[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 20 (Thursday, January 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5454-5455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01703]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2018-D-2236]
Human Gene Therapy for Retinal Disorders; Guidance for Industry;
Availability
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration is announcing the
availability of a final guidance entitled ``Human Gene Therapy for
Retinal Disorders; Guidance for Industry.'' The final guidance provides
recommendations to stakeholders developing human gene therapy (GT)
products for retinal disorders affecting adult and pediatric patients.
The guidance focuses on issues specific to GT products for retinal
disorders and provides recommendations related to product development,
preclinical testing, and clinical trial design for such GT products.
The guidance announced in this notice finalizes the draft guidance of
the same title dated July 2018.
DATES: The announcement of the guidance is published in the Federal
Register on January 30, 2020.
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-2018-D-2236 for ``Human Gene Therapy for Retinal Disorders;
Guidance for Industry.'' 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.govinfo.gov/content/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)).
Submit written requests for single copies of the guidance to the
Office of Communication, Outreach and Development, Center for Biologics
Evaluation and Research (CBER), Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 3128, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002. Send
one self-addressed adhesive label to assist the office in processing
your requests. The guidance may also be obtained by mail by calling
CBER at 1-800-835-4709 or 240-402-8010. See the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section for electronic access to the guidance document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jenifer Stach, Center for Biologics
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 7301, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 240-
402-7911.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
FDA is announcing the availability of a document entitled ``Human
Gene Therapy for Retinal Disorders; Guidance for Industry.'' This
guidance provides recommendations to stakeholders developing human GT
products for retinal disorders affecting adult and pediatric patients.
These disorders vary in etiology, prevalence, diagnosis, and
management, and include genetic as well as age-related diseases. These
disorders manifest with central or peripheral visual impairment and
often with progressive visual loss. This guidance focuses on issues
specific to GT products for retinal disorders and provides
recommendations related to product development, preclinical testing,
and clinical trial design for such GT products.
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In the Federal Register of July 12, 2018 (83 FR 32302), FDA
announced the availability of the draft guidance of the same title. FDA
received several comments on the draft guidance and those comments were
considered as the guidance was finalized. The guidance announced in
this notice finalizes the draft guidance dated July 2018.
Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, FDA is announcing
the availability of two other human gene therapy final guidance
documents entitled ``Human Gene Therapy for Hemophilia; Guidance for
Industry'' and ``Human Gene Therapy for Rare Diseases; Guidance for
Industry.''
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 ``Human Gene Therapy for Retinal
Disorders.'' 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.
II. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This guidance refers to previously approved collections of
information found in FDA regulations. 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. 3501-3521). The
collections of information in 21 CFR part 50 have been approved under
OMB control number 0910-0755; the collections of information in 21 CFR
part 58 have been approved under OMB control number 0910-0119; the
collections of information in 21 CFR part 211 have been approved under
OMB control number 0910-0139; the collections of information in 21 CFR
part 312 have been approved under OMB control number 0910-0014; the
collections of information in 21 CFR part 601 have been approved under
OMB control number 0910-0338; the collections of information in the
guidance entitled ``Expedited Programs for Serious Conditions--Drugs
and Biologics'' have been approved under OMB control number 0910-0765;
and the collections of information in the guidance entitled ``Formal
Meetings Between the FDA and Sponsors or Applicants'' have been
approved under OMB control number 0910-0429.
III. Electronic Access
Persons with access to the internet may obtain the guidance at
either https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/guidance-compliance-regulatory-information-biologics or https://www.regulations.gov.
Dated: January 27, 2020.
Lowell J. Schiller,
Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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