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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2012–N–1021]
Notice to Public of Website Location of
Center for Devices and Radiological
Health Fiscal Year 2025 Proposed
Guidance Development
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA or the Agency) is
announcing the website location where
the Agency will post two lists of
guidance documents that the Center for
Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH)
intends to publish in fiscal year (FY)
2025. In addition, FDA has established
a docket where interested parties may
comment on the priority of topics for
guidance, provide comments and/or
propose draft language for those topics,
suggest topics for new or different
guidance documents, comment on the
applicability of guidance documents
that have issued previously, and
provide any other comments that could
benefit the CDRH guidance program and
its engagement with interested parties.
This feedback is critical to the CDRH
guidance program to ensure that we
meet the needs of interested parties.
DATES: Either electronic or written
comments on the notice must be
submitted by December 10, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
as follows. Please note that late,
untimely filed comments will not be
considered. The https://
www.regulations.gov electronic filing
system will accept comments until
11:59 p.m. Eastern Time at the end of
December 10, 2024. Comments received
by mail/hand delivery/courier (for
written/paper submissions) will be
considered timely if they are received
on or before that date.
SUMMARY:
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://
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solely responsible for ensuring that your
comment does not include any
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third party may not wish to be posted,
such as medical information, your or
anyone else’s Social Security number, or
confidential business information, such
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that if you include your name, contact
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identifies you in the body of your
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posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
• If you want to submit a comment
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public, submit the comment as a
written/paper submission and in the
manner detailed (see ‘‘Written/Paper
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Submit written/paper submissions as
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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–
2012–N–1021 for ‘‘Notice to Public of
website Location of CDRH Fiscal Year
2025 Proposed Guidance Development.’’
Received comments, those filed in a
timely manner (see ADDRESSES), will be
placed in the docket and, except for
those submitted as ‘‘Confidential
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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
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FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or access
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read background documents or the
electronic and written/paper comments
received, go to https://
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‘‘Search’’ box and follow the prompts
and/or go to the Dockets Management
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Erica Takai, Center for Devices and
Radiological Health, Food and Drug
Administration, 10903 New Hampshire
Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 5456, Silver Spring,
MD 20993–0002, 301–796–6353.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
During negotiations on the Medical
Device User Fee Amendments of 2012,
title II, Food and Drug Administration
Safety and Innovation Act (Pub. L. 112–
144), FDA agreed to meet a variety of
quantitative and qualitative goals
intended to help get safe and effective
medical devices to market more quickly.
Among these commitments included:
• Annually posting a list of priority
medical device guidance documents
that the Agency intends to publish
within 12 months of the date this list is
published each fiscal year (the ‘‘A-list’’),
and
• Annually posting a list of device
guidance documents that the Agency
intends to publish, as the Agency’s
guidance-development resources permit
each fiscal year (the ‘‘B-list’’).
The Medical Device User Fee
Amendments of 2017 (MDUFA IV), Title
II, FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017
(Pub. L. 115–52), maintained these
commitments.
In addition, to ensure that final
guidance documents continue to
provide interested parties with the
Agency’s current thinking, CDRH
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annually conducts a staged review of
previously issued final guidances in
collaboration with interested parties.
CDRH intends to annually provide lists
of previously issued final guidances that
are subject to review in 10-year
increments to facilitate a continuous
and systematic assessment of the
applicability of existing guidances. For
instance, in FY 2025, CDRH is providing
a list of the final guidance documents
that issued in 2015, 2005, 1995, and
1985; in FY 2026 we expect to provide
a list of the final guidance documents
that issued in 2016, 2006, 1996, and
1986, and so on. Consistent with the
Good Guidance Practices regulation at
21 CFR 10.115(f)(4), CDRH would
appreciate suggestions that CDRH revise
or withdraw an already existing
guidance document. We request that the
suggestion clearly explain why the
guidance document should be revised or
withdrawn and, if applicable, how it
should be revised. While we are
requesting feedback on the list of
previously issued final guidances
located in the annual agenda website,
feedback on any guidance is appreciated
and will be considered.
