Department of Health and Human Services October 24, 2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This gives notice under the Federal Advisory Committee Act of October 6, 1972, that the Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BSC, NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, has been renewed for a 2-year period through February 3, 2023.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled ``In Vitro Release Test Studies for Topical Products Submitted in ANDAs.'' This draft guidance provides recommendations for in vitro release test (IVRT) studies for locally acting liquid-based and/or other semisolid topical products. This draft guidance is intended to assist applicants who are submitting abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) for such products, by providing recommendations for IVRT studies, which can be used to support a demonstration that two topical products are bioequivalent.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of additional draft and revised draft product-specific guidances for developing topical products applied to the skin, as well as integumentary and mucosal (e.g., vaginal) membranes. The 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 Products'' that explained the process that would be used to make product-specific guidances available to the public on FDA's website. The guidances identified in this notice were developed using the process described in that guidance.

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 (the 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 60 days for public comment on the proposed action. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding our burden estimates or any other aspect of this collection of information, including 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.

The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA or Agency) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) is proposing to withdraw approval of an abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for Alcohol and Dextrose Injection, 5 milliliters (mL)/100 mL, 5 grams (g)/100 mL, and is announcing an opportunity for the ANDA holder to request a hearing on this proposal: Miles Laboratories Inc., P.O. Box 1986, 4th and Parker St., Berkeley, CA 94701, is the last holder of record. The bases for the proposal are that the ANDA holder has repeatedly failed to file required annual reports for this ANDA and that the Agency has scientific data and experience to show that the drug product under this ANDA is unsafe for use under the conditions of use for which the product was approved.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled ``Topical Dermatologic Corticosteroids: In Vivo Bioequivalence.'' This draft guidance is intended to assist applicants who submit abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) for topical dermatologic corticosteroid products of all potency groups (referred to in this notice as topical corticosteroids). The draft guidance describes recommendations for an in vivo pharmacodynamic approach to demonstrate the bioequivalence of topical corticosteroids. When finalized, this guidance will replace FDA's 1995 guidance for industry of the same name. Revising this guidance will provide clarity for potential ANDA applicants on the appropriate pilot and pivotal studies and other recommendations for pharmacodynamic approach to assess the bioequivalence of topical dermatologic corticosteroids. These recommendations have evolved since the original guidance was issued in 1995.