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###### Department of Health and Human Services

###### Food and Drug Administration

          - [Docket No. FDA-2020-N-0026]

# AGENCY:

Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

# ACTION:

Notice.

# SUMMARY:

                        The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the issuance of a priority review voucher to the sponsor of a rare pediatric disease                               ( print page 81934)                            product application. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) 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 award of the priority review voucher. FDA has determined that ZOKINVY (lonafarnib), manufactured by Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc., meets the criteria for a priority review voucher.                    

# 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: 301-796-9856, email:                         *althea.cuff@fda.hhs.gov.*

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

FDA is announcing the issuance of a priority review voucher to the sponsor of an approved rare pediatric disease product application. Under section 529 of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 360ff), FDA will award priority review vouchers to sponsors of approved rare pediatric disease product applications that meet certain criteria. FDA has determined that ZOKINVY (lonafarnib), manufactured by Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc., meets the criteria for a priority review voucher.

                    ZOKINVY (lonafarnib) is indicated in patients 12 months of age and older with a body surface area of 0.39 m2                     and above:                
    - To reduce the risk of mortality in Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome
    - For the treatment of processing-deficient progeroid laminopathies with either:

                    ○ Heterozygous                     *LMNA*                     mutation with progerin-like protein accumulation or                

                    ○ Homozygous or compound heterozygous                     *ZMPSTE24*                     mutations                

                    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                     *http://www.fda.gov/​ForIndustry/​DevelopingProductsforRareDiseasesConditions/​RarePediatricDiseasePriorityVoucherProgram/​default.htm.*                     For further information about ZOKINVY (lonafarnib), go to the “Drugs@FDA” website at                     *http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/​scripts/​cder/​daf/​.*

Dated: December 14, 2020.

Lauren K. Roth,

Acting Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.

[FR Doc. 2020-27778 Filed 12-16-20; 8:45 am]

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