[Federal Register: August 11, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 154)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 2003D-0497]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office
of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Draft Guidance for
Industry on Pharmacogenomic Data Submissions
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a
proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget
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(OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995.
DATES: Fax written comments on the collection of information by
September 10, 2004.
ADDRESSES: OMB is still experiencing significant delays in the regular
mail, including first class and express mail, and messenger deliveries
are not being accepted. To ensure that comments on the information
collection are received, OMB recommends that written comments be faxed
to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attn: Fumie
Yokota, Desk Officer for FDA, FAX: 202-395-6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen L. Nelson, Office of Management
Programs (HFA-250), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-1482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA has
submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for
review and clearance.
Draft Guidance for Industry on Pharmacogenomic Data Submissions (OMB
Control Numbers 0910-0014, 0910-0001, and 0910-0338)--Extension
The guidance provides recommendations to sponsors submitting or
holding investigational new drugs (INDs), new drug applications (NDAs),
or biologic liscensing applications (BLAs) on what pharmacogenomic data
should be submitted to the agency during the drug development process.
Sponsors holding and applicants submitting INDs, NDAs, or BLAs are
subject to FDA requirements in parts 312, 314, and 601 (21 CFR 312,
314, and 601) for submitting to the agency data relevant to drug safety
and efficacy (Sec. Sec. 312.22, 312.23, 312.31, 312.33, 314.50,
314.81, 601.2, and 601.12).
Description of Respondents: Sponsors submitting or holding INDs,
NDAs, or BLAs for human drugs and biologics.
Burden Estimate: The guidance interprets FDA regulations for IND,
NDA, or BLA submissions, clarifying when the regulations require
pharmacogenomics data to be submitted and when the submission of such
data is voluntary. The pharmacogenomic data submissions described in
the guidance that are required to be submitted to an IND, NDA, BLA, or
annual report are covered by the information collection requirements
under parts 312, 314, and 601 and are approved by OMB under control
numbers 0910-0014 (part 312--INDs; approved until January 1, 2006);
0910-0001 (part 314--NDAs and annual reports; approved until March 31,
2005); and 0910-0338 (approved until August 31, 2005).
The guidance distinguishes between pharmacogenomic tests that may
be considered valid biomarkers appropriate for regulatory
decisionmaking, and other, less well developed exploratory tests. The
submission of exploratory pharmacogenomic data is not required under
the regulations, although the agency encourages the voluntary
submission of such data.
The guidance describes the voluntary genomic data submission (VGDS)
that can be used for such a voluntary submission. The guidance does not
recommend a specific format for the VGDS, except that such a voluntary
submission be designated as a VGDS. The data submitted in a VGDS and
the level of detail should be sufficient for FDA to be able to
interpret the information and independently analyze the data, verify
results, and explore possible genotype-phenotype correlations across
studies. FDA does not want the VGDS to be overly burdensome and time-
consuming for the sponsor.
FDA has estimated the burden of preparing a voluntary submission
described in the guidance that should be designated as a VGDS. Based on
FDA's familiarity with sponsors' interest in submitting pharmacogenomic
data during the drug development process, FDA estimates that
approximately 20 sponsors will submit approximately 80 VGDSs and that,
on average, each VGDS will take approximately 10 hours to prepare and
submit to FDA.
In the Federal Register of November 4, 2003 (68 FR 62461), FDA
published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the information
collection provisions. No comments were received on the information
collection estimates.
Table 1.--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden\1\
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Number of
Number of Responses per Total Annual Hours per Total Hours
Respondents Respondent Responses Response
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Voluntary genomic 20 4 80 10 800
data submissions
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection.
Dated: August 5, 2004.
Jeffrey Shuren,
Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
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