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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 224 / Wednesday, November 20, 2024 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [FR Doc. 2024–27094 Filed 11–19–24; 8:45 am] [Docket No. FDA–2007–D–0369] khammond on DSK9W7S144PROD with NOTICES BILLING CODE 4164–01–C Product-Specific Guidances; Draft and Revised Draft Guidances for Industry; Availability AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:39 Nov 19, 2024 Jkt 265001 PO 00000 Notice of availability. Frm 00092 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of additional draft and revised draft product-specific guidances. The draft guidances provide product-specific recommendations on, among other things, the design of bioequivalence (BE) studies to support abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs). In the Federal Register of June 11, 2010, FDA announced the availability of a guidance for industry entitled ‘‘Bioequivalence Recommendations for Specific SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\20NON1.SGM 20NON1 EN20NO24.072</GPH> Dated: November 14, 2024. Kimberlee Trzeciak, Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Legislation, and International Affairs. 91763 91764 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 224 / Wednesday, November 20, 2024 / Notices Products’’ that explained the process that would be used to make productspecific guidances available to the public on FDA’s website. The draft guidances identified in this notice were developed using the process described in that guidance. DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the draft guidance by January 21, 2025 to ensure that the Agency considers your comment on this draft guidance before it begins work on the final version of the guidance. 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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 draft guidance to the Division of Drug Information, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10001 New Hampshire Ave., Hillandale Building, 4th Floor, Silver Spring, MD 20993– 0002. Send one self-addressed adhesive label to assist that office in processing your requests. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for electronic access to the draft guidance document. PO 00000 Frm 00093 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Kotsybar, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 75, Rm. 3623A, Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, 240– 402–1062, PSG-Questions@fda.hhs.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background In the Federal Register of June 11, 2010 (75 FR 33311), FDA announced the availability of a guidance for industry entitled ‘‘Bioequivalence Recommendations for Specific Products’’ that explained the process that would be used to make productspecific guidances available to the public on FDA’s website at https:// www.fda.gov/drugs/guidancecompliance-regulatory-information/ guidances-drugs. As described in that guidance, FDA adopted this process to develop and disseminate product-specific guidances and provide a meaningful opportunity for the public to consider and comment on those guidances. Under that process, draft guidances are posted on FDA’s website and announced periodically in the Federal Register. The public is encouraged to submit comments on those recommendations within 60 days of their announcement in the Federal Register. FDA considers any comments received and either publishes final guidances or publishes revised draft guidances for comment. Guidances were last announced in the Federal Register on August 23, 2024 (89 FR 68162). This notice announces draft product-specific guidances, either new or revised, that are posted on FDA’s website. II. Drug Products for Which New Draft Product-Specific Guidances Are Available FDA is announcing the availability of new draft product-specific guidances for industry for drug products containing the following active ingredients: TABLE 1—NEW DRAFT PRODUCT-SPECIFIC GUIDANCES FOR DRUG PRODUCTS Active ingredient(s) Acalabrutinib maleate. Adapalene; Benzoyl peroxide; Clindamycin phosphate. Allopurinol. Aripiprazole. Aripiprazole lauroxil. Buspirone hydrochloride. Cantharidin. Cefazolin sodium. Clonazepam. Cyclosporine E:\FR\FM\20NON1.SGM 20NON1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 224 / Wednesday, November 20, 2024 / Notices TABLE 1—NEW DRAFT PRODUCT-SPECIFIC GUIDANCES FOR DRUG PRODUCTS—Continued TABLE 2.—REVISED DRAFT PRODUCT- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SPECIFIC GUIDANCES FOR DRUG HUMAN SERVICES PRODUCTS—Continued Food and Drug Administration Active ingredient(s) Active Ingredient(s). Dexamethasone; Neomycin sulfate; Polymyxin b sulfate. Enfuvirtide. Eplontersen sodium. Estrogens, conjugated. Icatibant acetate. Macitentan; Tadalafil. Magnesium sulfate; Polyethylene glycol 3350; Potassium chloride; Sodium chloride; Sodium sulfate. Memantine hydrochloride. Mitomycin. Paclitaxel. Palovarotene. Pemetrexed disodium. Phentolamine mesylate. Phytonadione (multiple reference listed drugs). Quizartinib dihydrochloride. Risperidone. Ritlecitinib tosylate. Treprostinil. III. Drug Products for Which Revised Draft Product-Specific Guidances Are Available FDA is announcing the availability of revised draft product-specific guidances for industry for drug products containing the following active ingredients: [Docket No. FDA–2024–N–4604] Tiotropium bromide. Tramadol hydrochloride. Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Seafood; Request for Information For a complete history of previously published Federal Register notices related to product-specific guidances, go to https://www.regulations.gov and enter Docket No. FDA–2007–D–0369. These draft guidances are being issued consistent with FDA’s good guidance practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). These draft guidances, when finalized, will represent the current thinking of FDA on, among other things, the product-specific design of BE studies to support ANDAs. They do not establish any rights for any person and are not binding on FDA or the public. You can use an alternative approach if it satisfies the requirements of the applicable statutes and regulations. IV. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 khammond on DSK9W7S144PROD with NOTICES While these guidances contain no collection of information, they do refer to previously approved FDA collections of information. The previously approved collections of information are TABLE 2.—REVISED DRAFT PRODUCT- subject to review by the Office of SPECIFIC GUIDANCES FOR DRUG Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 PRODUCTS (44 U.S.C. 3501–3521). The collections of information in 21 CFR part 312 for Active Ingredient(s). investigational new drugs have been Allopurinol. approved under 0910–0014. The Azelaic acid. collections of information in 21 CFR Bictegravir sodium; Emtricitabine; Tenofovir part 314 for applications for FDA alafenamide fumarate. approval to market a new drug and in Budesonide; Formoterol fumarate dihydrate. 21 CFR part 320 for bioavailability and Enzalutamide. bioequivalence requirements have been Ferric carboxymaltose. approved under OMB control number Ferumoxytol. Fluticasone propionate. 0910–0001. Fluticasone propionate; Salmeterol xinafoate. Formoterol fumarate. Formoterol fumarate; Mometasone furoate. Labetalol hydrochloride. Lenvatinib mesylate. Levonorgestrel. Liraglutide. Losartan potassium. Mometasone furoate. Nepafenac (multiple reference listed drugs). Nitroglycerin. Olaparib. Phytonadione (multiple reference listed drugs). Primidone. Rasagiline mesylate. Ruxolitinib phosphate. Salmeterol xinafoate. Tacrolimus. Tazarotene. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:39 Nov 19, 2024 Jkt 265001 91765 V. Electronic Access Persons with access to the internet may obtain the draft guidance at https:// www.fda.gov/drugs/guidancecompliance-regulatory-information/ guidances-drugs, https://www.fda.gov/ regulatory-information/search-fdaguidance-documents, or https:// www.regulations.gov. Dated: November 7, 2024. Kimberlee Trzeciak, Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Legislation, and International Affairs. [FR Doc. 2024–27048 Filed 11–19–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4164–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00094 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice; request for information. AGENCY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is requesting information to help fill data gaps that remain regarding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in seafood. The purpose of this request is to help increase our understanding of the potential for PFAS exposure from seafood. We intend to use the information submitted in response to this request to help inform future activities to reduce dietary exposure to PFAS that may pose a health concern. DATES: Either electronic or written comments on the notice must be submitted by February 18, 2025. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments and information 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 February 18, 2025. 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. 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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2007-D-0369]


