Over-the-Counter Monograph Drug User Fee Rates for Fiscal Year 2022, 14888-14891 [2022-05542]
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BILLING CODE 4120–01–C
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2022–N–0284]
Over-the-Counter Monograph Drug
User Fee Rates for Fiscal Year 2022
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA or the Agency) is
announcing the fee rates under the overthe-counter (OTC) monograph drug user
fee program (OMUFA) for fiscal year
(FY) 2022. The Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) authorizes
FDA to assess and collect user fees from
qualifying manufacturers of OTC
monograph drugs and submitters of
OTC monograph order requests. This
notice publishes the OMUFA fee rates
for FY 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Haas, Office of Financial
Management, Food and Drug
Administration, 4041 Powder Mill Rd.,
Rm. 61075, Beltsville, MD 20705–4304,
240–402–9845.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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I. Background
Section 744M of the FD&C Act (21
U.S.C. 379j–72), as added by the
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
Security Act (CARES Act), authorizes
FDA to assess and collect: (1) Facility
fees from qualifying owners of OTC
monograph drug facilities and (2) fees
from submitters of qualifying OTC
monograph order requests. These fees
are to support FDA’s OTC monograph
drug activities, which are detailed in
section 744L(6) of the FD&C Act (21
U.S.C. 379j–71(6)) and include various
FDA activities associated with OTC
monograph drugs and inspection of
facilities associated with such products.
For OMUFA purposes:
• An OTC monograph drug is a
nonprescription drug without an
approved new drug application that is
governed by the provisions of section
505G of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 355h)
(see section 744L(5) of the FD&C Act);
• An OTC monograph drug facility
(MDF) is a foreign or domestic business
or other entity that, in addition to
meeting other criteria, is engaged in
manufacturing or processing the
finished dosage form of an OTC
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monograph drug (see section 744L(10)
of the FD&C Act);
• A contract manufacturing
organization (CMO) facility is an OTC
monograph drug facility where neither
the owner nor any affiliate of the owner
or facility sells the OTC monograph
drug produced at such facility directly
to wholesalers, retailers, or consumers
in the United States (see section 744L(2)
of the FD&C Act); and
• An OTC monograph order request
(OMOR) is a request for an
administrative order, with respect to an
OTC monograph drug, which is
submitted under section 505G(b)(5) of
the FD&C Act (see section 744L(7) of the
FD&C Act).
Under section 744M(a)(1)(A) of the
FD&C Act, a facility fee for FY 2022
shall be assessed with respect to each
facility that is identified as an OTC
monograph drug facility during the feeliable period from January 1, 2021,
through December 31, 2021.1 Consistent
with the statute, FDA will assess and
collect facility fees with respect to the
two types of OTC monograph drug
facilities—MDF and CMO facilities. A
full facility fee will be assessed to each
qualifying person that owns a facility
identified as an MDF (see section
744M(a)(1)(A) of the FD&C Act), and a
reduced facility fee of two-thirds will be
assessed to each qualifying person that
owns a facility identified as a CMO
facility (see section 744M(a)(1)(B)(ii) of
the FD&C Act). The facility fees for FY
2022 are due on June 1, 2022 (see
section 744M(a)(1)(D)(ii) of the FD&C
Act).2
As discussed in greater detail below:
• OTC monograph drug facilities are
exempt from FY 2022 facility fees if
they had ceased OTC monograph drug
activities, and updated their registration
with FDA to that effect, prior to
December 31, 2020 (see section
744M(a)(1)(B)(i) of the FD&C Act).
• Entities that registered with FDA
during the Coronavirus Disease 2019
(COVID–19) pandemic whose sole
activity with respect to OTC monograph
drugs during the pandemic consists (or
had consisted) of manufacturing OTC
1 Under section 744M(a)(1) of the FD&C Act,
‘‘Each person that owns a facility identified as an
OTC monograph drug facility on December 31 of
the fiscal year or at any time during the preceding
12-month period shall be assessed an annual fee for
each such facility’’. For purposes of FY 2022 facility
fees, that time period is January 1, 2021, through
December 31, 2021.
2 Assuming that, as we anticipate, the FY 2022 fee
appropriation will occur prior to June 1, 2022.
Under section 744M(a)(1)(D)(ii), the FY 2022
facility fees are due on the later of (1) the first
business day of June 2022 (i.e., June 1, 2022) or (2)
the first business day after the enactment of an
appropriations Act providing for the collection and
obligation of FY 2022 OMUFA fees.
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hand sanitizer products 3 are not
identified as OTC monograph drug
facilities subject to OMUFA facility
fees.4
In addition to facility fees, the Agency
is authorized to assess and collect fees
from submitters of OMORs, except for
OMORs that request certain safetyrelated changes (as discussed below).
There are two levels of OMOR fees,
based on whether the OMOR at issue is
a Tier 1 or Tier 2 OMOR.5
For FY 2022, the OMUFA fee rates
are: Tier 1 OMOR fees ($507,021), Tier
2 OMOR fees ($101,404), MDF facility
fees ($24,178), and CMO facility fees
($16,119). These fees are effective for
the period from October 1, 2021,
through September 30, 2022.6 This
document is issued pursuant to sections
744M(a)(4) and 744M(c)(4)(B) of the
FD&C Act and describes the calculations
used to set the OMUFA facility fees and
OMOR fees for FY 2022 in accordance
with the directives in the statute.
II. Facility Fee Revenue Amount for FY
2022
A. Base Fee Revenue Amount
Under OMUFA, FDA sets annual
facility fees to generate the total facility
fee revenues for each fiscal year
established by section 744M(b) of the
FD&C Act. The yearly base revenue
amount is the starting point for setting
annual facility fee rates. The base
revenue for FY 2022 is the dollar
amount of the total revenue amount for
the previous fiscal year, without certain
adjustments made for that previous
year, and is $8,000,000 (see section
744M(b)(3)(B) of the FD&C Act).
