Post-Marketing Pediatric-Focused Product Safety Reviews; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request for Comments

AGENCY:

Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION:

Notice, establishment of a public docket; request for comments.

SUMMARY:

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is establishing a public docket to collect comments related to the post-marketing pediatric-focused safety reviews of products posted between October 23, 2017, and March 16, 2018, on FDA's website but not presented at the March 23, 2018, Pediatric Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting. These reviews are intended to be available for review and comment by members of the PAC, interested parties (such as academic researchers, regulated industries, consortia, and patient groups), and the general public.

DATES:

Submit either electronic or written comments by March 30, 2018.

ADDRESSES:

FDA is establishing a docket for public comment on this document. The docket number is FDA-2017-N-7022. The docket will close on March 30, 2018. Submit either electronic or written comments by that date. Please note that late, untimely comments will not be considered. Electronic comments must be submitted on or before March 30, 2018. The https://www.regulations.gov electronic filing system will accept comments until midnight Eastern Time at the end of March 30, 2018. Comments received by mail/hand delivery/courier (for written/paper submissions) will be considered timely if they are postmarked or the delivery service acceptance receipt is on or before that date.

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 make 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-2017-N-7022 for “Post-Marketing Pediatric-Focused Product Safety Reviews; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request for Comments.” 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.

• 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.” FDA 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kenneth Quinto, Office of the Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 32, Rm. 5145, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 240-402-2221, kenneth.quinto@fda.hhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our Nation's food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.

FDA is establishing a public docket, Docket No. FDA-2017-N-7022, to receive input on post-marketing pediatric-focused safety reviews of products posted between October 23, 2017, and March 16, 2018, available on FDA's website at https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/PediatricAdvisoryCommittee/ucm510701.htm but not presented at the March 23, 2018, PAC meeting. FDA welcomes comments by members of the PAC, as mandated by the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (Pub. L. 107-109) and the Pediatric Research Equity Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108-155), interested parties (such as academic researchers, regulated industries, consortia, and patient groups), and the general public. The docket number is FDA-2017-N-7022. The docket will open on March 19, 2018, and remain open until March 30, 2018. The post-marketing pediatric-focused safety reviews are for the following products from the following centers at FDA:

Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research

1. EPICEL (cultured epidermal autographs) (humanitarian device exemption (HDE))

2. GARDASIL 9 (Human Papillomavirus 9-valent Vaccine, Recombinant)

3. TRUMENBA (Meningococcal Group B Vaccine)

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

1. ATROPINE SULFATE OPHTHALMIC SOLUTION, USP 1%

2. DYMISTA (azelastine hydrochloride/fluticasone propionate)

3. EDURANT (rilpivirine); COMPLERA (emtricitabine, rilpivirine, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate); ODEFSEY (emtricitabine, rilpivirine, tenofovir alafenamide)

4. EMEND (aprepitant) capsule and oral suspension

5. EPIDUO FORTE (adapalene/benzoyl peroxide, 0.3%/2.5%) gel

6. GADAVIST (gadobutrol); EOVIST (Primovist; gadoxetate disodium)

7. GENVOYA (elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide) oral tablets

8. KAPVAY (clonidine extended-release) tablets

9. MERREM IV (meropenem for injection)

10. NAFTIN (naftifine hydrochloride)

11. NUCALA (mepolizumab)

12. OTIPRIO (6% ciprofloxacin otic suspension)

13. PAZEO (olopatadine hydrochloride ophthalmic solution) 0.7%

14. QNASL (beclomethasone dipropionate) nasal aerosol

15. SAPHRIS (asenapine)

16. TIVICAY (dolutegravir)

17. TREXIMET (naproxen sodium; sumatriptan succinate)

18. VALCYTE (valganciclovir)

Center for Devices and Radiological Health

1. FLOURISH PEDIATRIC ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA DEVICE (HDE)