Department of Health and Human Services September 16, 2016 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Recommendations for Microbial Vectors Used for Gene Therapy; Guidance for Industry; Availability
Document Number: 2016-22353
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-09-16
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a document entitled ``Recommendations for Microbial Vectors Used for Gene Therapy; Guidance for Industry.'' The guidance document provides investigational new drug application (IND) sponsors, with recommendations concerning IND submissions for microbial vectors used for gene therapy (MVGTs) in early phase clinical trials. The guidance focuses on the chemistry, manufacturing, and control (CMC) information that sponsors should submit in an IND for MVGTs and provides an overview of preclinical and clinical considerations for these products. The guidance announced in this notice finalizes the draft guidance of the same title dated October 2015 and supplements the guidance entitled ``Guidance for FDA Reviewers and Sponsors: Content and Review of Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Control (CMC) Information for Human Gene Therapy Investigational New Drug Applications (INDs),'' dated April 2008.
Coordinated Development of Antimicrobial Drugs and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Devices
Document Number: 2016-22352
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-09-16
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing a public workshop regarding ``Coordinated Development of Antimicrobial Drugs and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Devices (ASTs).'' This public workshop is intended to facilitate discussion between drug sponsors and device manufacturers who are planning to develop new antimicrobial drugs or ASTs and who wish to coordinate development of these products, such that the AST device could be cleared either at the time of new drug approval or shortly thereafter. The input from this public workshop will also help in developing topics for future discussion.
Clinical Investigator Training Course
Document Number: 2016-22348
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-09-16
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in collaboration with the University of Maryland Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (M-CERSI), is announcing a 3-day training course for clinical investigators on the scientific, ethical, and regulatory aspects of clinical trials for medical products. This training course is intended to provide clinical investigators, such as clinicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care providers involved in conducting clinical trials, with expertise in the design, conduct, and analysis of clinical trials; to improve the quality of clinical trials; and to enhance the safety of trial participants. Senior FDA staff, along with other experts, will present on issues critical for successful conduct of clinical research.
Qualification of Biomarker-Total Kidney Volume in Studies for Treatment of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease; Guidance for Industry; Availability
Document Number: 2016-22347
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-09-16
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled ``Qualification of BiomarkerTotal Kidney Volume in Studies for Treatment of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease.'' This guidance provides a qualified context of use (COU) for total kidney volume (TKV), measured at baseline, to be used as a prognostic enrichment biomarker to select patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) at high risk for a ``progressive decline'' in renal function, defined as a confirmed 30 percent decline in the patient's estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), for inclusion in interventional clinical trials. This guidance also describes the experimental conditions and constraints for which this biomarker is qualified through the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) Biomarker Qualification Program. This biomarker can be used by drug developers for the qualified COU in submissions of investigational new drug applications (INDs), new drug applications (NDAs), and biologics license applications (BLAs)without the relevant CDER review group reconsidering and reconfirming the suitability of the biomarker.
Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension; LUMASON
Document Number: 2016-22345
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-09-16
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for LUMASON and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an application to the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Department of Commerce, for the extension of a patent which claims that human drug product.
Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension; ENTYVIO
Document Number: 2016-22344
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-09-16
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for ENTYVIO and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an application to the Director of the U.S. Patents and Trademarks Office (USPTO), Department of Commerce, for the extension of a patent which claims that human biological product.
Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension; RESQCPR SYSTEM
Document Number: 2016-22343
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-09-16
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for RESQCPR SYSTEM and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an application to the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Department of Commerce, for the extension of a patent which claims that medical device.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2016-22342
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-09-16
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information, and to allow a second opportunity for public comment on the notice. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the following subjects: The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions; the accuracy of the estimated burden; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Unique Device Identification System
Document Number: 2016-22340
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-09-16
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
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 information collection associated with the Unique Device Identification System.
Waivers From the Requirement To Demonstrate Bioequivalence of Animal Drugs in Soluble Powder Oral Dosage Form Products and Type A Medicated Articles; Draft Revised Guidance for Industry; Availability
Document Number: 2016-22339
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-09-16
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a draft revised guidance for industry (GFI) #171 entitled ``Waivers from the Requirement to Demonstrate Bioequivalence of Animal Drugs in Soluble Powder Oral Dosage Form Products and Type A Medicated Articles.'' This draft revised guidance document describes how the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) intends to evaluate requests for waiving the requirement for submitting data demonstrating the bioequivalence of animal drugs in soluble powder oral dosage form products and Type A medicated articles. It expands upon CVM's Bioequivalence Guidance,\1\ particularly the section on Criteria for Waiver of In Vivo Bioequivalence Study. This guidance is applicable to generic investigational new animal drug (JINAD) files and abbreviated new animal drug applications (ANADAs). Although the recommendations in this guidance reference generic drug applications, the general principles described may also be applicable to new animal drug applications (NADAs), investigational new animal drug (INAD) files, and supplemental NADAs.
Menu Labeling Public Workshop; Public Meeting
Document Number: 2016-22337
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-09-16
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing a third public meeting to discuss menu labeling requirements. We announced the first two public meetings in a separate Federal Register notice earlier this year. The purpose of the public meetings is to help the regulated industry comply with the requirements of the menu labeling final rule.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2016-22316
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-09-16
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
McCormick & Company, Inc.; Filing of Color Additive Petition
Document Number: 2016-22289
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2016-09-16
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that we have filed a petition, submitted by McCormick & Company, Inc., proposing that the color additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of spirulina extract to color shell eggs at levels consistent with good manufacturing practice.
CARA Act's Required Training of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants
Document Number: 2016-22279
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-09-16
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announces that it will hold a public meeting on October 1, 2016, to discuss the training requirements for nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) that have been stipulated in the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA). The session will be held in Newark, NJ.
National Cancer Institute; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2016-22275
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-09-16
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2016-22274
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-09-16
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Office of the Director, Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2016-22273
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-09-16
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2016-22272
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-09-16
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2016-22271
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-09-16
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Emergency Preparedness Requirements for Medicare and Medicaid Participating Providers and Suppliers
Document Number: 2016-21404
Type: Rule
Date: 2016-09-16
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
This final rule establishes national emergency preparedness requirements for Medicare- and Medicaid-participating providers and suppliers to plan adequately for both natural and man-made disasters, and coordinate with federal, state, tribal, regional, and local emergency preparedness systems. It will also assist providers and suppliers to adequately prepare to meet the needs of patients, residents, clients, and participants during disasters and emergency situations. Despite some variations, our regulations will provide consistent emergency preparedness requirements, enhance patient safety during emergencies for persons served by Medicare- and Medicaid- participating facilities, and establish a more coordinated and defined response to natural and man-made disasters.
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