B. Fee Revenue Adjustment for Inflation
Under OMUFA, the annual base
revenue amount for facility fees is
3 The term ‘‘hand sanitizer’’ commonly refers to
consumer antiseptic rubs. However, because the
Health and Human Services (HHS) notice published
January 12, 2021, referred to ‘‘persons that entered
the over-the-counter drug market to supply hand
sanitizer products in response to the COVID–19
Public Health Emergency’’ (86 FR 2420,https://
www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/12/
2021–00237/notice-that-persons-that-entered-theover-the-counter-drug-market-to-supply-handsanitizer-during), we are using the same
terminology—‘‘hand sanitizer products’’—to refer to
OTC monograph drug products intended for use
(without water) as antiseptic hand rubs or antiseptic
hand wipes by consumers or healthcare personnel.
4 See HHS Federal Register notice of January 12,
2021, 86 FR 2420, https://www.federalregister.gov/
documents/2021/01/12/2021-00237/notice-thatpersons-that-entered-the-over-the-counter-drugmarket-to-supply-hand-sanitizer-during.
5 Under OMUFA, a Tier 1 OMOR is defined as
any OMOR that is not a Tier 2 OMOR (see section
744L(8) of the FD&C Act). Tier 2 OMORs are
detailed in section 744L(9) of the FD&C Act.
6 These OMUFA fees are for FY 2022, per section
744M(a) of the FD&C Act.
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adjusted for inflation for FY 2022 and
each subsequent fiscal year (see section
744M(c)(1) of the FD&C Act). That
provision states that the dollar amount
of the inflation adjustment is equal to
the product of the annual base revenue
for the fiscal year and the inflation
adjustment percentage. For each of FYs
2022 and 2023, the inflation adjustment
percentage is equal to the average
annual percent change that occurred in
the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for
urban consumers (WashingtonBaltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV; Not
Seasonally Adjusted; All items; Annual
Index) for the first 3 years of the
preceding 4 years of available data
(section 744M(c)(1)(C) of the FD&C Act).
As a result of a geographical revision
made by the Bureau of Labor and
Statistics in January 2018, the
‘‘Washington, DC-Baltimore’’ index was
discontinued and replaced with two
separate indices (i.e., the ‘‘WashingtonArlington-Alexandria’’ and ‘‘BaltimoreColumbia-Towson’’ indices). To
continue applying a CPI that best
reflects the geographic region in which
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FDA is located and that provides the
most current data available, the
‘‘Washington-Arlington-Alexandria’’
index is used in calculating the inflation
adjustment percentage. Table 1 provides
the summary data for the percent
changes in the specified CPI for the
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria area.
The data are published by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics and can be found on its
website at: https://data.bls.gov/pdq/
SurveyOutputServlet?data_
tool=dropmap&series_
id=CUURS35ASA0,CUUSS35ASA0.
TABLE 1—ANNUAL AND 3-YEAR AVERAGE PERCENT CHANGE IN CPI FOR WASHINGTON-ARLINGTON-ALEXANDRIA AREA
Year
2018
Annual CPI .......................................................................................................
Annual Percent Change ..................................................................................
Pursuant to the statute, the FY 2022
base revenue of $8,000,000 is increased
by 1.4041 percent, yielding an inflation
adjusted base revenue amount of
$8,112,328 for FY 2022 (see section
744M(c)(1)(A)).
C. Additional Dollar Amounts
The inflation adjusted revenue
amount of $8,112,328 is increased by an
additional dollar amount of $7,000,000
as specified in the statute (see section
744M(b)(2)(E) of the FD&C Act). This
yields an adjusted fee revenue subtotal
of $15,112,328.
D. Fee Revenue Adjustment for
Additional Direct Cost
Fee revenue is further adjusted for
additional direct costs as specified in
the statute. In FY 2022, $7,000,000 is
added to the facility fee revenues to
account for additional direct costs (see
section 744M(c)(3)(B) of the FD&C Act).
Adding the additional direct costs
amount of $7,000,000 to $15,112,328
yields an additional direct cost adjusted
fee revenue of $22,112,328.
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E. Fee Revenue Adjustment for
Operating Reserve
Under OMUFA, FDA may further
increase the FY 2022 facility fee revenue
and fees if such an adjustment is
necessary to provide up to 7 weeks of
operating reserves of carryover user fees
for OTC monograph drug activities (see
section 744M(c)(2)(B) of the FD&C Act).
Accordingly, in setting fees for FY 2022,
the Agency must estimate its carryover
for FY 2022, to ensure the Agency has
sufficient carryover to continue its OTC
monograph drug activities, as required
under the statute, including an
operating reserve to mitigate certain
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financial risks, such as under
collections, unanticipated surges in
program costs, or a lapse in
appropriations. Under the statute, if
FDA has carryover for OTC monograph
drug activities that would exceed 10
weeks of such operating reserves, FDA
is required to decrease FY 2022 fee
revenues and fees to provide for not
more than 10 weeks of operating
reserves of carryover user fees (see
section 744M(c)(2)(C) of the FD&C Act).
As described below, a fee revenue
adjustment for the FY 2022 operating
reserve is necessary to ensure that FDA
has sufficient resources to maintain its
authorized OTC monograph drug
activities.
