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Our estimated burden for the 

information collection reflects a 

decrease. We attribute this adjustment 

to improved operational efficiencies 

with regard to Agency data systems and 

digital submission processes. 

Dated: February 8, 2021. 

Lauren K. Roth, 

Acting Principal Associate Commissioner for 

Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. FDA–2021–N–0134] 

Joint Meeting of the Arthritis Advisory 

Committee and the Drug Safety and 

Risk Management Advisory 

Committee; Notice of Meeting; 

Establishment of a Public Docket; 

Request for Comments 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice; establishment of a 

public docket; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) announces a 

forthcoming public advisory committee 

meeting of the Arthritis Advisory 

Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk 

Management Advisory Committee. The 

general function of the committees is to 

provide advice and recommendations to 

FDA on regulatory issues. The meeting 

will be open to the public. FDA is 

establishing a docket for public 

comment on this document. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

March 24, 2021, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Eastern Time and March 25, 2021, from 

10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: Please note that due to the 

impact of this COVID–19 pandemic, all 

meeting participants will be joining this 

advisory committee meeting via an 

online teleconferencing platform. 

Answers to commonly asked questions 

about FDA advisory committee meetings 

may be accessed at: https://

www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/ 

AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ 

ucm408555.htm. 

FDA is establishing a docket for 

public comment on this meeting. The 

docket number is FDA–2021–N–0134. 

The docket will close on March 23, 

2021. Submit either electronic or 

written comments on this public 

meeting by March 23, 2021. Please note 

that late, untimely filed comments will 

not be considered. Electronic comments 

must be submitted on or before March 

23, 2021. The https://

www.regulations.gov electronic filing 

system will accept comments until 

11:59 p.m. Eastern Time at the end of 

March 23, 2021. Comments received by 

mail/hand delivery/courier (for written/ 

paper submissions) will be considered 

timely if they are postmarked or the 

delivery service acceptance receipt is on 

or before that date. 

Comments received on or before 

March 10, 2021, will be provided to the 

committees. Comments received after 

that date will be taken into 

consideration by FDA. In the event that 

the meeting is cancelled, FDA will 

continue to evaluate any relevant 

applications or information, and 

consider any comments submitted to the 

docket, as appropriate. 

You may submit comments 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–N–0134 for ‘‘Joint Meeting of the 

Arthritis Advisory Committee and the 

Drug Safety and Risk Management 

Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting; 

Establishment of a Public Docket; 

Request for Comments.’’ Received 

comments, those filed in a timely 

manner (see ADDRESSES), 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, 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.’’ FDA 

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 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 the 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Moon Hee V. Choi, Center for Drug 


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Evaluation and Research, Food and 

Drug Administration, 10903 New 

Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 31, Rm. 2417, 

Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, email: 

AAC@fda.hhs.gov, or FDA Advisory 

Committee Information Line, 1–800– 

741–8138 (301–443–0572 in the 

Washington, DC area). A notice in the 

Federal Register about last-minute 

modifications that impact a previously 

announced advisory committee meeting 

cannot always be published quickly 

enough to provide timely notice. 

Therefore, you should always check the 

FDA’s website at https://www.fda.gov/ 

AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm and 

scroll down to the appropriate advisory 

committee meeting link, or call the 

advisory committee information line to 

learn about possible modifications 

before coming to the meeting. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda: The meeting presentations 

will be heard, viewed, captioned, and 

recorded through an online 

teleconferencing platform. The 

committees will discuss biologics 

license application (BLA) 761130, 

tanezumab subcutaneous injection, 

submitted by Pfizer Inc., for the 

proposed indication of relief of signs 

and symptoms of moderate to severe 

osteoarthritis in adult patients for whom 

use of other analgesics is ineffective or 

not appropriate. 

FDA intends to make background 

material available to the public no later 

than 2 business days before the meeting. 

If FDA is unable to post the background 

material on its website prior to the 

meeting, the background material will 

be made publicly available on FDA’s 

website at the time of the advisory 

committee meeting. Background 

material and the link to the online 

teleconference meeting room will be 

available at https://www.fda.gov/ 

AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/ 

default.htm. Scroll down to the 

appropriate advisory committee meeting 

link. The meeting will include slide 

presentations with audio components to 

allow the presentation of materials in a 

manner that most closely resembles an 

in-person advisory committee meeting. 

