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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 220 (Thursday, November 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 90018-90019]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26399]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2024-N-4815]

Patient-Focused Drug Development: Workshop To Discuss 
Methodologic and Other Challenges Related to Patient Experience Data; 
Public Workshop; Request for Comments

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS

ACTION: Notice of public workshop; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is 
announcing the following virtual public workshop entitled ``Patient-
Focused Drug Development: Workshop to Discuss Methodologic and Other 
Challenges Related to Patient Experience Data.'' The purpose of the 
public workshop is to discuss methodological challenges related to 
patient experience data, and other areas of greatest interest or 
concern to public stakeholders.

DATES: The public workshop will be held virtually on December 13, 2024, 
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Time. Either electronic or written 
comments on this public meeting must be submitted by February 11, 2025. 
See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for registration date and 
information.

ADDRESSES: The public workshop will be held virtually using the Zoom 
platform.
    You may submit comments as follows. Please note that late, untimely 
filed comments will not be considered. The https://www.regulations.gov 
electronic filing system will accept comments until 11:59 p.m. Eastern 
Time at the end of February 11, 2025. Comments received by mail/hand 
delivery/courier (for written/paper submissions) will be considered 
timely if they are received on or before that date.

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-2024-N-4815 for ``Patient-Focused Drug Development: Workshop to 
Discuss Methodologic and Other Challenges Related to Patient Experience 
Data.'' 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.'' 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.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ethan Gabbour, Center for Drug 
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New 
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm. 6306, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301-796-
8112, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Under the seventh iteration of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act, 
incorporated as part of the FDA User Fee Reauthorization Act of 2022, 
FDA committed to facilitate the advancement and use of systematic 
approaches to collect and utilize robust and meaningful patient and 
caregiver input that can more consistently inform drug development and, 
as appropriate, regulatory decision making. This included issuing a 
Request for Information (RFI) available at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/05/02/2023-09265/methodological-challenges-related-to-patient-experience-data-request-for-information-and-comments to elicit public input on methodologic challenges related 
to patient experience data, and other areas of greatest interest or 
concern to public stakeholders.\1\ The RFI was published on May 2, 
2023, and the public comment period was open until July 3, 2023. A 
summary of the comments was published on December 12, 2023, and is 
available at https://www.regulations.gov by entering the following 
docket number: FDA-2023-N-1506. The input received in response to the 
RFI helped inform the topics for this public workshop. This public 
workshop together with the input received in response to the RFI will 
also help inform a subsequent workshop focused on methodological 
challenges and will help FDA identify priorities for future work.
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    \1\ The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended by the 
21st Century Cures Act (Pub. L. 114-255) and the FDA Reauthorization 
Act of 2017 (Pub. L. 115-52), defines patient experience data as 
data that are collected by any persons (including patients, family 
members and caregivers of patients, patient advocacy organizations, 
disease research foundations, researchers and drug manufacturers) 
and are intended to provide information about patients' experiences 
with a disease or condition, including the impact (including 
physical and psychosocial impacts) of such disease or condition or a 
related therapy or clinical investigation and patient preferences 
with respect to treatment of the disease or condition.
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II. Topics for Discussion at the Public Workshop

    The purpose of this virtual public workshop is to highlight and 
discuss methodological issues related to patient experience data, 
including the submission and evaluation of patient experience data in 
the context of the benefit-risk assessment and product labeling, as 
well as other areas of greatest interest or concern to stakeholders. 
This workshop will explore the different types of patient experience 
data and how FDA utilizes such data for regulatory decision-making, 
along with considerations for submitting patient experience data to 
FDA. In addition, this workshop will feature presentations and panel 
discussions with experts on selected methodologies and the challenges 
and opportunities they present.

III. Participating in the Public Workshop

    Registration: To register for the public workshop, please visit the 
following website: https://fda.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_Jb5xMhbVS1-wYhLn6fwMng#/registration. Please provide complete 
contact information for each attendee, including name, organization, 
email, and affiliation.
    Registration is free and persons interested in attending this 
public workshop must register to receive a link to the meeting. 
Registrants will receive a confirmation email after they register.
    If you need special accommodations due to a disability, please 
contact [email protected] no later than December 6, 2024. 
Closed captioning will be available.

    Dated: November 6, 2024.
Kimberlee Trzeciak,
Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Legislation, and International Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024-26399 Filed 11-13-24; 8:45 am]
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