Per the statute, OMUFA facility fees
are not due until the third quarter of
each fiscal year (i.e., June 1). To address
this timing of facility fee collections for
late in the fiscal year, the Agency must
set aside additional carryover, beyond
that for an operating reserve, to sustain
the Agency’s OTC monograph drug
activities until the facility fees for the
subsequent fiscal year are due and
payable on June 1, 2023. Thus, the
Agency will require FY 2022 carryover
sufficient to cover payroll and operating
expenses for the first 8 months (i.e., 35
weeks rounded) of the following fiscal
year (i.e., October 1, 2022, to May 31,
2023). To determine the carryover
needed, the Agency starts with the
additional direct cost adjusted fee
revenue of $22,112,328 (calculated in
section D), divides it by 52 to yield a
weekly operating amount of $425,237,
and then multiplies the weekly
operating amount by 35. Based on this
calculation, FDA requires $14,883,298
to support the program until the FY
2023 fees are due. After running
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2019
2020
264.777
1.2745%
267.157
0.8989%
3-year
average
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1.4041%
analyses on the projected collections
and obligations for FY 2022, FDA
estimates the FY 2022 carryover to be
$13,107,260 which is $1,776,038 lower
than the total required to support the
program through the 35-week period
(i.e., $14,883,298).
Therefore, FDA is applying an
operating reserve adjustment for FY
2022 in the amount of $1,776,038,
equating to approximately 4 weeks of
program costs, to increase the FY 2022
facility fee revenue and fees to enable
the Agency to sustain program
operations through the 35-week period
of FY 2023. As a result of the above
calculations, the final FY 2022 OMUFA
target facility fee revenue is $23,888,000
(rounded to the nearest thousand
dollars).
III. Determination of FY 2022 OMOR
Fees
Under OMUFA, the FY 2022 Tier 1
OMOR fee is $507,021 and the Tier 2
OMOR fee is $101,404 (see section
744M(a)(2)(A)(i) and (ii) of the FD&C
Act, respectively) including an
adjustment for inflation. OMOR fees are
not included in the OMUFA target
revenue calculation, which is based on
the facility fees (see section 744M(b)(1)
of the FD&C Act).
An OMOR fee is generally assessed to
each person who submits an OMOR (see
section 744M(a)(2)(A) of the FD&C Act).
OMOR fees are due on the date of the
submission of the OMOR (see section
744M(a)(2)(B) of the FD&C Act). The
payor should submit the OMOR fee that
applies to the type of OMOR they are
submitting (i.e., Tier 1 or Tier 2). FDA
will determine whether the appropriate
OMOR fee has been submitted following
receipt of the OMOR and the fee.
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An OMOR fee will not be assessed if
the OMOR seeks to make certain safety
changes with respect to an OTC
monograph drug. Specifically, no fee
will be assessed if FDA finds that the
OMOR seeks to change the drug facts
labeling of an OTC monograph drug in
a way that would add to or strengthen:
(1) A contraindication, warning, or
precaution; (2) a statement about risk
associated with misuse or abuse; or (3)
an instruction about dosage and
administration that is intended to
increase the safe use of the OTC
monograph drug (see section
744M(a)(2)(C) of the FD&C Act).
IV. Facility Fee Calculations
A. Facility Fee Revenues and Fees
For FY 2022, facility fee rates are
being established to generate a total
target revenue amount, as determined
under the statute, equal to $23,888,000
(rounded to the nearest thousand
dollars). FDA used the methodology
described below to determine the
appropriate number of MDF and CMO
facilities to be used in setting the
OMUFA facility fees for FY 2022. FDA
took into consideration that the CMO
facility fee is equal to two-thirds of the
amount of the MDF facility fee (see
section 744M(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the FD&C
Act).
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B. Calculating the Number of Qualifying
Facilities and Setting the Facility Fees
For FY 2022, FDA utilized data
consisting of the number of facilities
that were registered in FDA’s electronic
Drug Registration and Listing System
(eDRLS) to manufacture human OTC
products produced under a monograph 7
during the FY 2021 fee-liable period
(i.e., January 1, 2020, through December
31, 2020) and the number of facilities
that paid FY 2021 OMUFA fees, as the
primary sources for estimating the
number of each facility fee type (i.e.,
MDF and CMO). In addition, the Agency
considered data provided by firms
regarding their operation as MDFs and
CMOs during FY 2021—i.e., October 1,
2020, through September 30, 2021—
when they were submitting OTC
Monograph User Fee Cover Sheets to
pay the FY 2021 fee. These data helped
FDA estimate the number of firms
operating as MDF and CMO facilities
7 OTC monograph drug facilities had selected in
the eDRLS the business operation qualifiers of
‘‘manufactures human over-the-counter drug
products produced under a monograph’’ or
‘‘contract manufacturing for human over-thecounter drug products produced under a
monograph’’ and indicated at least one of the
following business operations: finished dosage form
manufacture, label, manufacture, pack, relabel, or
repack.
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during the FY 2022 fee-liable period
(i.e., January 1, 2021, through December
31, 2021) 8 and thus informed FDA’s
calculation of the number and ratio of
MDF and CMO facilities used in
determining the FY 2022 fee rates.
FDA’s review of data also reflected
input received during the first three
quarters of the FY 2022 fee-liable period
from facilities whose manufacturing or
processing practices meet the definition
of fee-eligible OTC monograph drug
facilities, to help capture those facilities
that are in the market and intend to
remain in the market for FY 2022.
Those facilities that only manufacture
the active pharmaceutical ingredient of
an OTC monograph drug do not meet
the definition of an OTC monograph
drug facility (see section
744L(10)(A)(i)(II)) of the FD&C Act).
Likewise, a facility is not an OTC
monograph drug facility if its only
manufacturing or processing activities
are one or more of the following: (1)
Production of clinical research supplies;
(2) testing; or (3) placement of outer
packaging on packages containing
multiple products, for such purposes as
creating multipacks, when each
monograph drug product contained
within the overpackaging is already in
a final packaged form prior to placement
in the outer overpackaging (see section
744L(10)(A)(iii) of the FD&C Act).