Product-Specific Guidances; Draft and Revised Draft Guidances 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 additional draft and revised draft product-specific 
guidances. The draft guidances provide product-specific recommendations 
on, among other things, the design of bioequivalence (BE) studies to 
support abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs). In the Federal 
Register of June 11, 2010, FDA announced the availability of a guidance 
for industry entitled ``Bioequivalence Recommendations for Specific

[[Page 91764]]

Products'' that explained the process that would be used to make 
product-specific guidances available to the public on FDA's website. 
The draft guidances identified in this notice were developed using the 
process described in that guidance.

DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the draft 
guidance by January 21, 2025 to ensure that the Agency considers your 
comment on this draft guidance before it begins work on the final 
version of the guidance.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on any guidance at any time as 
follows:

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted 
electronically, including attachments, to https://www.regulations.gov 
will be posted to 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-2007-D-0369 for ``Product-Specific Guidances; Draft and Revised 
Draft Guidances for Industry.'' 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 draft guidance to 
the Division of Drug Information, Center for Drug Evaluation and 
Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10001 New Hampshire Ave., 
Hillandale Building, 4th Floor, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002. Send one 
self-addressed adhesive label to assist that office in processing your 
requests. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for electronic 
access to the draft guidance document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Kotsybar, Center for Drug 
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New 
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 75, Rm. 3623A, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 240-
402-1062, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    In the Federal Register of June 11, 2010 (75 FR 33311), FDA 
announced the availability of a guidance for industry entitled 
``Bioequivalence Recommendations for Specific Products'' that explained 
the process that would be used to make product-specific guidances 
available to the public on FDA's website at https://www.fda.gov/drugs/guidance-compliance-regulatory-information/guidances-drugs.
    As described in that guidance, FDA adopted this process to develop 
and disseminate product-specific guidances and provide a meaningful 
opportunity for the public to consider and comment on those guidances. 
Under that process, draft guidances are posted on FDA's website and 
announced periodically in the Federal Register. The public is 
encouraged to submit comments on those recommendations within 60 days 
of their announcement in the Federal Register. FDA considers any 
comments received and either publishes final guidances or publishes 
revised draft guidances for comment. Guidances were last announced in 
the Federal Register on August 23, 2024 (89 FR 68162). This notice 
announces draft product-specific guidances, either new or revised, that 
are posted on FDA's website.

