[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 22 (Friday, February 1, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1152-1153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-00569]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2016-D-2561]


Coordinated Development of Antimicrobial Drugs and Antimicrobial 
Susceptibility Test Devices; Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug 
Administration Staff; Availability

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing 
the availability of a final guidance entitled ``Coordinated Development 
of Antimicrobial Drugs and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Devices.'' 
This guidance is intended to assist drug sponsors and device 
manufacturers who are planning to develop new antimicrobial drugs and 
antimicrobial susceptibility test (AST) devices and who seek to 
coordinate development of these products such that the AST device could 
be cleared either at the time of new drug approval or shortly 
thereafter.

DATES: The announcement of the guidance is published in the Federal 
Register on February 1, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit either electronic or written comments on 
Agency guidances at any time 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): 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-2016-D-2561 for ``Coordinated Development of Antimicrobial Drugs 
and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Devices.'' 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 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.
    You may submit comments on any guidance at any time (see 21 CFR 
10.115(g)(5)).
    An electronic copy of the guidance document is available for 
download from the internet. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 
for information on electronic access to the guidance. Submit written 
requests for a single hard copy of the guidance document entitled 
``Coordinated Development of Antimicrobial Drugs and Antimicrobial 
Susceptibility Test Devices'' to the Office of the Center Director, 
Guidance and Policy Development, Center for Devices and Radiological 
Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 
66, Rm. 5431, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, or Office of 
Communications, Division of Drug Information, Center for Drug 
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10001 New 
Hampshire Ave., Hillandale Building, 4th Floor, Silver Spring, MD 
20993-0002. Send one self-addressed adhesive label to assist that 
office in processing your request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ribhi Shawar, Center for Devices and 
Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire 
Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 4604, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-6694; 
or Joseph Toerner, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, 10903 New 
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 22, Rm. 6244, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301-796-
1400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    This guidance is intended to assist drug sponsors and device 
manufacturers who are planning to develop new antimicrobial drugs and 
AST devices and who seek to coordinate development of these products 
such that the AST device could be cleared either at the time of new 
drug approval or shortly thereafter. Specifically, the guidance 
describes interactions between drug sponsors and device manufacturers 
for coordinated development of a new antimicrobial drug and an AST 
device. The guidance also explains the considerations for submitting 
separate applications to the Center for Drug

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Evaluation and Research and the Center for Devices and Radiological 
Health when seeking clearance of an AST device coincident with, or soon 
following, antimicrobial drug approval. Finally, the guidance clarifies 
that the review of the new antimicrobial drug product and AST device(s) 
will remain independent, and that coordinated development does not 
influence the Medical Device User Fee Act and the Prescription Drug 
User Fee Act review timelines for either product.
    FDA considered comments received on the draft guidance that 
appeared in the Federal Register of September 21, 2016 (81 FR 64913). 
FDA revised the guidance as appropriate in response to the comments.

II. Significance of Guidance

    This guidance is being issued consistent with FDA's good guidance 
practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). The guidance represents the 
current thinking of FDA on ``Coordinated Development of Antimicrobial 
Drugs and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Devices.'' It does not 
establish any rights for any person and is not binding on FDA or the 
public. You can use an alternative approach if it satisfies the 
requirements of the applicable statutes and regulations. This guidance 
is not subject to Executive Order 12866.

III. Electronic Access

    Persons interested in obtaining a copy of the guidance may do so by 
downloading an electronic copy from the internet. A search capability 
for all Center for Devices and Radiological Health guidance documents 
is available at https://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/DeviceRegulationandGuidance/GuidanceDocuments/default.htm. This 
guidance document is also available at https://www.regulations.gov or 
https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Guidances/default.htm. Persons unable to download an electronic copy of 
``Coordinated Development of Antimicrobial Drugs and Antimicrobial 
Susceptibility Test Devices'' may send an email request to [email protected] or [email protected] to receive an electronic 
copy of the document. Please use the document number 1400061 and the 
guidance title to identify the guidance you are requesting.

IV. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

    This guidance refers to previously approved collections of 
information. These collections of information are subject to review by 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). The collections of information in 
the following FDA regulations and guidance have been approved by OMB as 
listed in the following table:

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                                                            OMB control
      21 CFR part or guidance               Topic               No.
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807, subpart E....................  Premarket                  0910-0120
                                     notification.
812...............................  Investigational            0910-0078
                                     Device Exemption.
``Requests for Feedback on Medical  Q-submissions.......       0910-0756
 Device Submissions: The Pre-
 Submission Program and Meetings
 with Food and Drug Administration
 Staff''.
312...............................  Investigational New        0910-0014
                                     Drug Regulations.
314...............................  Applications for FDA       0910-0001
                                     Approval to Market
                                     a New Drug.
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    Dated: January 15, 2019.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2019-00569 Filed 1-31-19; 8:45 am]
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