Consistent with the January 12, 2021,
HHS Federal Register Notice 9 and
FDA’s subsequent March 26, 2021,
Federal Register Notice publishing FY
2021 OMUFA fees,10 facilities are not
identified as an ‘‘OTC monograph drug
facility’’ and will not be assessed a FY
2022 OMUFA facility fee if they: (1)
Were not registered with FDA as OTC
drug manufacturers prior to the HHS
declaration of the COVID–19 public
health emergency on January 27,
2020 11; (2) registered with FDA on or
after the declaration of the COVID–19
public health emergency; and (3)
registered for the sole purpose of
producing hand sanitizer products
during the COVID–19 public health
emergency. We note, however, that
8 Under section 744M(a)(1) of the FD&C Act,
‘‘Each person that owns a facility identified as an
OTC monograph drug facility on December 31 of
the fiscal year or at any time during the preceding
12-month period shall be assessed an annual fee for
each such facility’’ (emphasis added).
9 See 86 FR 2420, https://www.federalregister.gov/
documents/2021/01/12/2021-00237/notice-thatpersons-that-entered-the-over-the-counter-drugmarket-to-supply-hand-sanitizer-during.
10 See 86 FR 16223, https://
www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/03/26/
2021-06361/fee-rates-under-the-over-the-countermonograph-drug-user-fee-program-for-fiscal-year2021.
11 See https://www.phe.gov/emergency/news/
healthactions/phe/Pages/2019-nCoV.aspx.
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under the FD&C Act, whether an entity
is subject to OMUFA fees has no bearing
on whether the entity or the entity’s
products are subject to other
requirements under the FD&C Act. FDA
will continue to use its regulatory
compliance and enforcement tools to
protect consumers, including from
potentially dangerous or subpotent hand
sanitizers.
In undertaking the statutorily directed
fee calculations, the Agency also made
certain assumptions, including that: (1)
Facilities using expired Structured
Product Labeling (SPL) codes in eDRLS,
that did not reregister for calendar year
(CY) 2022, were no longer
manufacturing and marketing OTC
monograph drugs; (2) facilities that have
deregistered in eDRLS have exited the
market; (3) facilities that FDA believes
registered incorrectly as OTC
monograph drug facilities (for example,
because the associated drug listings for
these facilities did not include OTC
monograph drugs but instead indicated
such products as OTC drug products
under an approved drug application or
OTC animal drug products) were not
engaged in manufacturing or processing
the finished dosage form of an OTC
monograph drug; (4) facilities that
registered but did not have an active
OTC monograph drug product listing
associated in their registration profile
were not manufacturing or processing
such drug products; and (5) facilities
that, at the close of FY 2021, remain on
the arrears list for failure to satisfy the
FY 2021 facility fee are likely to be
placed on the FY 2022 arrears list as
well.
Based on the above-referenced factors
and assumptions, FDA estimates there
will be 1,118 OMUFA fee-paying units.
The Agency estimates that 65 percent
(1,118 × 0.65 = 727, rounded) will incur
the MDF fee and 35 percent (1,118 ×
0.35 = 391, rounded) will incur the
CMO fee.
To determine the number of full feepaying equivalents (the denominator) to
be used in setting the OMUFA fees, FDA
assigns a value of 1 to each MDF (727)
and a value of 2⁄3 to each CMO (391 ×
2⁄3 = 261) for a full facility equivalent of
988 (rounded). The target fee revenue of
$23,888,000 is then divided by 988 for
an MDF fee of $24,178 and a CMO fee
of $16,119.
V. Fee Schedule for FY 2022
The fee rates for FY 2022 are
displayed in table 1.
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TABLE 1—FEE SCHEDULE FOR FY
2022
FY 2022
fee rates
Fee category
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OMOR:
Tier 1 .......................................
Tier 2 .......................................
Facility Fees:
MDF ........................................
CMO ........................................
$507,021
101,404
24,178
16,119
VI. Fee Payment Options and
Procedures
The new fee rates are for the period
from October 1, 2021, through
September 30, 2022. To pay the OMOR,
MDF, and CMO fees, complete an OTC
Monograph User Fee Cover Sheet,
available at: https://userfees.fda.gov/
OA_HTML/omufaCAcdLogin.jsp. A user
fee identification (ID) number will be
generated. Payment must be made in
U.S. currency by electronic check or
wire transfer, payable to the order of the
Food and Drug Administration. The
preferred payment method is online
using electronic check (Automated
Clearing House (ACH) also known as
eCheck) or credit card for payments
under $25,000 (Discover, VISA,
MasterCard, American Express).
FDA has partnered with the U.S.
Department of the Treasury to use
Pay.gov, a web-based payment
application, for online electronic
payment. The Pay.gov feature is
available on the FDA website after
completing the OTC Monograph User
Fee Cover Sheet and generating the user
fee ID number. Secure electronic
payments can be submitted using the
User Fees Payment Portal at https://
userfees.fda.gov/pay (Note: Only full
payments are accepted. No partial
payments can be made online). Once an
invoice is located, ‘‘Pay Now’’ should be
selected to be redirected to Pay.gov.
Electronic payment options are based on
the balance due. Payment by credit card
is available for balances that are less
than $25,000. If the balance exceeds this
amount, only the ACH option is
available. Payments must be made using
U.S. bank accounts as well as U.S. credit
cards.
For payments made by wire transfer,
include the unique user fee ID number
to ensure that the payment is applied to
the correct fee(s). Without the unique
user fee ID number, the payment may
not be applied, which could result in
FDA not filing an OMOR request, for
example, and other penalties. The
originating financial institution may
charge a wire transfer fee. Applicable
wire transfer fees must be included with
payment to ensure fees are fully paid.
