[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 202 (Thursday, October 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63783-63784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22817]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2021-D-0401]


Donor Eligibility for Animal Cells, Tissues, and Cell- and 
Tissue-Based Products; Guidance for Industry; 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 for industry #254 entitled ``Donor 
Eligibility for Animal Cells, Tissues, and Cell- and Tissue-Based 
Products.'' FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine is issuing this 
guidance for sponsors, firms, individuals, and establishments that 
participate in the manufacture of, or perform any aspect of, the donor 
eligibility determination for animal cells, tissues, and cell- and 
tissue-based products (ACTPs). ACTPs that are intended for use in the 
diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease or 
ACTPs intended to affect the structure or function of the animal 
generally meet the definition of a new animal drug under the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Donor eligibility is a critical component 
of current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) when manufacturing ACTPs. 
A donor should be considered eligible to donate ACTPs only if screening 
of the donor shows that the donor is free from risk factors for, and 
clinical evidence of, infection with relevant disease agents and 
diseases, and the donor (and product/source material) test results for 
relevant disease agents are negative or nonreactive.

DATES: The announcement of the guidance is published in the Federal 
Register on October 20, 2022.

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-2021-D-0401 for ``Donor Eligibility for Animal Cells, Tissues, and 
Cell- and Tissue-Based Products.'' 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

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between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 240-402-7500.
     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, 240-402-7500.
    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 
Policy and Regulations Staff (HFV-6), Center for Veterinary Medicine, 
Food and Drug Administration, 7500 Standish Pl., Rockville, MD 20855. 
Send one self-addressed adhesive label to assist that office in 
processing your requests. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for 
electronic access to the guidance document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynne Boxer, Center for Veterinary 
Medicine (HFV-114), Food and Drug Administration, 7500 Standish Pl., 
Rockville, MD 20855, 240-402-0611, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    In the Federal Register of September 23, 2021 (86 FR 52912), FDA 
published the notice of availability for a draft guidance entitled 
``Donor Eligibility for Animal Cells, Tissues, and Cell- and Tissue-
Based Products'' giving interested persons until November 22, 2021, to 
comment on the draft guidance. FDA received two submissions that 
contained multiple comments on the draft guidance and those comments 
were considered as the guidance was finalized. Editorial changes were 
made to improve clarity, for example, by making clear that the final 
guidance is intended to apply to allogeneic and xenogeneic ACTPs, as 
opposed to autologous ACTPs, and by providing additional, suggested 
donor screening and testing information that should be considered when 
determining an ACTP donor's eligibility. The guidance announced in this 
notice finalizes the draft guidance dated September 2021.
    This level 1 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 ``Donor Eligibility for Animal Cells, 
Tissues, and Cell- and Tissue-Based Products.'' 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

    While this guidance contains no collection of information, it does 
refer to previously approved FDA collections of information. Therefore, 
clearance by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521) is not 
required for this guidance. The previously approved collections of 
information are subject to review by OMB under the PRA. The collections 
of information in 21 CFR part 514 been approved under OMB control 
number 0910-0032.

III. Electronic Access

    Persons with access to the internet may obtain the guidance at 
https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/guidance-regulations/guidance-industry, https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents, or https://www.regulations.gov.

    Dated: October 14, 2022.
Lauren K. Roth,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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