[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11227-11228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03365]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2017-N-0595]


Pediatric Postmarketing Pharmacovigilance and Drug Utilization 
Reviews; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request for Comments

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is 
establishing a public docket to collect comments related to the 
pediatric postmarketing pharmacovigilance and drug utilization reviews 
of products posted between September 17, 2016, and February 24, 2017, 
on the FDA Web site, but will not be presented at the March 6-7, 2017, 
Pediatric Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting. These reviews are intended 
to be available for review and comment by members of the PAC, 
interested parties (such as academic researchers, regulated industries, 
consortia, and patient groups), and the general public.

DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments by March 10, 2017. 
The docket will open on February 27, 2017, and remain open until March 
10, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit your 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, you 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 submission 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-0595 for ``Pediatric Postmarketing Pharmacovigilance and 
Drug Utilization Reviews'' that have been posted on the FDA Web site at 
http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/PediatricAdvisoryCommittee/ucm510701.htm between September 17, 2016, 
and February 24, 2017, but will not be presented at the March 6-7, 2017 
PAC meeting (82 FR 1345, January 5, 2017). 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''

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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: Kenneth Quinto, Office of the 
Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., 
Bldg. 32, Rm. 5145, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 240-402-2221, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FDA is responsible for protecting the public 
health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and 
veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our Nation's 
food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.
    FDA is establishing a public docket FDA-2017-N-0595 to receive 
input on pediatric postmarketing pharmacovigilance and drug utilization 
reviews posted between September 17, 2016, and February 24, 2017, on 
the FDA Web site at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/PediatricAdvisoryCommittee/ucm510701.htm, 
but will not be presented at the March 6-7, 2017, PAC meeting (82 FR 
1345, January 5, 2017). FDA welcomes comments by members of the PAC, as 
mandated by the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (Pub. L. 107-109) 
and the Pediatric Research Equity Act (Pub. L. 108-155), interested 
parties (such as academic researchers, regulated industries, consortia, 
and patient groups), and the general public. The docket will open on 
February 27, 2017, and remain open until March 10, 2017. These 
pediatric postmarketing pharmacovigilance and drug utilization reviews 
are for the following products:

 ALEVE PM (diphenhydramine hydrochloride/naproxen sodium)
 ASTEPRO (azelastine hydrochloride)
 ECOZA (econazole nitrate)
 JETREA (ocriplasmin)
 QUARTETTE (levonorgestrel/ethinyl estradiol and ethinyl 
estradiol)
 TRUVADA (emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate)
 XERESE (acyclovir/hydrocortisone)

    Dated: February 15, 2017.
Janice M. Soreth,
Associate Commissioner for Special Medical Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017-03365 Filed 2-17-17; 8:45 am]
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