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Questions about wire transfer fees
should be addressed to the financial
institution. The account information for
wire transfers is as follows: U.S.
Department of the Treasury, TREAS
NYC, 33 Liberty St., New York, NY
10045, Acct. No.: 75060099, Routing
No.: 021030004, SWIFT: FRNYUS33. If
needed, FDA’s tax identification
number is 53–0196965.
If you are assessed an FY 2022
OMUFA facility fee and believe your
facility is not an OTC monograph drug
facility as described in this notice,
please contact CDERCollections@
fda.hhs.gov.
Dated: March 9, 2022.
Lauren K. Roth,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 16, 2022)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2022-N-0284]
Over-the-Counter Monograph Drug User Fee Rates for Fiscal Year
2022
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) is
announcing the fee rates under the over-the-counter (OTC) monograph
drug user fee program (OMUFA) for fiscal year (FY) 2022. The Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) authorizes FDA to assess and
collect user fees from qualifying manufacturers of OTC monograph drugs
and submitters of OTC monograph order requests. This notice publishes
the OMUFA fee rates for FY 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Haas, Office of Financial
Management, Food and Drug Administration, 4041 Powder Mill Rd., Rm.
61075, Beltsville, MD 20705-4304, 240-402-9845.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 744M of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 379j-72), as added by the
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act),
authorizes FDA to assess and collect: (1) Facility fees from qualifying
owners of OTC monograph drug facilities and (2) fees from submitters of
qualifying OTC monograph order requests. These fees are to support
FDA's OTC monograph drug activities, which are detailed in section
744L(6) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 379j-71(6)) and include various FDA
activities associated with OTC monograph drugs and inspection of
facilities associated with such products.
For OMUFA purposes:
An OTC monograph drug is a nonprescription drug without an
approved new drug application that is governed by the provisions of
section 505G of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 355h) (see section 744L(5) of
the FD&C Act);
An OTC monograph drug facility (MDF) is a foreign or
domestic business or other entity that, in addition to meeting other
criteria, is engaged in manufacturing or processing the finished dosage
form of an OTC monograph drug (see section 744L(10) of the FD&C Act);
A contract manufacturing organization (CMO) facility is an
OTC monograph drug facility where neither the owner nor any affiliate
of the owner or facility sells the OTC monograph drug produced at such
facility directly to wholesalers, retailers, or consumers in the United
States (see section 744L(2) of the FD&C Act); and
An OTC monograph order request (OMOR) is a request for an
administrative order, with respect to an OTC monograph drug, which is
submitted under section 505G(b)(5) of the FD&C Act (see section 744L(7)
of the FD&C Act).
Under section 744M(a)(1)(A) of the FD&C Act, a facility fee for FY
2022 shall be assessed with respect to each facility that is identified
as an OTC monograph drug facility during the fee-liable period from
January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021.\1\ Consistent with the
statute, FDA will assess and collect facility fees with respect to the
two types of OTC monograph drug facilities--MDF and CMO facilities. A
full facility fee will be assessed to each qualifying person that owns
a facility identified as an MDF (see section 744M(a)(1)(A) of the FD&C
Act), and a reduced facility fee of two-thirds will be assessed to each
qualifying person that owns a facility identified as a CMO facility
(see section 744M(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the FD&C Act). The facility fees for
FY 2022 are due on June 1, 2022 (see section 744M(a)(1)(D)(ii) of the
FD&C Act).\2\
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\1\ Under section 744M(a)(1) of the FD&C Act, ``Each person that
owns a facility identified as an OTC monograph drug facility on
December 31 of the fiscal year or at any time during the preceding
12-month period shall be assessed an annual fee for each such
facility''. For purposes of FY 2022 facility fees, that time period
is January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021.
\2\ Assuming that, as we anticipate, the FY 2022 fee
appropriation will occur prior to June 1, 2022. Under section
744M(a)(1)(D)(ii), the FY 2022 facility fees are due on the later of
(1) the first business day of June 2022 (i.e., June 1, 2022) or (2)
the first business day after the enactment of an appropriations Act
providing for the collection and obligation of FY 2022 OMUFA fees.
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As discussed in greater detail below:
OTC monograph drug facilities are exempt from FY 2022
facility fees if they had ceased OTC monograph drug activities, and
updated their registration with FDA to that effect, prior to December
31, 2020 (see section 744M(a)(1)(B)(i) of the FD&C Act).
Entities that registered with FDA during the Coronavirus
Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic whose sole activity with respect to
OTC monograph drugs during the pandemic consists (or had consisted) of
manufacturing OTC hand sanitizer products \3\ are not identified as OTC
monograph drug facilities subject to OMUFA facility fees.\4\
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\3\ The term ``hand sanitizer'' commonly refers to consumer
antiseptic rubs. However, because the Health and Human Services
(HHS) notice published January 12, 2021, referred to ``persons that
entered the over-the-counter drug market to supply hand sanitizer
products in response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency'' (86
FR 2420,https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/12/2021-00237/notice-that-persons-that-entered-the-over-the-counter-drug-market-to-supply-hand-sanitizer-during), we are using the same
terminology--``hand sanitizer products''--to refer to OTC monograph
drug products intended for use (without water) as antiseptic hand
rubs or antiseptic hand wipes by consumers or healthcare personnel.
\4\ See HHS Federal Register notice of January 12, 2021, 86 FR
2420, https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/12/2021-00237/notice-that-persons-that-entered-the-over-the-counter-drug-market-to-supply-hand-sanitizer-during.
