[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 141 (Monday, July 23, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34851-34853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15735]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2007-D-0369]


Product-Specific Guidances; Draft and Revised Draft Guidances 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 additional draft and revised draft product-specific 
guidances. The

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guidances provide product-specific recommendations on, among other 
things, the design of bioequivalence (BE) studies to support 
abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs). In the Federal Register of 
June 11, 2010, FDA announced the availability of a guidance for 
industry entitled ``Bioequivalence Recommendations for Specific 
Products'' that explained the process that would be used to make 
product-specific guidances available to the public on FDA's website. 
The guidances identified in this notice were developed using the 
process described in that guidance.

DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the draft 
guidance by September 21, 2018 to ensure that the Agency considers your 
comment on this draft guidance before it begins work on the final 
version of the guidance.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on any guidance at any time as 
follows:

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
    <bullet> 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.
    <bullet> 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:
    <bullet> 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.
    <bullet> 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-2007-D-0369 for ``Product-Specific Guidances; Draft and Revised 
Draft Guidances 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.
    <bullet> 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.gpo.gov/fdsys/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 draft guidances to 
the Division of Drug Information, Center for Drug Evaluation and 
Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10001 New Hampshire Ave., 
Hillandale Building, 4th Floor, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002. Send one 
self-addressed adhesive label to assist that office in processing your 
requests. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for electronic 
access to the draft guidance documents.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Xiaoqiu Tang, Center for Drug 
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New 
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 75, Rm. 4730, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-
796-5850.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    In the Federal Register of June 11, 2010 (75 FR 33311), FDA 
announced the availability of a guidance for industry entitled 
``Bioequivalence Recommendations for Specific Products'' that explained 
the process that would be used to make product-specific guidances 
available to the public on FDA's website at https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Guidances/default.htm.
    As described in that guidance, FDA adopted this process as a means 
to develop and disseminate product-specific guidances and provide a 
meaningful opportunity for the public to consider and comment on those 
guidances. Under that process, draft guidances are posted on FDA's 
website and announced periodically in the Federal Register. The public 
is encouraged to submit comments on those recommendations within 60 
days of their announcement in the Federal Register. FDA considers any 
comments received and either publishes final guidances or publishes 
revised draft guidances for comment. Guidances were last announced in 
the Federal Register on February 9, 2018. This notice announces draft 
product-specific guidances, either new or revised, that are posted on 
FDA's website.

II. Drug Products for Which New Draft Product-Specific Guidances are 
Available

    FDA is announcing the availability of a new draft product-specific 
guidances for industry for drug products containing the following 
active ingredients:

     Table 1--New Draft Product-Specific Guidances for Drug Products
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Acrivastine; Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride.

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Beclomethasone dipropionate.
Betamethasone dipropionate.
Betrixaban.
Ciprofloxacin.
Deferasirox.
Dexamethasone; Neomycin sulfate; Polymyxin b sulfate.
Epinephrine.
Ethinyl estradiol; Norethindrone acetate.
Finafloxacin.
Fluocinolone acetonide.
Loteprednol etabonate.
Mecamylamine hydrochloride.
Methscopolamine bromide.
Methylphenidate.
Metyrosine.
Moxifloxacin hydrochloride.
Nebivolol hydrochloride; Valsartan.
Nimodipine.
Nitisinone.
Omeprazole.
Rifapentine.
Ritonavir.
Sodium polystyrene sulfonate.
Triamcinolone acetonide.
Valbenazine tosylate.
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III. Drug Products for Which Revised Draft Product-Specific Guidances 
are Available

    FDA is announcing the availability of revised draft product-
specific guidances for industry for drug products containing the 
following active ingredients:

   Table 2--Revised Draft Product-Specific Guidances for Drug Products
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Abiraterone acetate.
Dapagliflozin propanediol; Metformin hydrochloride.
Diclofenac sodium.
Donepezil hydrochloride; Memantine hydrochloride.
Esomeprazole strontium.
Ethosuximide.
Glatiramer acetate.
Hydrocodone bitartrate.
Lansoprazole.
Latanoprost.
Leucovorin calcium.
Methylphenidate hydrochloride.
Morphine sulfate; Naltrexone hydrochloride.
Nisoldipine.
Oxycodone hydrochloride.
Ticagrelor.
Triamcinolone acetonide.
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    For a complete history of previously published Federal Register 
notices related to product-specific guidances, go to https://www.regulations.gov and enter Docket No. FDA-2007-D-0369.
    These draft guidances are being issued consistent with FDA's good 
guidance practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). These draft guidances, 
when finalized, will represent the current thinking of FDA on, among 
other things, the product-specific design of BE studies to support 
ANDAs. They do not establish any rights for any person and are not 
binding on FDA or the public. You can use an alternative approach if it 
satisfies the requirements of the applicable statutes and regulations. 
This guidance is not subject to Executive Order 12866.

IV. Electronic Access

    Persons with access to the internet may obtain the draft guidances 
at either https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Guidances/default.htm or 
https://www.regulations.gov.

    Dated: July 18, 2018.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2018-15735 Filed 7-20-18; 8:45 am]
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