FDA welcomes comments on any or
all of the guidance documents on the
lists as explained in 21 CFR 10.115(f)(5).
FDA has established Docket No. FDA–
2012–N–1021 where comments on the
FY 2025 lists, draft language for
guidance documents on those topics,
suggestions for new or different
guidances, and relative priority of
guidance documents may be submitted
and shared with the public (see
ADDRESSES). FDA believes this docket is
a valuable tool for receiving information
from interested parties. FDA anticipates
that feedback from interested parties
will allow CDRH to better prioritize and
more efficiently draft guidances to meet
the needs of the Agency and interested
parties.
In addition to posting the lists of
prioritized device guidance documents,
CDRH has identified as a priority, and
has devoted resources to, finalization of
draft guidance documents. To ensure
the timely completion or reissuance of
draft guidances, in FY 2015 CDRH
committed to performance goals for
current and future draft guidance
documents. For draft guidance
documents issued after October 1, 2014,
CDRH committed to finalize, withdraw,
reopen the comment period, or issue
new draft guidance on the topic for 80
percent of the documents within 3 years
of the close of the comment period and
for the remaining 20 percent, within 5
years. As part of MDUFA IV
commitments, FDA reaffirmed this
commitment, as resources permit.
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Fulfillment of these commitments
will be reflected through the issuance of
updated guidance on existing topics,
withdrawal of guidances that no longer
reflect FDA’s current thinking on a
particular topic, and annual updates to
the A-list and B-list announced in this
notice.
II. Website Location of Guidance Lists
This notice announces the website
location of the document that provides
the A- and B-lists of guidance
documents, which CDRH is intending to
publish during FY 2025. To access these
two lists, visit FDA’s website at https:/
www.fda.gov/medical-devices/guidancedocuments-medical-devices-andradiation-emitting-products/cdrhproposed-guidance-development. We
note that the topics on these lists may
be removed or modified based on
current priorities, as well as comments
received regarding these lists.
Furthermore, FDA and CDRH priorities
are subject to change at any time (e.g.,
newly identified safety issues). The
Agency is not required to publish every
guidance on either list if the resources
needed would be to the detriment of
meeting quantitative review timelines
and statutory obligations. In addition,
the Agency is not precluded from
issuing guidance documents that are not
on either list.
Dated: October 7, 2024.
Eric Flamm,
Acting Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2012-N-1021]
Notice to Public of Website Location of Center for Devices and
Radiological Health Fiscal Year 2025 Proposed Guidance Development
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 website location where the Agency will post two lists of
guidance documents that the Center for Devices and Radiological Health
(CDRH) intends to publish in fiscal year (FY) 2025. In addition, FDA
has established a docket where interested parties may comment on the
priority of topics for guidance, provide comments and/or propose draft
language for those topics, suggest topics for new or different guidance
documents, comment on the applicability of guidance documents that have
issued previously, and provide any other comments that could benefit
the CDRH guidance program and its engagement with interested parties.
This feedback is critical to the CDRH guidance program to ensure that
we meet the needs of interested parties.
DATES: Either electronic or written comments on the notice must be
submitted by December 10, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments as follows. Please note that late,
untimely filed comments will not be considered. The https://www.regulations.gov electronic filing system will accept comments until
11:59 p.m. Eastern Time at the end of December 10, 2024. Comments
received by mail/hand delivery/courier (for written/paper submissions)
will be considered timely if they are received on or before that date.