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In addition to facility fees, the Agency is authorized to assess
and collect fees from submitters of OMORs, except for OMORs that
request certain safety-related changes (as discussed below). There are
two levels of OMOR fees, based on whether the OMOR at issue is a Tier 1
or Tier 2 OMOR.\5\
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\5\ Under OMUFA, a Tier 1 OMOR is defined as any OMOR that is
not a Tier 2 OMOR (see section 744L(8) of the FD&C Act). Tier 2
OMORs are detailed in section 744L(9) of the FD&C Act.
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For FY 2022, the OMUFA fee rates are: Tier 1 OMOR fees ($507,021),
Tier 2 OMOR fees ($101,404), MDF facility fees ($24,178), and CMO
facility fees ($16,119). These fees are effective for the period from
October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022.\6\ This document is issued
pursuant to sections 744M(a)(4) and 744M(c)(4)(B) of the FD&C Act and
describes the calculations used to set the OMUFA facility fees and OMOR
fees for FY 2022 in accordance with the directives in the statute.
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II. Facility Fee Revenue Amount for FY 2022
A. Base Fee Revenue Amount
Under OMUFA, FDA sets annual facility fees to generate the total
facility fee revenues for each fiscal year established by section
744M(b) of the FD&C Act. The yearly base revenue amount is the starting
point for setting annual facility fee rates. The base revenue for FY
2022 is the dollar amount of the total revenue amount for the previous
fiscal year, without certain adjustments made for that previous year,
and is $8,000,000 (see section 744M(b)(3)(B) of the FD&C Act).
B. Fee Revenue Adjustment for Inflation
Under OMUFA, the annual base revenue amount for facility fees is
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adjusted for inflation for FY 2022 and each subsequent fiscal year (see
section 744M(c)(1) of the FD&C Act). That provision states that the
dollar amount of the inflation adjustment is equal to the product of
the annual base revenue for the fiscal year and the inflation
adjustment percentage. For each of FYs 2022 and 2023, the inflation
adjustment percentage is equal to the average annual percent change
that occurred in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for urban consumers
(Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV; Not Seasonally Adjusted; All items;
Annual Index) for the first 3 years of the preceding 4 years of
available data (section 744M(c)(1)(C) of the FD&C Act). As a result of
a geographical revision made by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics in
January 2018, the ``Washington, DC-Baltimore'' index was discontinued
and replaced with two separate indices (i.e., the ``Washington-
Arlington-Alexandria'' and ``Baltimore-Columbia-Towson'' indices). To
continue applying a CPI that best reflects the geographic region in
which FDA is located and that provides the most current data available,
the ``Washington-Arlington-Alexandria'' index is used in calculating
the inflation adjustment percentage. Table 1 provides the summary data
for the percent changes in the specified CPI for the Washington-
Arlington-Alexandria area. The data are published by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics and can be found on its website at: https://data.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=dropmap&series_id=CUURS35ASA0,CUUSS35ASA0.
Table 1--Annual and 3-Year Average Percent Change in CPI for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Area
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3-year
Year 2018 2019 2020 average
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Annual CPI...................................... 261.445 264.777 267.157 ..............
Annual Percent Change........................... 2.0389% 1.2745% 0.8989% 1.4041%
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Pursuant to the statute, the FY 2022 base revenue of $8,000,000 is
increased by 1.4041 percent, yielding an inflation adjusted base
revenue amount of $8,112,328 for FY 2022 (see section 744M(c)(1)(A)).
C. Additional Dollar Amounts
The inflation adjusted revenue amount of $8,112,328 is increased by
an additional dollar amount of $7,000,000 as specified in the statute
(see section 744M(b)(2)(E) of the FD&C Act). This yields an adjusted
fee revenue subtotal of $15,112,328.
D. Fee Revenue Adjustment for Additional Direct Cost
Fee revenue is further adjusted for additional direct costs as
specified in the statute. In FY 2022, $7,000,000 is added to the
facility fee revenues to account for additional direct costs (see
section 744M(c)(3)(B) of the FD&C Act). Adding the additional direct
costs amount of $7,000,000 to $15,112,328 yields an additional direct
cost adjusted fee revenue of $22,112,328.
E. Fee Revenue Adjustment for Operating Reserve
Under OMUFA, FDA may further increase the FY 2022 facility fee
revenue and fees if such an adjustment is necessary to provide up to 7
weeks of operating reserves of carryover user fees for OTC monograph
drug activities (see section 744M(c)(2)(B) of the FD&C Act).
Accordingly, in setting fees for FY 2022, the Agency must estimate its
carryover for FY 2022, to ensure the Agency has sufficient carryover to
continue its OTC monograph drug activities, as required under the
statute, including an operating reserve to mitigate certain financial
risks, such as under collections, unanticipated surges in program
costs, or a lapse in appropriations. Under the statute, if FDA has
carryover for OTC monograph drug activities that would exceed 10 weeks
of such operating reserves, FDA is required to decrease FY 2022 fee
revenues and fees to provide for not more than 10 weeks of operating
reserves of carryover user fees (see section 744M(c)(2)(C) of the FD&C
Act). As described below, a fee revenue adjustment for the FY 2022
operating reserve is necessary to ensure that FDA has sufficient
resources to maintain its authorized OTC monograph drug activities.
