Department of Health and Human Services March 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is canceling the meeting of the Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee scheduled for April 5, 2005. This meeting was announced in the Federal Register of March 9, 2005 (70 FR 11678).

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of three guidances for industry entitled ``Premarketing Risk Assessment,'' ``Development and Use of Risk Minimization Action Plans,'' and ``Good Pharmacovigilance Practices and Pharmacoepidemiologic Assessment.'' These guidances provide guidance to industry on risk management activities for drug products, including biological drug products, in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER). The guidances address, respectively, premarket risk assessment; the development, implementation, and evaluation of risk minimization action plans for drug products; and good pharmacovigilance practices and pharmacoepidemiologic assessment of observational data.

In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice announces a meeting of the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the referral of KEMSTRO (baclofen) and DROXIA (hydroxyurea) to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (the Foundation) for the conduct of pediatric studies. FDA referred KEMSTRO (baclofen) and DROXIA (hydroxyurea) to the Foundation on September 1, 2004, and October 20, 2004, respectively. FDA is publishing this notice of the referrals in accordance with the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (BCPA).

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing an interim final rule to amend the color additive regulations by increasing the fees for certification services. The change in fees will allow FDA to continue to maintain an adequate color certification program as required by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act). The fees are intended to recover the full costs of operation of FDA's color certification program.

The Administration on Aging (AoA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on the information collection requirements relating to State Annual Long-Term Care Ombudsman Report and instructions for Older Americans Act Title VII.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA).

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice announces the first meeting of the Citizens' Health Care Working Group mandated by section 1014 of the Medicare Modernization Act.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of December 23, 2004 (69 FR 76844). The document amended the food additive regulations by establishing a new maximum permitted energy level of x rays for treating food of 7.5 million electron volts provided the x rays are generated from machine sources that use tantalum or gold as the target material, with no change in the maximum permitted dose levels or uses currently permitted by FDA's food additive regulations. The document was published with two errors in the preamble section. This document corrects those errors.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in cooperation with the Drug Information Association (DIA), is announcing a public meeting to solicit views and provide an interactive forum for discussion of stakeholders' perspectives about, and experiences with, the legal and public health issues that arise when sponsors seek to develop or market a product of one type (device, drug, or biological product) that would be labeled for use with an already approved product of a different type, and the approved product's labeling would not be changed. The input received at the meeting and comments made to the docket after the meeting will be considered in developing draft guidance on this topic.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on the information collection provisions of FDA's current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) regulations for finished pharmaceuticals.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of summaries of medical and clinical pharmacology reviews of pediatric studies submitted in supplements for PARAPLATIN (carboplatin), TRUSOPT (dorzolamide), CAMPTOSAR (irinotecan), PREVACID (lansoprazole), TAMIFLU (oseltamivir), VIOXX (rofecoxib), FERRLECIT (sodium ferric gluconate), IMITREX (sumatriptan), DETROL and DETROL LA (tolterodine). These summaries are being made available consistent with the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (the BPCA). For all pediatric supplements submitted under the BPCA, the BPCA requires FDA to make available to the public a summary of the medical and clinical pharmacology reviews of the pediatric studies conducted for the supplement. In addition, the agency is also announcing the availability of summaries of medical and clinical pharmacology reviews of pediatric studies for the following antidepressants: CELAXA (citalopram), REMERON (mirtazapine), SERZONE (nefazodone), PAXIL (paroxetine), and ZOLOFT (sertraline). Studies for these drugs were submitted before the BPCA was implemented. Therefore, they are not subject to its requirements. However, due to the public's interest in these pediatric studies, FDA asked the sponsors to consent to the public disclosure of a summary of the medical and clinical pharmacology reviews for these studies. Based on sponsors' consent, FDA is making the summaries publicly available.