[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 207 (Friday, October 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57447-57448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23252]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2018-N-1262]
Notice of Approval of Product Under Voucher: Rare Pediatric
Disease Priority Review Voucher
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the
issuance of approval of a product redeeming a priority review voucher.
The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), as amended by the
Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA),
authorizes FDA to award priority review vouchers to sponsors of
approved rare pediatric disease product applications that meet certain
criteria. FDA is required to publish notice of the issuance of vouchers
as well as the approval of products redeeming a
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voucher. FDA has determined that an efficacy supplement for DESCOVY
(emtricitabine and tenofovir alafenamide) approved October 3, 2019,
meets the redemption criteria.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Althea Cuff, Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-4061, Fax: 301-
796-9858, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under section 529 of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C.
360ff), which was added by FDASIA, FDA will report the issuance of rare
pediatric disease priority review vouchers and the approval of products
for which a voucher was redeemed. FDA has determined that an efficacy
supplement for DESCOVY (emtricitabine and tenofovir alafenamide)
approved October 3, 2019, meets the redemption criteria.
For further information about the Rare Pediatric Disease Priority
Review Voucher Program and for a link to the full text of section 529
of the FD&C Act, go to https://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/DevelopingProductsforRareDiseasesConditions/RarePediatricDiseasePriorityVoucherProgram/default.htm. For further
information about DESCOVY (emtricitabine and tenofovir alafenamide)
efficacy supplement approved October 3, 2019, go to the ``Drugs@FDA''
website at https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/daf/.
Dated: October 21, 2019.
Lowell J. Schiller,
Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2019-23252 Filed 10-24-19; 8:45 am]
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