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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:536.40pt;top:33.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.00pt">73589</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:101.60pt;top:34.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10.00pt">Federal Register/Vol. 72, No. 248 /Friday, December 28, 2007 /Rules and Regulations</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:60.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the Administrator finds necessary for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:70.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">safety in air commerce. This regulation</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:80.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">is within the scope of that authority</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:90.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">because it addresses an unsafe condition</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:100.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">that is likely to exist or develop on</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:110.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products identified in this rulemaking</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:120.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">action.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:135.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Regulatory Findings</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:149.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">We have determined that this AD will</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:159.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">not have federalism implications under</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:169.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Executive Order 13132. This AD will</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:179.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">not have a substantial direct effect on</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:189.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the States, on the relationship between</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:199.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the national government and the States,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:209.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or on the distribution of power and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:219.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">responsibilities among the various</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:229.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">levels of government.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:240.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">For the reasons discussed above, I</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:250.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">certify that this AD:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:260.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(1) Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:270.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">action’’ under Executive Order 12866;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:280.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(2) Is not a ‘‘significant rule’’ under</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:290.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:300.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(44 FR 11034, February 26, 1979); and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:311.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(3) Will not have a significant</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:321.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">economic impact, positive or negative,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:331.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">on a substantial number of small entities</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:341.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">under the criteria of the Regulatory</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:351.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Flexibility Act.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:361.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">We prepared a regulatory evaluation</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:371.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of the estimated costs to comply with</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:381.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">this AD and placed it in the AD docket.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:391.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">See the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:77.40pt;top:393.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.44pt">ADDRESSES</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:124.70pt;top:391.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">section for a location</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:401.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">to examine the regulatory evaluation.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:416.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:431.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:441.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">safety, Incorporation by reference,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:451.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Safety.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:466.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Adoption of the Amendment</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:483.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Amyuni Symbols" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">ٱ</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:53.35pt;top:482.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Accordingly, under the authority</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:492.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">delegated to me by the Administrator,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:502.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the FAA amends 14 CFR part 39 as</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:512.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">follows:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:530.75pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">PART 39—AIRWORTHINESS</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:540.75pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">DIRECTIVES</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:557.85pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Amyuni Symbols" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">ٱ</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:53.35pt;top:556.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">1. The authority citation for part 39</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:566.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">continues to read as follows:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:53.00pt;top:580.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701.</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:596.85pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">§39.13</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:78.80pt;top:596.85pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">[Amended]</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:611.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Amyuni Symbols" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">ٱ</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:53.35pt;top:610.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">2. The Federal Aviation</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:620.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Administration (FAA) amends §39.13</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:630.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">by adding the following new</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:640.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">airworthiness directive (AD):</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:654.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">2007</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:62.80pt;top:654.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">–26–07 Boeing: Amendment 39–15309.</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:61.00pt;top:663.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Docket No. FAA–2007–28352;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:61.00pt;top:672.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Directorate Identifier 2007–NM–037–AD.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:686.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Effective Date</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:53.00pt;top:698.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">(a) This AD becomes effective February 1,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:707.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">2008.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:721.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Affected ADs</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:53.00pt;top:733.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">(b) None.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:60.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Applicability</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:230.00pt;top:71.85pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">(c) This AD applies to Boeing Model 747–</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:80.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">200B, 747–300, 747–400, 747–400D, and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:89.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">747</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:235.35pt;top:89.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">–400F series airplanes, certificated in any</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:98.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">category, equipped with General Electric</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:107.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">CF6–80C2 engines.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:120.85pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Unsafe Condition</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:230.00pt;top:132.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">(d) This AD results from two reports of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:141.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">missing flipper doors for the engine core</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:150.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">cowl. We are issuing this AD to detect and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:159.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">correct migrated hinge pins and damaged</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:167.85pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">flipper doors, which could allow the flipper</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:176.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">door to fall off, resulting in the potential for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:185.