Procedure: Interested persons may 

present data, information, or views, 

orally or in writing, on issues pending 

before the committees. All electronic 

and written submissions submitted to 

the Docket (see ADDRESSES) on or before 

March 10, 2021, will be provided to the 

committees. Oral presentations from the 

public will be scheduled between 

approximately 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. 

Eastern Time on March 24, 2021. Those 

individuals interested in making formal 

oral presentations should notify the 

contact person and submit a brief 

statement of the general nature of the 

evidence or arguments they wish to 

present, the names and addresses of 

proposed participants, and an 

indication of the approximate time 

requested to make their presentation on 

or before March 2, 2021. Time allotted 

for each presentation may be limited. If 

the number of registrants requesting to 

speak is greater than can be reasonably 

accommodated during the scheduled 

open public hearing session, FDA may 

conduct a lottery to determine the 

speakers for the scheduled open public 

hearing session. The contact person will 

notify interested persons regarding their 

request to speak by March 3, 2021. 

For press inquiries, please contact the 

Office of Media Affairs at fdaoma@

fda.hhs.gov or 301–796–4540. 

FDA welcomes the attendance of the 

public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with disabilities. 

If you require accommodations due to a 

disability, please contact Moon Hee V. 

Choi (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT) at least 7 days in advance of 

the meeting. 

FDA is committed to the orderly 

conduct of its advisory committee 

meetings. Please visit our website at 

https://www.fda.gov/ 

AdvisoryCommittees/ 

AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ 

ucm111462.htm for procedures on 

public conduct during advisory 

committee meetings. 

Notice of this meeting is given under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C. app. 2). 

Dated: February 10, 2021. 

Lauren K. Roth, 

Acting Principal Associate Commissioner for 

Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. FDA–2020–N–0008] 

General and Plastic Surgery Devices 

Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory 

Committee, Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA or the Agency) 

announces a forthcoming public 

advisory committee meeting of the 

General and Plastic Surgery Devices 

Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory 

Committee. The general function of the 

committee is to provide advice and 

recommendations to the Agency on 

FDA’s regulatory issues. The meeting 

will be open to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will take place 

virtually on March 23, 2021, from 9 a.m. 

Eastern Time to 6 p.m. Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: Please note that due to the 

impact of this COVID–19 pandemic, all 

meeting participants will be joining this 

advisory committee meeting via an 

online teleconferencing platform. 

Answers to commonly asked questions 

about FDA advisory committee meetings 

may be accessed at: https://

www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/ 

AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ 

ucm408555.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricio Garcia, Center for Devices and 

Radiological Health, Food and Drug 

Administration, 10903 New Hampshire 

Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 5216, Silver Spring, 

MD 20993–0002, Patricio.Garcia@

fda.hhs.gov, 301–796–6875, or FDA 

Advisory Committee Information Line, 

1–800–741–8138 (301–443–0572 in the 

Washington, DC area). A notice in the 

Federal Register about last minute 

modifications that impact a previously 

announced advisory committee meeting 

cannot always be published quickly 

enough to provide timely notice. 

Therefore, you should always check the 

Agency’s website at: https://

www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/ 

default.htm and scroll down to the 

appropriate advisory committee meeting 

link or call the advisory committee 

information line to learn about possible 

modifications before the meeting. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda: The meeting presentations 

will be heard, viewed, captioned, and 

recorded through an online 

teleconferencing platform. On March 23, 

2021, the committee will discuss and 

make recommendations regarding the 

benefits and risks of dermal fillers 

concerning the following topics: (1) 

Risks associated with intravascular 

injection of dermal fillers and (2) patient 

preference and informed decision 

making. FDA is convening this meeting 

to seek expert opinion on the clinical 

evaluation and regulation of dermal 

filler products. 

FDA intends to make background 

material available to the public no later 

than 2 business days before the meeting. 

If FDA is unable to post the background 

material on its website prior to the 

meeting, the background material will 

be made publicly available on FDA’s 

website at the time of the advisory 

committee meeting, and the background 


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