23/08/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 23/08/2024 23:56
Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
Notice of availability.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of additional draft and revised draft product-specific guidances. The draft 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 draft guidances identified in this notice were developed using the process described in that guidance.
Submit either electronic or written comments on the draft guidance by October 22, 2024 to ensure that the Agency considers your comment on this draft guidance before it begins work on the final version of the guidance.
You may submit comments on any guidance at any time as follows:
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.
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.
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, 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.
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 guidance 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 document.
Joseph Kotsybar, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 75, Rm. 3623A, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 240-402-1062, [email protected].
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/guidance-compliance-regulatory-information/guidances-drugs.
As described in that guidance, FDA adopted this process 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 May 17, 2024 (89 FR 43413). This notice announces draft product-specific guidances, either new or revised, that are posted on FDA's website.
FDA is announcing the availability of new draft product-specific guidances for industry for drug products containing the following active ingredients:
Active ingredient(s) |
Air polymer-Type A. |
Fezolinetant. |
Heparin sodium; Taurolidine. |
Leniolisib phosphate. |
Naloxone hydrochloride. |
Nedosiran sodium. |
Nirmatrelvir; Ritonavir. |
Pegcetacoplan. |
Risperidone. |
Sotagliflozin. |
Tafluprost. |
Teriparatide. |
Tofersen. |
Trofinetide. |
FDA is announcing the availability of revised draft product-specific guidances for industry for drug products containing the following active ingredients:
Active ingredient(s) |
Albuterol sulfate. |
Albuterol sulfate; ipratropium bromide. |
Apalutamide. |
Azelaic acid. |
Bempedoic acid; Ezetimibe. |
Budesonide. |
Bupropion hydrochloride. |
Carvedilol phosphate. |
Ciprofloxacin hydrochloride; Hydrocortisone. |
Ciprofloxacin; Dexamethasone. |
Cladribine. |
Dalfampridine. |
Dapagliflozin; Metformin hydrochloride. |
Donepezil hydrochloride; Memantine hydrochloride. |
Fentanyl citrate. |
Ferric citrate. |
Fluticasone furoate; Umeclidinium bromide; Vilanterol trifenatate. |
Fluticasone propionate (multiple reference listed drugs). |
Fluticasone propionate; Salmeterol xinafoate (multiple reference listed drugs). |
Halobetasol propionate. |
Hydrochlorothiazide; Metoprolol succinate. |
Hydromorphone hydrochloride. |
Ibrutinib. |
Levalbuterol tartrate. |
Levomilnacipran hydrochloride. |
Memantine hydrochloride. |
Metformin hydrochloride; Saxagliptin hydrochloride. |
Metformin hydrochloride; Sitagliptin phosphate. |
Mometasone furoate. |
Morphine sulfate (multiple reference listed drugs). |
Naloxone hydrochloride. |
Olodaterol hydrochloride. |
Olodaterol hydrochloride; Tiotropium bromide. |
Oxcarbazepine. |
Oxymorphone hydrochloride. |
Phentermine hydrochloride; Topiramate. |
Posaconazole. |
Pramipexole dihydrochloride. |
Progesterone. |
Promethazine hydrochloride. |
Quetiapine fumarate. |
Tacrolimus. |
Tapentadol hydrochloride. |
Tiotropium bromide. |
Tramadol hydrochloride. |
Trospium chloride. |
Venlafaxine hydrochloride. |
Verteporfin. |
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.
While these guidances contain no collection of information, they do refer to previously approved FDA collections of information. The previously approved collections of information are subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521). The collections of information in 21 CFR part 312 for investigational new drugs have been approved under 0910-0014. The collections of information in 21 CFR part 314 for applications for FDA approval to market a new drug and in 21 CFR part 320 for bioavailability and bioequivalence requirements have been approved under OMB control number 0910-0001.
Persons with access to the internet may obtain the draft guidance at https://www.fda.gov/drugs/guidance-compliance-regulatory-information/guidances-drugs, https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents, or https://www.regulations.gov.