mandate under the
21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act). In
accordance with the Cures Act mandate,
this guidance discusses the use of novel
trial designs in the development and
regulatory review of drugs and
biological products, how sponsors may
obtain feedback on technical issues
related to modeling and simulation, and
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the types of quantitative and qualitative
information that should be submitted
for review. The guidance announced in
this notice finalizes the draft guidance
of the same title dated September 2019.
DATES: The announcement of the
guidance is published in the Federal
Register on December 17, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit either
electronic or written comments on
Agency guidances at any time as
follows:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shruti Modi, Center for Biologics
Evaluation and Research, Food and
Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 7301,
Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, 240–
402–7911; or Scott Goldie, Center for
Drug Evaluation and Research, Food
and Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 21, Rm. 3557,
Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, 301–
796–2055.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
FDA is announcing the availability of
a document entitled ‘‘Interacting with
the FDA on Complex Innovative Trial
Designs for Drugs and Biological
Products.’’ The guidance provides
recommendations to sponsors and
applicants on interacting with FDA on
CID proposals for drugs or biological
products. FDA is issuing this guidance
to satisfy, in part, a mandate under
section 3021 of the Cures Act (Pub. L.
114–255). In accordance with the Cures
Act mandate, the guidance discusses the
use of novel trial designs in the
development and regulatory review of
drugs and biological products, how
sponsors may obtain feedback on
technical issues related to modeling and
simulation, and the types of quantitative
and qualitative information that should
be submitted for review.
In the Federal Register of September
23, 2019 (84 FR 49743), FDA announced
the availability of the draft guidance of
the same title dated September 2019.
FDA received several comments on the
draft guidance and those comments
were considered as the guidance was
finalized. Changes made to the guidance
include the incorporation of example
CID proposals submitted to FDA’s CID
Pilot Program, and revision of the
discussion of alternative operating
characteristics for Bayesian trial
designs. In addition, editorial changes
were made to improve clarity. The
guidance announced in this notice
finalizes the draft guidance dated
September 2019.
This guidance is being issued
consistent with FDA’s good guidance
practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115).
The guidance represents the current
thinking of FDA on ‘‘Interacting with
the FDA on Complex Innovative Trial
Designs for Drugs and Biological
Products.’’ 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. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
While this guidance contains no
collection of information, it does refer to
previously approved collections of
information found in FDA regulations.
Therefore, clearance by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501–3521) is not
required for this guidance. The
previously approved collections of
information are subject to review by the
OMB under the PRA. The collections of
information in 21 CFR part 314 have
been approved under OMB control
number 0910–0001; the collections of
information in 21 CFR part 312 have
been approved under OMB control
number 0910–0014; and the collections
of information in 21 CFR part 601 have
been approved under OMB control
number 0910–0338.
III. Electronic Access
Persons with access to the internet
may obtain the guidance at either
https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-bloodbiologics/guidance-complianceregulatory-information-biologics/
biologics-guidances, https://
www.fda.gov/drugs/guidancecompliance-regulatory-information/
guidances-drugs, or https://
www.regulations.gov.
Dated: December 14, 2020.
Lauren K. Roth,
Acting Principal Associate Commissioner for
Policy.
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trial data quality and to support the
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2019-D-3679]
Interacting With the Food and Drug Administration on Complex
Innovative Trial Designs for Drugs and Biological Products; 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 final guidance entitled ``Interacting with the
FDA on Complex Innovative Trial Designs for Drugs and Biological
Products.'' The guidance provides recommendations to sponsors and
applicants on interacting with FDA on complex innovative trial design
(CID) proposals for drugs or biological products. FDA is issuing this
guidance to satisfy, in part, a mandate under the 21st Century Cures
Act (Cures Act). In accordance with the Cures Act mandate, this
guidance discusses the use of novel trial designs in the development
and regulatory review of drugs and biological products, how sponsors
may obtain feedback on technical issues related to modeling and
simulation, and
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the types of quantitative and qualitative information that should be
submitted for review. The guidance announced in this notice finalizes
the draft guidance of the same title dated September 2019.
DATES: The announcement of the guidance is published in the Federal
Register on December 17, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit either electronic or written comments on
Agency guidances 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-2019-D-3679 for ``Interacting with the FDA on Complex Innovative
Trial Designs for Drugs and Biological Products.'' 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, 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.'' 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.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.
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 guidance to the
Office of Communication, Outreach and Development, Center for Biologics
Evaluation and Research (CBER), Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 3128, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002. Send
one self-addressed adhesive label to assist the office in processing
your requests. The guidance may also be obtained by mail by calling
CBER at 1-800-835-4709 or 240-402-8010. See the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section for electronic access to the guidance document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shruti Modi, Center for Biologics
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 7301, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 240-
402-7911; or Scott Goldie, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research,
Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 21, Rm.
3557, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-2055.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
FDA is announcing the availability of a document entitled
``Interacting with the FDA on Complex Innovative Trial Designs for
Drugs and Biological Products.'' The guidance provides recommendations
to sponsors and applicants on interacting with FDA on CID proposals for
drugs or biological products. FDA is issuing this guidance to satisfy,
in part, a mandate under section 3021 of the Cures Act (Pub. L. 114-
255). In accordance with the Cures Act mandate, the guidance discusses
the use of novel trial designs in the development and regulatory review
of drugs and biological products, how sponsors may obtain feedback on
technical issues related to modeling and simulation, and the types of
quantitative and qualitative information that should be submitted for
review.
In the Federal Register of September 23, 2019 (84 FR 49743), FDA
announced the availability of the draft guidance of the same title
dated September 2019. FDA received several comments on the draft
guidance and those comments were considered as the guidance was
finalized. Changes made to the guidance include the incorporation of
example CID proposals submitted to FDA's CID Pilot Program, and
revision of the discussion of alternative operating characteristics for
Bayesian trial designs. In addition, editorial changes were made to
improve clarity. The guidance announced in this notice finalizes the
draft guidance dated September 2019.
This guidance is being issued consistent with FDA's good guidance
practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). The guidance represents the
current thinking of FDA on ``Interacting with the FDA on Complex
Innovative Trial Designs for Drugs and Biological Products.'' 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. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
While this guidance contains no collection of information, it does
refer to previously approved collections of information found in FDA
regulations. Therefore, clearance by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3501-3521) is not required for this guidance. The previously approved
collections of information are subject to review by the OMB under the
PRA. The collections of information in 21 CFR part 314 have been
approved under OMB control number 0910-0001; the collections of
information in 21 CFR part 312 have been approved under OMB control
number 0910-0014; and the collections of information in 21 CFR part 601
have been approved under OMB control number 0910-0338.
III. Electronic Access
Persons with access to the internet may obtain the guidance at
either https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/guidance-compliance-regulatory-information-biologics/biologics-guidances,
https://www.fda.gov/drugs/guidance-compliance-regulatory-information/guidances-drugs, or https://www.regulations.gov.
Dated: December 14, 2020.
Lauren K. Roth,
Acting Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2020-27813 Filed 12-16-20; 8:45 am]
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