[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 211 (Thursday, November 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50885-50887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23836]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2014-N-0998]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Regulations for In Vivo Radiopharmaceuticals Used for 
Diagnosis and Monitoring

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing 
an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain 
information by the Agency. 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 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 in the regulations 
for in vivo radiopharmaceuticals used for diagnosis and monitoring.

DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the collection 
of information by January 2, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments as follows. Please note that late, 
untimely filed comments will not be considered. Electronic comments 
must be submitted on or before January 2, 2018. The https://www.regulations.gov electronic filing system will accept comments until 
midnight Eastern Time at the end of January 2, 2018. Comments received 
by mail/hand delivery/courier (for written/paper submissions) will be 
considered timely if they are postmarked or the delivery service 
acceptance receipt is on or before that date.

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://

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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): Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
     For written/paper comments submitted to the Dockets 
Management Staff, 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-2010-N-0988 for ``Agency Information Collection Activities; 
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Regulations for In Vivo 
Radiopharmaceuticals Used for Diagnosis and Monitoring.'' Received 
comments, those filed in a timely manner (see ADDRESSES), will be 
placed in the docket and, except for those submitted as ``Confidential 
Submissions,'' publicly viewable at https://www.regulations.gov or at 
the Dockets Management Staff 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 Dockets Management Staff. 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: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf.
    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 Dockets Management Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, 
Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Domini Bean, Office of Operations, 
Food and Drug Administration, Three White Flint North, 10A-12M, 11601 
Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD 20852, 301-796-5733, 
[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.

Regulations for In Vivo Radiopharmaceuticals Used for Diagnosis and 
Monitoring

OMB Control Number 0910-0409--Extension

    This information collection supports FDA regulations found in 21 
CFR part 315. These regulations require manufacturers of diagnostic 
radiopharmaceuticals to submit information that demonstrates the safety 
and effectiveness of a new diagnostic radiopharmaceutical or of a new 
indication for use of an approved diagnostic radiopharmaceutical. The 
regulations also describe the kinds of indications for diagnostic 
radiopharmaceuticals and some of the criteria that the Agency uses to 
evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a diagnostic 
radiopharmaceutical under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355) (the FD&C Act) and section 351 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262) (the PHS Act). Information 
about the safety or effectiveness of a diagnostic radiopharmaceutical 
enables FDA to properly evaluate the safety and effectiveness profiles 
of a new diagnostic radiopharmaceutical or a new indication for use of 
an approved diagnostic radiopharmaceutical.
    The regulations clarify existing FDA requirements for approval and 
evaluation of drug and biological products already in place under the 
authorities of the FD&C Act and the PHS Act. The information, which is 
usually submitted as part of a new drug application or biologics 
license application or as a supplement to an approved application, 
typically includes, but is not limited to, nonclinical and clinical 
data on the pharmacology, toxicology, adverse events, radiation safety 
assessments, and chemistry, manufacturing, and controls. The content 
and format of an application for approval of a new drug

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are set forth in 21 CFR 314.50, and approved under OMB control number 
0910-0001. This information collection supports part 315, currently 
approved under OMB control number 0910-0409.
    Based on past submissions (human drug applications and/or new 
indication supplements for diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals), we 
estimate two submissions will be received annually. We estimate the 
time needed to prepare a complete application for a diagnostic 
radiopharmaceutical to be approximately 10,000 hours, roughly one-fifth 
of which, or 2,000 hours, is estimated to be spent preparing the 
portions of the application that would be affected by these 
regulations. The regulations do not impose any additional reporting 
burden for safety and effectiveness information on diagnostic 
radiopharmaceuticals beyond the estimated burden of 2,000 hours because 
safety and effectiveness information is already required by Sec.  
314.50 (collection of information approved under OMB control number 
0910-0001). In fact, clarification in these regulations of FDA's 
criteria for evaluation of diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals is intended 
to streamline overall information collection burdens, particularly for 
diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals that may have well-established, low-
risk safety profiles, by enabling manufacturers to tailor information 
submissions and avoid unnecessary clinical studies.
    FDA estimates the burden of this information collection as follows:

                                 Table 1--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden \1\
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                                                            Number of                    Average
                                              Number of     responses   Total annual   burden per
              21 CFR section                 respondents       per        responses     response     Total hours
                                                           respondent                  (in hours)
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Diagnostic Radiopharmaceuticals--315.4,               2             1             2         2,000         4,000
 315.5, and 315.6.........................
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\1\[thinsp]There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of
  information.

    Table 1 contains estimates of the annual reporting burden for the 
preparation of the safety and effectiveness sections of an application 
that are imposed by the applicable regulations. This estimate does not 
include time needed to conduct studies and clinical trials or other 
research from which the reported information is obtained.

    Dated: October 27, 2017.
Anna K. Abram,
Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Planning, Legislation, and Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2017-23836 Filed 11-1-17; 8:45 am]
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