89 FR 69 pgs. 24842-24843 - Financial Transparency and Efficiency of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act, Biosimilar User Fee Act, and Generic Drug User Fee Amendments; Public Meeting; Request for Comments
Type: NOTICEVolume: 89Number: 69Pages: 24842 - 24843
Pages: 24842, 24843Docket number: [Docket No. FDA-2019-N-1875]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2024-07493 Filed 4-8-24; 8:45 am]
Agency: Health and Human Services Department
Sub Agency: Food and Drug Administration
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2019-N-1875]
Financial Transparency and Efficiency of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act, Biosimilar User Fee Act, and Generic Drug User Fee Amendments; Public Meeting; Request for Comments
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION:
Notice of public meeting; request for comments.
SUMMARY:
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) is announcing the following public meeting entitled "Financial Transparency and Efficiency of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act, Biosimilar User Fee Act, and Generic Drug User Fee Amendments." The topic to be discussed is the financial transparency and efficiency of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act, Biosimilar User Fee Act, and Generic Drug User Fee Amendments.
DATES:
The public meeting will be held on June 6, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:40 a.m. via ZoomGov. Either electronic or written comments on this public meeting must be submitted by July 6, 2024. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for registration date and information.
ADDRESSES:
The public meeting will be held virtually due to extenuating circumstances.
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 July 6, 2024. 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:
[top] • 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
• 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-2019-N-1875 for "Financial Transparency and Efficiency of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act, Biosimilar User Fee Act, and Generic Drug User Fee Amendments; Public Meeting; 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, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kichelle Joseph, Office of Finance, Budget, Acquisitions, and Planning, Food and Drug Administration, 4041 Powder Mill Rd., Rm. 72064, Beltsville, MD 20705, 301-796-7251, OFBAPBusinessManagementServices@fda.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The meeting will include presentations from FDA on the 5-year plan for the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII, Biosimilar User Fee Act (BsUFA) III, and Generic Drug User Fee Amendments (GDUFA) III; and the Agency's progress in implementing resource capacity planning as part of fee setting and modernized time reporting. This meeting is intended to satisfy FDA's commitment to host an annual public meeting in the third quarter of each fiscal year and can be found in the Commitment Letters listed below (sections II.B.2 of PDUFA VII (p. 58), III.B.2 of BsUFA III (p. 33), and VIII.D.3 of GDUFA III (p.40-41)).
PDUFA VII, BsUFA III, and GDUFA III represent the reauthorization of these user fee programs for FYs 2023-2027 as part of the FDA User Fee Reauthorization Act of 2022, which was signed by the President on September 30, 2022. The complete set of performance goals for each program are available at:
• PDUFA VII: https://www.fda.gov/media/151712/download
• BsUFA III: https://www.fda.gov/media/152279/download
• GDUFA III: https://www.fda.gov/media/153631/download
Each of these user fee programs' Commitment Letters included a set of commitments related to financial management. These included commitments to publish a 5-year financial plan and update that plan annually, continue activities to mature FDA's resource capacity planning capability, and modernize time reporting practices. In addition, each user fee program includes a commitment to host a public meeting in the third quarter of each fiscal year to discuss specific topics.
II. Topics for Discussion at the Public Meeting
This meeting will provide FDA with the opportunity to update interested public stakeholders on topics related to the financial management of PDUFA VII, BsUFA III, and GDUFA III. These topics include the 5-year financial plans for each of these programs and FDA's progress toward implementing resource capacity planning as part of fee setting and modernized time reporting.
III. Participating in the Public Meeting
Registration: To register for the public meeting, please visit the following website: https://fda.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_RyzDcgPYQ8uJT9TWfgyPOw. Please provide complete contact information for each attendee, including name, title, affiliation, and email.
Persons interested in attending this public meeting must register by June 3, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. If registration closes before the day of the public meeting, the Webinar Registration website will be updated.
If you need special accommodations due to a disability, please indicate this during registration or contact Kichelle Joseph at OFBAPBusinessManagementServices@fda.hhs.gov no later than June 3, 2024.
Streaming Webcast of the Public Meeting: This public meeting will be webcast. To register for the public meeting and obtain the webcast information, please visit the following website: https://fda.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_RyzDcgPYQ8uJT9TWfgyPOw.
Transcripts: Please be advised that as soon as a transcript of the public meeting is available, it will be accessible at https://www.regulations.gov. It may also be viewed at the Dockets Management Staff (see ADDRESSES ).
Dated: April 4, 2024.
Lauren K. Roth,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2024-07493 Filed 4-8-24; 8:45 am]
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