Per the statute, OMUFA facility fees are not due until the third
quarter of each fiscal year (i.e., June 1). To address this timing of
facility fee collections for late in the fiscal year, the Agency must
set aside additional carryover, beyond that for an operating reserve,
to sustain the Agency's OTC monograph drug activities until the
facility fees for the subsequent fiscal year are due and payable on
June 1, 2023. Thus, the Agency will require FY 2022 carryover
sufficient to cover payroll and operating expenses for the first 8
months (i.e., 35 weeks rounded) of the following fiscal year (i.e.,
October 1, 2022, to May 31, 2023). To determine the carryover needed,
the Agency starts with the additional direct cost adjusted fee revenue
of $22,112,328 (calculated in section D), divides it by 52 to yield a
weekly operating amount of $425,237, and then multiplies the weekly
operating amount by 35. Based on this calculation, FDA requires
$14,883,298 to support the program until the FY 2023 fees are due.
After running analyses on the projected collections and obligations for
FY 2022, FDA estimates the FY 2022 carryover to be $13,107,260 which is
$1,776,038 lower than the total required to support the program through
the 35-week period (i.e., $14,883,298).
Therefore, FDA is applying an operating reserve adjustment for FY
2022 in the amount of $1,776,038, equating to approximately 4 weeks of
program costs, to increase the FY 2022 facility fee revenue and fees to
enable the Agency to sustain program operations through the 35-week
period of FY 2023. As a result of the above calculations, the final FY
2022 OMUFA target facility fee revenue is $23,888,000 (rounded to the
nearest thousand dollars).
III. Determination of FY 2022 OMOR Fees
Under OMUFA, the FY 2022 Tier 1 OMOR fee is $507,021 and the Tier 2
OMOR fee is $101,404 (see section 744M(a)(2)(A)(i) and (ii) of the FD&C
Act, respectively) including an adjustment for inflation. OMOR fees are
not included in the OMUFA target revenue calculation, which is based on
the facility fees (see section 744M(b)(1) of the FD&C Act).
An OMOR fee is generally assessed to each person who submits an
OMOR (see section 744M(a)(2)(A) of the FD&C Act). OMOR fees are due on
the date of the submission of the OMOR (see section 744M(a)(2)(B) of
the FD&C Act). The payor should submit the OMOR fee that applies to the
type of OMOR they are submitting (i.e., Tier 1 or Tier 2). FDA will
determine whether the appropriate OMOR fee has been submitted following
receipt of the OMOR and the fee.
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An OMOR fee will not be assessed if the OMOR seeks to make certain
safety changes with respect to an OTC monograph drug. Specifically, no
fee will be assessed if FDA finds that the OMOR seeks to change the
drug facts labeling of an OTC monograph drug in a way that would add to
or strengthen: (1) A contraindication, warning, or precaution; (2) a
statement about risk associated with misuse or abuse; or (3) an
instruction about dosage and administration that is intended to
increase the safe use of the OTC monograph drug (see section
744M(a)(2)(C) of the FD&C Act).
IV. Facility Fee Calculations
A. Facility Fee Revenues and Fees
For FY 2022, facility fee rates are being established to generate a
total target revenue amount, as determined under the statute, equal to
$23,888,000 (rounded to the nearest thousand dollars). FDA used the
methodology described below to determine the appropriate number of MDF
and CMO facilities to be used in setting the OMUFA facility fees for FY
2022. FDA took into consideration that the CMO facility fee is equal to
two-thirds of the amount of the MDF facility fee (see section
744M(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the FD&C Act).
B. Calculating the Number of Qualifying Facilities and Setting the
Facility Fees
For FY 2022, FDA utilized data consisting of the number of
facilities that were registered in FDA's electronic Drug Registration
and Listing System (eDRLS) to manufacture human OTC products produced
under a monograph \7\ during the FY 2021 fee-liable period (i.e.,
January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020) and the number of
facilities that paid FY 2021 OMUFA fees, as the primary sources for
estimating the number of each facility fee type (i.e., MDF and CMO). In
addition, the Agency considered data provided by firms regarding their
operation as MDFs and CMOs during FY 2021--i.e., October 1, 2020,
through September 30, 2021--when they were submitting OTC Monograph
User Fee Cover Sheets to pay the FY 2021 fee. These data helped FDA
estimate the number of firms operating as MDF and CMO facilities during
the FY 2022 fee-liable period (i.e., January 1, 2021, through December
31, 2021) \8\ and thus informed FDA's calculation of the number and
ratio of MDF and CMO facilities used in determining the FY 2022 fee
rates. FDA's review of data also reflected input received during the
first three quarters of the FY 2022 fee-liable period from facilities
whose manufacturing or processing practices meet the definition of fee-
eligible OTC monograph drug facilities, to help capture those
facilities that are in the market and intend to remain in the market
for FY 2022.
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\7\ OTC monograph drug facilities had selected in the eDRLS the
business operation qualifiers of ``manufactures human over-the-
counter drug products produced under a monograph'' or ``contract
manufacturing for human over-the-counter drug products produced
under a monograph'' and indicated at least one of the following
business operations: finished dosage form manufacture, label,
manufacture, pack, relabel, or repack.
\8\ Under section 744M(a)(1) of the FD&C Act, ``Each person that
owns a facility identified as an OTC monograph drug facility on
December 31 of the fiscal year or at any time during the preceding
12-month period shall be assessed an annual fee for each such
facility'' (emphasis added).
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Those facilities that only manufacture the active pharmaceutical
ingredient of an OTC monograph drug do not meet the definition of an
OTC monograph drug facility (see section 744L(10)(A)(i)(II)) of the
FD&C Act). Likewise, a facility is not an OTC monograph drug facility
if its only manufacturing or processing activities are one or more of
the following: (1) Production of clinical research supplies; (2)
testing; or (3) placement of outer packaging on packages containing
multiple products, for such purposes as creating multipacks, when each
monograph drug product contained within the overpackaging is already in
a final packaged form prior to placement in the outer overpackaging
(see section 744L(10)(A)(iii) of the FD&C Act).
