[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 85973-85974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28732]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2013-D-0575]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Guidance for Industry on Expedited Programs for 
Serious Conditions--Drugs and Biologics

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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 
found in FDA's ``Guidance for Industry: Expedited Programs for Serious 
Conditions--Drugs and Biologics.''

DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the collection 
of information by January 30, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments as follows:

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted 
electronically, including attachments, to http://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 http://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): Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
     For written/paper comments submitted to the Division of 
Dockets Management, 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-2013-D-0575 for ``Agency Information Collection Activities: 
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Guidance for Industry on 
Expedited Programs for Serious Conditions--Drugs and Biologics.'' 
Received comments will be placed in the docket and, except for those 
submitted as ``Confidential Submissions,'' publicly viewable at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Division of Dockets Management between 9 
a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
     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 http://www.regulations.gov. 
Submit both copies to the Division of Dockets Management. 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: http://www.fda.gov/regulatoryinformation/dockets/default.htm.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
the electronic and written/paper comments received, go to http://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 Division of Dockets Management, 5630 Fishers 
Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FDA PRA Staff, Office of Operations, 
Food and Drug Administration, Three White Flint North, 11601 Landsdown 
St., 10A-12M, North Bethesda, MD 20852, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal 
Agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. 
``Collection of information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 
1320.3(c) and includes Agency requests or requirements that members of 
the public submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a 
third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) 
requires Federal Agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal 
Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including 
each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, 
before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with 
this requirement, FDA is publishing notice of the proposed collection 
of information set forth in this document.
    With respect to the following collection of information, FDA 
invites comments on these topics: (1) Whether the proposed collection 
of information is necessary for the proper performance of FDA's 
functions, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of FDA's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques, when 
appropriate, and other forms of information technology.

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Guidance for Industry on Expedited Programs for Serious Conditions--
Drugs and Biologics OMB Control Number 0910-0765--Extension

    FDA has established four programs intended to facilitate and 
expedite development and review of new drugs to address unmet medical 
needs in the treatment of serious or life-threatening conditions: (1) 
Fast track designation including rolling review, (2) breakthrough 
therapy designation, (3) accelerated approval, and (4) priority review 
designation. In support of these programs, the Agency has developed the 
guidance document, ``Guidance For Industry: Expedited Programs for 
Serious Conditions--Drugs and Biologics.'' The guidance outlines the 
programs' policies and procedures and describes applicable threshold 
criteria, including when to submit information to FDA. Respondents to 
the information collection are sponsors of drug and biological products 
appropriate for these expedited programs.
    Priority Review Designation Request. The guidance describes that a 
sponsor may expressly request priority review of an application. Based 
on information from FDA's databases and information available to FDA, 
we estimate that approximately 48 sponsors will prepare and submit 
approximately 1.7 priority review designation submissions that receive 
a priority review in accordance with the guidance and that the added 
burden for each submission will be approximately 30 hours to develop 
and submit to FDA as part of the application (totaling 2,400 hours).
    Breakthrough Therapy Designation Request. The guidance describes 
the process for sponsors to request breakthrough therapy designation in 
an application. Based on information from FDA's databases and 
information available to FDA, we estimate that approximately 87 
sponsors will prepare approximately 1.29 breakthrough therapy 
designation submissions in accordance with the guidance and that the 
added burden for each submission will be approximately 70 hours to 
prepare and submit (totaling 7,910 hours).
    Accordingly, we estimate the burden of this information collection 
as follows:

                                 Table 1--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden \1\
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                                                     Number of                        Average
 Guidance on expedited programs      Number of     responses per   Total annual     burden per      Total hours
                                    respondents     respondent       responses       response
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Priority Review Designation                   48             1.7              80              30           2,400
 Request........................
Breakthrough Therapy Designation              87            1.29             113              70           7,910
 Request........................
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    Total.......................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............          10,310
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with the information collection.

    The guidance also refers to previously approved collections of 
information found in FDA regulations. The collections of information in 
21 CFR parts 202.1, 314, and 601, and sections 505(a), 506(a)(1), 735, 
and 736 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355(a), 
356(a)(1), 379(g), and 379(h)) have been approved under OMB control 
numbers 0910-0686, 0910-0001, 0910-0338, 0910-0014, and 0910-0297.

    Dated: November 22, 2016.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2016-28732 Filed 11-28-16; 8:45 am]
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