[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3333-3335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00463]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2017-N-0067]


Joint Meeting of the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory 
Committee and the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory 
Committee; Notice of Meeting; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request 
for Comments

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

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ACTION: Notice; establishment of a public docket; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces a forthcoming 
public advisory committee meeting of the Drug Safety and Risk 
Management Advisory Committee and the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug 
Products Advisory Committee. The general function of the committees is 
to provide advice and recommendations to the Agency on FDA's regulatory 
issues. At least one portion of the meeting will be closed to the 
public. FDA is establishing a docket for public comment on this 
document.

DATES: The meeting will be held on March 13, 2017, from 8 a.m. to 5 
p.m. and March 14, 2017, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: College Park Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, Potomac 
Ballroom, 3501 University Blvd. East, Hyattsville, MD 20783. The 
conference center's telephone number is 301-985-7300. Answers to 
commonly asked questions including information regarding special 
accommodations due to a disability, visitor parking, and transportation 
may be accessed at: http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm408555.htm. You may submit comments 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): 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-2017-N-0067 for ``Joint Meeting of the Drug Safety and Risk 
Management Advisory Committee and the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug 
Products Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting; Request for Comments.'' 
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 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 https://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 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 Division of Dockets Management, 5630 Fishers 
Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie L. Begansky, Center for Drug 
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New 
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 31, Rm. 2417, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-
796-9001, FAX: 301-847-8533, email: [email protected], or FDA Advisory 
Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the 
Washington, DC area). A notice in the Federal Register about last 
minute modifications that impact a previously announced advisory 
committee meeting cannot always be published quickly enough to provide 
timely notice. Therefore, you should always check the Agency's Web site 
at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm and scroll down to 
the appropriate advisory committee meeting link, or call the advisory 
committee information line to learn about possible modifications before 
coming to the meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda: The committees will be asked to 
discuss safety issues for new drug application (NDA) 201655, OPANA ER 
(oxymorphone hydrochloride) Extended-release Tablets, by Endo 
Pharmaceuticals Inc., with the indication of management of pain severe 
enough to require daily, around-the-clock, long-term opioid treatment 
and for which alternative treatment options are inadequate. The product 
is an approved extended-release (ER) formulation intended to have 
abuse-deterrent properties based on its physicochemical properties, 
however, this information is not currently reflected in product 
labeling. The committees will be asked to discuss pre- and post-
marketing data about the abuse of OPANA ER, and the overall risk-
benefit of this product. The committees will also discuss abuse of 
generic oxymorphone ER and oxymorphone immediate-release (IR) products.
    FDA intends to make background material available to the public no 
later than 2 business days before the meeting. If FDA is unable to post 
the background material on its Web site prior to the meeting, the 
background material will be made publicly available at the

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location of the advisory committee meeting, and the background material 
will be posted on FDA's Web site after the meeting. Background material 
is available at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/default.htm. Scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee meeting 
link.
    Procedure: On March 13, 2017, from 9:15 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on 
March 14, 2017, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., the meeting is open to the 
public. Interested persons may present data, information, or views, 
orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committees. All 
electronic and written submissions submitted to the Docket (see the 
Addresses section) on or before February 27, 2017, will be provided to 
the committees. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled 
between approximately 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. on March 14, 2017. Those 
individuals interested in making formal oral presentations should 
notify the contact person and submit a brief statement of the general 
nature of the evidence or arguments they wish to present, the names and 
addresses of proposed participants, and an indication of the 
approximate time requested to make their presentation on or before 
February 16, 2017. Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. 
If the number of registrants requesting to speak is greater than can be 
reasonably accommodated during the scheduled open public hearing 
session, FDA may conduct a lottery to determine the speakers for the 
scheduled open public hearing session. The contact person will notify 
interested persons regarding their request to speak by February 17, 
2017.
    Closed Committee Deliberations: On March 13, 2017, from 8 a.m. to 
9:15 a.m., the meeting will be closed to permit discussion and review 
of trade secret and/or confidential commercial information (5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(4)). During this session, the committees will discuss the 
premarketing drug development program of an extended-release opioid 
product.
    Persons attending FDA's advisory committee meetings are advised 
that the Agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical 
outlets.
    FDA is establishing a docket for public comment on this meeting. 
The docket number is FDA-2017-N-0067. The docket will close on March 
10, 2017. Comments received on or before February 27, 2017, will be 
provided to the committee. Comments received after that date will be 
taken into consideration by the Agency.
    FDA welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee 
meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with 
disabilities. If you require accommodations due to a disability, please 
contact Stephanie L. Begansky at least 7 days in advance of the 
meeting.
    FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee 
meetings. Please visit our Web site at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm111462.htm for procedures 
on public conduct during advisory committee meetings.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

    Dated: January 6, 2017.
Janice M. Soreth,
Associate Commissioner for Special Medical Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017-00463 Filed 1-10-17; 8:45 am]
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