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">an engine fire to propagate into the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:194.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">flammable leakage zone of the strut and for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:203.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">the amount of fire extinguishing agent</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:211.85pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">reaching the fire to be diluted, and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:220.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">subsequent uncontained fire in the engine</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:229.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">strut.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:243.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Compliance</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:230.00pt;top:255.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">(e) You are responsible for having the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:263.85pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">actions required by this AD performed within</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:272.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">the compliance times specified, unless the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:281.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">actions have already been done.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:295.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Inspection of the Flipper Door Assemblies</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:230.00pt;top:307.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">(f) Within 24 months after the effective</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:315.85pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">date of this AD: Do a general visual</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:324.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">inspection for migrated hinge pins and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:333.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">damaged flipper doors of the left- and right-</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:342.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">hand flipper door assemblies of the engine</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:351.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">core cowls, and do all applicable corrective</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:359.85pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">actions, by accomplishing all the actions</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:368.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">specified in the Accomplishment</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:377.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Instructions of Boeing Special Attention</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:386.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Service Bulletin 747–71–2310, dated October</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:395.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">13, 2005. Do all applicable corrective actions</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:403.85pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">before further flight. Repeat the inspection</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:412.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">thereafter at intervals not to exceed 18</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:421.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">months for that flipper door assembly, until</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:430.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">doing the actions specified in paragraph (g)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:439.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">of this AD.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:230.00pt;top:449.85pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Note 1: Boeing Special Attention Service</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:458.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Bulletin 747–71–2310, dated October 13,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:467.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">2005, refers to Rohr Service Bulletin TBC/</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:476.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">80C2–NAC–71–035, dated October 10, 2005,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:485.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">as an additional source of service information</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:493.85pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">for accomplishing the actions specified in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:502.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">paragraph (f) of this AD.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:518.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Terminating Action for Repetitive</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:527.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Inspections</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:230.00pt;top:539.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">(g) Accomplishing the inspection and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:548.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">applicable modification of a hinge assembly</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:556.85pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">of a flipper door assembly of the engine core</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:565.75pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">cowl in accordance with the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:574.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Accomplishment Instructions of Boeing</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:583.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Special Attention Service Bulletin 747–71–</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:592.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">2310, dated October 13, 2005; or Rohr</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:601.35pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Service Bulletin TBC/80C2–NAC–71–035,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:610.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">dated October 10, 2005; terminates the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:619.15pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">repetitive inspection requirements of this AD</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:628.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">for that hinge assembly.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:641.95pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Parts Installation</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:230.00pt;top:653.85pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">(h) As of the effective date of this AD, no</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:662.75pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">person may install, on any airplane, a hinge</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:671.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">assembly, part number 224–2335–69, for the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:680.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">flipper door of the engine core cowl unless</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:689.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">it has been modified in accordance with the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:698.35pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">requirements of paragraph (g) of this AD.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:712.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Material Incorporated by Reference</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:230.00pt;top:724.15pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">(i) You must use Boeing Special Attention</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:733.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Service Bulletin 747–71–2310, dated October</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:60.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">13, 2005, to perform the actions that are</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:68.95pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">required by this AD, unless the AD specifies</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:77.85pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">otherwise. The Director of the Federal</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:86.75pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Register approved the incorporation by</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:95.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">reference of this document in accordance</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:104.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:113.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Contact Boeing Commercial Airplanes, P.O.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:122.35pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Box 3707, Seattle, Washington 98124–2207,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:131.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">for a copy of this service information. You</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:140.15pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">may review copies at the FAA, Transport</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:149.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Airplane Directorate, 1601 Lind Avenue SW.,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:157.95pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Renton, Washington; or at the National</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:166.85pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Archives and Records Administration</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:175.75pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">(NARA). For information on the availability</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:184.75pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">of this material at NARA, call 202–741–6030,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:193.75pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt"><a href="http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html">or go to:</a></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:430.95pt;top:193.75pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt"><a href="http://www.archives.gov/federal-">http://www.archives.gov/federal-</a></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt"><a href="http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html"></a></FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:202.75pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt"><a href="http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html">register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.</a></FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:407.00pt;top:215.75pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Issued in Renton, Washington, on</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:224.75pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">December 11, 2007.