II. Drug Products for Which New Draft Product-Specific Guidances Are 
Available

    FDA is announcing the availability of new draft product-specific 
guidances for industry for drug products containing the following 
active ingredients:

     Table 1--New Draft Product-Specific Guidances for Drug Products
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                          Active ingredient(s)
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Acalabrutinib maleate.
Adapalene; Benzoyl peroxide; Clindamycin phosphate.
Allopurinol.
Aripiprazole.
Aripiprazole lauroxil.
Buspirone hydrochloride.
Cantharidin.
Cefazolin sodium.
Clonazepam.
Cyclosporine

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Dexamethasone; Neomycin sulfate; Polymyxin b sulfate.
Enfuvirtide.
Eplontersen sodium.
Estrogens, conjugated.
Icatibant acetate.
Macitentan; Tadalafil.
Magnesium sulfate; Polyethylene glycol 3350; Potassium chloride; Sodium
 chloride; Sodium sulfate.
Memantine hydrochloride.
Mitomycin.
Paclitaxel.
Palovarotene.
Pemetrexed disodium.
Phentolamine mesylate.
Phytonadione (multiple reference listed drugs).
Quizartinib dihydrochloride.
Risperidone.
Ritlecitinib tosylate.
Treprostinil.
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III. Drug Products for Which Revised Draft Product-Specific Guidances 
Are Available

    FDA is announcing the availability of revised draft product-
specific guidances for industry for drug products containing the 
following active ingredients:

  Table 2.--Revised Draft Product-Specific Guidances for Drug Products
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                          Active Ingredient(s).
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Allopurinol.
Azelaic acid.
Bictegravir sodium; Emtricitabine; Tenofovir alafenamide fumarate.
Budesonide; Formoterol fumarate dihydrate.
Enzalutamide.
Ferric carboxymaltose.
Ferumoxytol.
Fluticasone propionate.
Fluticasone propionate; Salmeterol xinafoate.
Formoterol fumarate.
Formoterol fumarate; Mometasone furoate.
Labetalol hydrochloride.
Lenvatinib mesylate.
Levonorgestrel.
Liraglutide.
Losartan potassium.
Mometasone furoate.
Nepafenac (multiple reference listed drugs).
Nitroglycerin.
Olaparib.
Phytonadione (multiple reference listed drugs).
Primidone.
Rasagiline mesylate.
Ruxolitinib phosphate.
Salmeterol xinafoate.
Tacrolimus.
Tazarotene.
Tiotropium bromide.
Tramadol hydrochloride.
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    For a complete history of previously published Federal Register 
notices related to product-specific guidances, go to https://www.regulations.gov and enter Docket No. FDA-2007-D-0369.
    These draft guidances are being issued consistent with FDA's good 
guidance practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). These draft guidances, 
when finalized, will represent the current thinking of FDA on, among 
other things, the product-specific design of BE studies to support 
ANDAs. They do not establish any rights for any person and are not 
binding on FDA or the public. You can use an alternative approach if it 
satisfies the requirements of the applicable statutes and regulations.

IV. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

    While these guidances contain no collection of information, they do 
refer to previously approved FDA collections of information. The 
previously approved collections of information are subject to review by 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521). The collections of information in 21 
CFR part 312 for investigational new drugs have been approved under 
0910-0014. The collections of information in 21 CFR part 314 for 
applications for FDA approval to market a new drug and in 21 CFR part 
320 for bioavailability and bioequivalence requirements have been 
approved under OMB control number 0910-0001.

V. Electronic Access

    Persons with access to the internet may obtain the draft guidance 
at https://www.fda.gov/drugs/guidance-compliance-regulatory-information/guidances-drugs, https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents, or https://www.regulations.gov.

    Dated: November 7, 2024.
Kimberlee Trzeciak,
Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Legislation, and International Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024-27048 Filed 11-19-24; 8:45 am]
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