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Event Title
UPDATED MEETING TIME AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION INFORMATION: December 4, 2024: Meeting of the Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee
December 4, 2024


Date:
December 4, 2024
Time:
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM ET
Location:
Event Location
FDA Headquarters
FDA headquarters in White Oak, MD

10903 New Hampshire Ave
Silver Spring, MD 20903
United States



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Updated Information (as of 11/8/2024):

The meeting end time has changed from 3:00 p.m. to 3:50 p.m. Eastern Time.

Additionally, the public participation information has changed as follows:

  • The date for individuals interested in making formal oral presentations to notify the contact person changed from November 8, 2024 to November 13, 2024.
  • The date that the contact person will notify interested persons regarding their request to speak changed from November 12, 2024 to November 14, 2024.
  • The start times for oral presentations from the public has changed from approximately 9:35 a.m., 10:50 a.m., and 1:40 p.m. to 10:00 a.m., 11:25 a.m., and 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

Lastly, the location information has been updated to the following: FDA White Oak Campus, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 2, Room 2047, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002. Room 2047 will have limited seating for the public. Overflow seating will be available in Bldg. 2, Room 2058.

All other information remains the same.


Center: Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

Location: The meeting will be held at the FDA White Oak Campus, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002. The public will also have the option to participate, and the advisory committee meeting will be heard, viewed, captioned, and recorded through an online teleconferencing and/or video conferencing platform.

Agenda

The Committee will discuss the following bulk drug substances being considered for inclusion on the 503A Bulks List: AOD-9604-related bulk drug substances (AOD-9604 acetate, and AOD-9604 (free base)), CJC-1295-related bulk drug substances (CJC-1295 (free base), CJC-1295 acetate, CJC-1295 with drug affinity complex (DAC) (free base), CJC-1295 DAC acetate, and CJC-1295 DAC trifluoroacetate)), and Thymosin alpha-1-related bulk drug substances (Thymosin alpha-1 acetate, and Thymosin alpha-1 (free base)). The chart below identifies the use(s) FDA reviewed for each of the bulk drug substances being discussed at this advisory committee meeting. For nominated bulk drug substances, the nominators of these substances will be invited to make a short presentation supporting the nomination.

Bulk Drug Substance Uses Evaluated
AOD-9604 (free base)
AOD-9604 Acetate
Obesity.
CJC-1295 (free base)
CJC-1295 Acetate
CJC-1295 DAC (free base)
CJC-1295 DAC Acetate
CJC-1295 DAC Trifluoroacetate
Growth hormone deficiency.
Thymosin alpha-1(free base)
Thymosin alpha-1 Acetate
Hepatitis B.
Hepatitis C.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Depressed response to vaccinations; adjuvant to flu vaccines.
Malignant melanoma.
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Sepsis.
Infections after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).

Meeting Materials

FDA intends to make background material and the link to the live webcast available to the public no later than two (2) business days before the meeting in the Event Materials section of this web page. If FDA is unable to post the background material on its website prior to the meeting, the background material will be made publicly available at the location of the advisory committee meeting and on FDA’s website at the time of the advisory committee meeting. The online presentation of materials will include slide presentations with audio and video components in a manner that most closely resembles an in-person advisory committee meeting.

Public Participation Information

Interested persons may present data, information, or views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the Committee.

FDA is establishing a docket for public comment on this meeting. The docket number is FDA-2024-N-4777. The docket will close on December 3, 2024. Submit either electronic or written comments on this public meeting by December 3, 2024. 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 December 3, 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.

Comments received on or before November 19, 2024 will be provided to the Committee. Comments received after that date but by December 3, 2024 will be taken into consideration by FDA. In the event that the meeting is cancelled, FDA will continue to evaluate any relevant applications or information, and consider any comments submitted to the docket, as appropriate.

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 “Instructions.”

Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No. FDA-2024-N-4777 for “Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request for Comments--Bulk Drug Substances Nominated for Inclusion on the Section 503A Bulk Drug Substances List.” Received comments, those filed in a timely manner, 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.” 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 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 the 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, 240-402-7500.

Oral Presentations

Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled following FDA presentations. FDA has allotted approximately 1 hour for open public hearing presentations, which will be split to allow for public remarks on each substance. The sessions will begin at approximately 9:35 a.m., 10:50 a.m., and 1:40 p.m. Those individuals interested in making formal oral presentations should notify the contact person and submit a brief statement of the general nature of the evidence or arguments they wish to present, the names and addresses of proposed participants, whether they would like to present online or in-person, and an indication of the approximate time requested to make their presentation on or before November 8, 2024.

Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. If the number of registrants requesting to speak is greater than can be reasonably accommodated during the scheduled open public hearing session, FDA may conduct a lottery to determine the speakers for the scheduled open public hearing session. FDA may also extend the time scheduled for open public hearing presentations depending on interest. Similarly, room for interested persons to participate in-person may be limited. If the number of registrants requesting to speak in-person during the open public hearing is greater than can be reasonably accommodated in the venue for the in-person portion of the advisory committee meeting, FDA may conduct a lottery to determine the speakers who will be invited to participate in-person. The contact person will notify interested persons regarding their request to speak by November 12, 2024.

Webcast Information

CDER plans to provide a free of charge, live webcast of the upcoming advisory committee meeting. If there are instances where the webcast transmission is not successful, staff will work to re-establish the transmission as soon as possible. Further information regarding the webcast, including the web address for the webcast, will be made available no later than two (2) business days before the meeting in the Event Materials section of this web page.

CDER plans to post archived webcasts after the meeting, however, in cases where transmission was not successful, archived webcasts will not be available.

Contact Information

  • Takyiah Stevenson, PharmD
    Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
    Food and Drug Administration
    10903 New Hampshire Avenue
    WO31-2417
    Silver Spring, MD  20993-0002
    Phone: 240-402-2507
    Email: PCAC@fda.hhs.gov
  • FDA Advisory Committee Information Line
    1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington DC area)
    Please call the Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting.

  • For press inquiries, please contact the Office of Media Affairs at fdaoma@fda.hhs.gov or 301–796–4540. 


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