89 FR 179 pgs. 75545-75546 - Electronic Common Technical Document; Data Standards; Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research Supporting Electronic Common Technical Document Version 4.0
Type: NOTICEVolume: 89Number: 179Pages: 75545 - 75546
Pages: 75545, 75546Docket number: [Docket No. FDA-2018-D-1216]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2024-20897 Filed 9-13-24; 8:45 am]
Agency: Health and Human Services Department
Sub Agency: Food and Drug Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2018-D-1216]
Electronic Common Technical Document; Data Standards; Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research Supporting Electronic Common Technical Document Version 4.0
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA or Agency) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research are announcing support for Electronic Common Technical Document (eCTD) Version 4.0 (v4.0)-based electronic submissions.
DATES:
Support for eCTDv4.0 electronic submissions begins September 16, 2024. FDA will also continue to support eCTDv3.2.2 electronic submissions. Submit either electronic or written comments at any time.
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 "Instruction."
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No. FDA-2018-D-1216 for "Electronic Common Technical Document; Data Standards; Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research Supporting Electronic Common Technical Document Version 4.0." 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.
[top] • Confidential Submissions-To submit a comment with confidential information that you do not wish to be
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:
Jonathan Resnick, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Jonathan.Resnick@fda.hhs.gov; or James Myers, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bldg. 71, Rm. 7301, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 240-402-7911.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
According to the guidance for industry entitled "Providing Regulatory Submissions in Electronic Format-Certain Human Pharmaceutical Product Applications and Related Submissions Using the eCTD Specifications" (available at https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/providing-regulatory-submissions-electronic-format-certain-human-pharmaceutical-product-applications ), submissions subject to section 745A(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379k-1(a)) must be submitted in eCTD format using the version of eCTD currently supported by FDA unless such submission is exempt from the electronic submission requirements or if FDA has granted a waiver. The version of eCTD currently supported by FDA is specified in the FDA Data Standards Catalog (available at https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/data-standards-catalog ). FDA plans to update the FDA Data Standards Catalog to add eCTDv4.0 upon publication of this notice. FDA will support both eCTDv3.2.2 and eCTDv4.0 submissions before eventually only supporting eCTDv4.0 submissions. FDA will provide advance notice of when the Agency will begin supporting electronic submission only in eCTDv4.0. Specifications for eCTDv3.2.2 and v4.0 are available on FDA's eCTD web page (available at: https://www.fda.gov/drugs/electronic-regulatory-submission-and-review/electronic-common-technical-document-ectd ).
Dated: September 10, 2024.
Lauren K. Roth,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2024-20897 Filed 9-13-24; 8:45 am]
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