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-2012-N-1021 for ``Notice to Public of website Location of CDRH
Fiscal Year 2025 Proposed Guidance Development.'' Received comments,
those filed in a timely manner (see ADDRESSES), 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erica Takai, Center for Devices and
Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire
Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 5456, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-6353.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
During negotiations on the Medical Device User Fee Amendments of
2012, title II, Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act
(Pub. L. 112-144), FDA agreed to meet a variety of quantitative and
qualitative goals intended to help get safe and effective medical
devices to market more quickly. Among these commitments included:
Annually posting a list of priority medical device
guidance documents that the Agency intends to publish within 12 months
of the date this list is published each fiscal year (the ``A-list''),
and
Annually posting a list of device guidance documents that
the Agency intends to publish, as the Agency's guidance-development
resources permit each fiscal year (the ``B-list'').
The Medical Device User Fee Amendments of 2017 (MDUFA IV), Title
II, FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 (Pub. L. 115-52), maintained these
commitments.
In addition, to ensure that final guidance documents continue to
provide interested parties with the Agency's current thinking, CDRH
annually conducts a staged review of previously issued final guidances
in collaboration with interested parties. CDRH intends to annually
provide lists of previously issued final guidances that are subject to
review in 10-year increments to facilitate a continuous and systematic
assessment of the applicability of existing guidances. For instance, in
FY 2025, CDRH is providing a list of the final guidance documents that
issued in 2015, 2005, 1995, and 1985; in FY 2026 we expect to provide a
list of the final guidance documents that issued in 2016, 2006, 1996,
and 1986, and so on. Consistent with the Good Guidance Practices
regulation at 21 CFR 10.115(f)(4), CDRH would appreciate suggestions
that CDRH revise or withdraw an already existing guidance document. We
request that the suggestion clearly explain why the guidance document
should be revised or withdrawn and, if applicable, how it should be
revised. While we are requesting feedback on the list of previously
issued final guidances located in the annual agenda website, feedback
on any guidance is appreciated and will be considered.
FDA welcomes comments on any or all of the guidance documents on
the lists as explained in 21 CFR 10.115(f)(5). FDA has established
Docket No. FDA-2012-N-1021 where comments on the FY 2025 lists, draft
language for guidance documents on those topics, suggestions for new or
different guidances, and relative priority of guidance documents may be
submitted and shared with the public (see ADDRESSES). FDA believes this
docket is a valuable tool for receiving information from interested
parties. FDA anticipates that feedback from interested parties will
allow CDRH to better prioritize and more efficiently draft guidances to
meet the needs of the Agency and interested parties.
In addition to posting the lists of prioritized device guidance
documents, CDRH has identified as a priority, and has devoted resources
to, finalization of draft guidance documents. To ensure the timely
completion or reissuance of draft guidances, in FY 2015 CDRH committed
to performance goals for current and future draft guidance documents.
For draft guidance documents issued after October 1, 2014, CDRH
committed to finalize, withdraw, reopen the comment period, or issue
new draft guidance on the topic for 80 percent of the documents within
3 years of the close of the comment period and for the remaining 20
percent, within 5 years. As part of MDUFA IV commitments, FDA
reaffirmed this commitment, as resources permit.
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Fulfillment of these commitments will be reflected through the
issuance of updated guidance on existing topics, withdrawal of
guidances that no longer reflect FDA's current thinking on a particular
topic, and annual updates to the A-list and B-list announced in this
notice.
II. Website Location of Guidance Lists
This notice announces the website location of the document that
provides the A- and B-lists of guidance documents, which CDRH is
intending to publish during FY 2025. To access these two lists, visit
FDA's website at https:/www.fda.gov/medical-devices/guidance-documents-medical-devices-and-radiation-emitting-products/cdrh-proposed-guidance-development. We note that the topics on these lists may be removed or
modified based on current priorities, as well as comments received
regarding these lists. Furthermore, FDA and CDRH priorities are subject
to change at any time (e.g., newly identified safety issues). The
Agency is not required to publish every guidance on either list if the
resources needed would be to the detriment of meeting quantitative
review timelines and statutory obligations. In addition, the Agency is
not precluded from issuing guidance documents that are not on either
list.
Dated: October 7, 2024.
Eric Flamm,
Acting Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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