Document ID: FDA-2018-N-0404-0009
Agency: fda
Document Type: Notice
Title: Pediatric Medical Device Development; Public Meeting; Request for Comments; Reopening of Comment Period
Posted Date: 2018-09-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 25, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48447-48448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20795]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2018-N-0404]

Pediatric Medical Device Development; Public Meeting; Request for 
Comments; Reopening of Comment Period

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is reopening 
the comment period provided in the notice entitled ``Pediatric Medical 
Device Development; Public Meeting; Request for Comments'' that 
appeared in the Federal Register on February 16, 2018. That notice 
announced the public meeting to be held on August 13 and 14, 2018, and 
requested comments by September 14, 2018. FDA is reopening the public 
meeting's comment period until November 26, 2018. The Agency is taking 
this action to allow interested parties additional time to submit 
comments.

DATES: FDA is reopening the comment period for the public meeting 
``Pediatric Medical Device Development; Public Meeting; Request for 
Comments'' published on February 16, 2018 (83 FR 7052). Submit either 
electronic or written comments on this meeting by November 26, 2018.

ADDRESSES: 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-2018-N-0404 for ``Pediatric Medical Device Development; Public 
Meeting; Request for Comments; Reopening of Comment Period.'' 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.
     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

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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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Wagman, Center for Devices 
and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New 
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 5562, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301-796-
6581, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    In the Federal Register of February 16, 2018 (83 FR 7052), FDA 
published a notice announcing the public meeting entitled ``Pediatric 
Medical Device Development'' with a 30-day comment period post the 
meeting to request comments. The public meeting was held on August 13 
and 14, 2018. FDA is reopening the comment period for the public 
meeting until November 26, 2018. The Agency believes that this will 
allow adequate time for interested persons to submit comments without 
significantly delaying action by the Agency.

    Dated: September 19, 2018.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2018-20795 Filed 9-24-18; 8:45 am]
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