[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 178 (Friday, September 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43385-43386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-19607]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket Nos. FDA-2016-M-4529 and FDA-2017-M-3899]


Medical Devices Regulated by the Center for Biologics Evaluation 
and Research; Availability of Safety and Effectiveness Summaries for 
Premarket Approval Applications

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is publishing 
a list of premarket approval applications (PMAs) that have been 
approved by the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER). 
This list is intended to inform the public of the availability of 
safety and effectiveness summaries of approved PMAs through the 
internet and the Agency's Dockets Management Staff.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 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 Nos. 
FDA-2016-M-4529 and FDA-2017-M-3899 for ``Medical Devices Regulated by 
the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research; Availability of 
Safety and Effectiveness Summaries for Premarket Approval 
Applications.'' 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 Office 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 Office. 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 office, 5630 Fishers 
Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan McKnight, Center for 
Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 
New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 7301, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 
240-402-7911.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    In accordance with sections 515(d)(4) and (e)(2) of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act) (21 U.S.C. 360e(d)(4) and 
(e)(2)), notification of an order approving, denying, or withdrawing 
approval of a PMA will continue to include a notice of opportunity to 
request review of the order under section 515(g) of the FD&C Act. The 
30-day period for requesting

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reconsideration of an FDA action under Sec.  10.33(b) (21 CFR 10.33(b)) 
for notices announcing approval of a PMA begins on the day the notice 
is placed on the internet. Section 10.33(b) provides that FDA may, for 
good cause, extend this 30-day period. Reconsideration of a denial or 
withdrawal of approval of a PMA may be sought only by the applicant; in 
these cases, the 30-day period will begin when the applicant is 
notified by FDA in writing of its decision.
    The regulations (21 CFR 814.44(d) and 814.45(d)) provide that FDA 
publish a quarterly list of available safety and effectiveness 
summaries of PMA approvals and denials that were announced during that 
quarter. The following is a list of PMAs approved by CBER for which 
safety and effectiveness summaries were placed on the internet from 
October 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017. There were no denial actions 
during this period. The list provides the manufacturer's name, the 
product's generic name or the trade name, and the approval date.

   Table 1--List of Safety and Effectiveness Summaries for Approved PMAs Made Available From October 1, 2016,
                                              Through June 30, 2017
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         PMA No./Docket No.                 Applicant                 Trade name               Approval date
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BP150318, FDA-2016-M-4529..........  Hologic, Inc...........  Aptima HIV-1 Quant Assay..  December 22, 2016.
BP160050, FDA-2017-M-3899..........  Roche Diagnostics......  Elecsys HIV Combi-PT......  June 21, 2017.
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II. Electronic Access

    Persons with access to the internet may obtain the documents at 
https://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/BloodBloodProducts/ApprovedProducts/PremarketApprovalsPMAs/default.htm.

    Dated: September 11, 2017.
Anna K. Abram,
Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Planning, Legislation, and Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2017-19607 Filed 9-14-17; 8:45 am]
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