Consistent with the January 12, 2021, HHS Federal Register Notice
\9\ and FDA's subsequent March 26, 2021, Federal Register Notice
publishing FY 2021 OMUFA fees,\10\ facilities are not identified as an
``OTC monograph drug facility'' and will not be assessed a FY 2022
OMUFA facility fee if they: (1) Were not registered with FDA as OTC
drug manufacturers prior to the HHS declaration of the COVID-19 public
health emergency on January 27, 2020 \11\; (2) registered with FDA on
or after the declaration of the COVID-19 public health emergency; and
(3) registered for the sole purpose of producing hand sanitizer
products during the COVID-19 public health emergency. We note, however,
that under the FD&C Act, whether an entity is subject to OMUFA fees has
no bearing on whether the entity or the entity's products are subject
to other requirements under the FD&C Act. FDA will continue to use its
regulatory compliance and enforcement tools to protect consumers,
including from potentially dangerous or subpotent hand sanitizers.
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\9\ See 86 FR 2420, https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/12/2021-00237/notice-that-persons-that-entered-the-over-the-counter-drug-market-to-supply-hand-sanitizer-during.
\10\ See 86 FR 16223, https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/03/26/2021-06361/fee-rates-under-the-over-the-counter-monograph-drug-user-fee-program-for-fiscal-year-2021.
\11\ See https://www.phe.gov/emergency/news/healthactions/phe/Pages/2019-nCoV.aspx.
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In undertaking the statutorily directed fee calculations, the
Agency also made certain assumptions, including that: (1) Facilities
using expired Structured Product Labeling (SPL) codes in eDRLS, that
did not reregister for calendar year (CY) 2022, were no longer
manufacturing and marketing OTC monograph drugs; (2) facilities that
have deregistered in eDRLS have exited the market; (3) facilities that
FDA believes registered incorrectly as OTC monograph drug facilities
(for example, because the associated drug listings for these facilities
did not include OTC monograph drugs but instead indicated such products
as OTC drug products under an approved drug application or OTC animal
drug products) were not engaged in manufacturing or processing the
finished dosage form of an OTC monograph drug; (4) facilities that
registered but did not have an active OTC monograph drug product
listing associated in their registration profile were not manufacturing
or processing such drug products; and (5) facilities that, at the close
of FY 2021, remain on the arrears list for failure to satisfy the FY
2021 facility fee are likely to be placed on the FY 2022 arrears list
as well.
Based on the above-referenced factors and assumptions, FDA
estimates there will be 1,118 OMUFA fee-paying units. The Agency
estimates that 65 percent (1,118 x 0.65 = 727, rounded) will incur the
MDF fee and 35 percent (1,118 x 0.35 = 391, rounded) will incur the CMO
fee.
To determine the number of full fee-paying equivalents (the
denominator) to be used in setting the OMUFA fees, FDA assigns a value
of 1 to each MDF (727) and a value of \2/3\ to each CMO (391 x \2/3\ =
261) for a full facility equivalent of 988 (rounded). The target fee
revenue of $23,888,000 is then divided by 988 for an MDF fee of $24,178
and a CMO fee of $16,119.
V. Fee Schedule for FY 2022
The fee rates for FY 2022 are displayed in table 1.
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Table 1--Fee Schedule for FY 2022
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FY 2022
Fee category fee rates
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OMOR:
Tier 1.................................................... $507,021
Tier 2.................................................... 101,404
Facility Fees:
MDF....................................................... 24,178
CMO....................................................... 16,119
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VI. Fee Payment Options and Procedures
The new fee rates are for the period from October 1, 2021, through
September 30, 2022. To pay the OMOR, MDF, and CMO fees, complete an OTC
Monograph User Fee Cover Sheet, available at: https://userfees.fda.gov/OA_HTML/omufaCAcdLogin.jsp. A user fee identification (ID) number will
be generated. Payment must be made in U.S. currency by electronic check
or wire transfer, payable to the order of the Food and Drug
Administration. The preferred payment method is online using electronic
check (Automated Clearing House (ACH) also known as eCheck) or credit
card for payments under $25,000 (Discover, VISA, MasterCard, American
Express).
FDA has partnered with the U.S. Department of the Treasury to use
Pay.gov, a web-based payment application, for online electronic
payment. The Pay.gov feature is available on the FDA website after
completing the OTC Monograph User Fee Cover Sheet and generating the
user fee ID number. Secure electronic payments can be submitted using
the User Fees Payment Portal at https://userfees.fda.gov/pay (Note:
Only full payments are accepted. No partial payments can be made
online). Once an invoice is located, ``Pay Now'' should be selected to
be redirected to Pay.gov. Electronic payment options are based on the
balance due. Payment by credit card is available for balances that are
less than $25,000. If the balance exceeds this amount, only the ACH
option is available. Payments must be made using U.S. bank accounts as
well as U.S. credit cards.
For payments made by wire transfer, include the unique user fee ID
number to ensure that the payment is applied to the correct fee(s).
Without the unique user fee ID number, the payment may not be applied,
which could result in FDA not filing an OMOR request, for example, and
other penalties. The originating financial institution may charge a
wire transfer fee. Applicable wire transfer fees must be included with
payment to ensure fees are fully paid. Questions about wire transfer
fees should be addressed to the financial institution. The account
information for wire transfers is as follows: U.S. Department of the
Treasury, TREAS NYC, 33 Liberty St., New York, NY 10045, Acct. No.:
75060099, Routing No.: 021030004, SWIFT: FRNYUS33. If needed, FDA's tax
identification number is 53-0196965.
If you are assessed an FY 2022 OMUFA facility fee and believe your
facility is not an OTC monograph drug facility as described in this
notice, please contact [email protected].
Dated: March 9, 2022.
Lauren K. Roth,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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