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:235.75pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Michael J. Kaszycki,</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:246.75pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Acting Manager, Transport Airplane</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:255.75pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:266.75pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">[FR Doc. E7–24520 Filed 12–27–07; 8:45 am]</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:279.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 6.00pt">BILLING CODE 4910–13–P</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:308.15pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:346.15pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">15 CFR Part 772</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:393.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">In Title 15 of the Code of Federal</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:457.85pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">[FR Doc. 07–55526 Filed 12–27–07; 8:45 am]</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:432.05pt;top:645.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Interim final rule; request for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:672.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.44pt">SUMMARY</FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">:</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:825.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.00pt">73590</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:101.60pt;top:826.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10.00pt">Federal Register/Vol. 72, No. 248 /Friday, December 28, 2007 /Rules and Regulations</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:852.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">medical devices that are or will be</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:862.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">included in the Strategic National</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:951.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">human drugs, biological products, or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:961.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">medical devices that are or will be</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:971.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">included in the SNS, including not only</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:981.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">those that are approved, licensed, or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:990.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">cleared for marketing, but also those</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1030.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or conditions deemed appropriate by</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1040.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the FDA Center Director to ensure that</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1060.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">information for the safe and effective</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1070.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">use of the products given their</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1099.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">effectiveness, and availability of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1109.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">appropriate medical countermeasures in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1119.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the event of a public health emergency.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1131.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.44pt">DATES</FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">:</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1140.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">on December 28, 2007. Submit written</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1170.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">written or electronic comments</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1180.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">regarding the information collection by</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1190.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">January 28, 2008 to the Office of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:95.25pt;top:1223.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">You may submit comments,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1233.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">identified by Docket No. 2006N–0466,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1252.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Electronic Submissions</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:1261.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Submit electronic comments in the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1271.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">following ways:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:63.15pt;top:1280.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Federal eRulemaking Portal:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:183.65pt;top:1319.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt"><a href="http://www.fda.gov/dockets/ecomments">.</a></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1329.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Follow the instructions for submitting</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1339.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">comments on the agency Web site.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1348.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Written Submissions</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:63.15pt;top:1376.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">FAX: 301–827–6870.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:63.15pt;top:1385.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Mail/Hand delivery/Courier [For</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1395.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">paper, disk, or CD–ROM submissions]:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1405.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Division of Dockets Management (HFA–</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1415.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">305), Food and Drug Administration,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1425.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1435.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">MD 20852.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:1444.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">To ensure more timely processing of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1464.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">comments submitted to the agency by e-</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1474.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">mail. FDA encourages you to continue</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:280.30pt;top:852.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">: All submissions received</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:862.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">must include the agency name and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:872.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">docket number for this rulemaking. All</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:892.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt"><a href="http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/default.htm">without change to</a></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:912.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">any personal information provided. For</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:922.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">additional information on submitting</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:972.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Docket</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:259.50pt;top:972.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">: For access to the docket to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:982.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">read background documents or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1042.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">‘‘Search’’ box and follow the prompts</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1062.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Management, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1091.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Submit written comments on the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1111.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Office of Information and Regulatory</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1121.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Affairs, Office of Management and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1131.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Budget (OMB). To ensure that</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1141.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">comments on the information collection</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1151.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">are received, OMB recommends that</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1161.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">written comments be faxed to the Office</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1171.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of Information and Regulatory Affairs,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1181.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, FAX:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1191.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">202</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:237.00pt;top:1191.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">–395–6974.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1203.95pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.44pt">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT</FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">:</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:370.45pt;top:1203.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">For</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1213.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">information concerning human</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1223.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">biological products</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:301.30pt;top:1223.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">: Stephen Ripley,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1233.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Center for Biologics Evaluation and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1243.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Research (HFM–17), Food and Drug</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1253.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Administration, 1401 Rockville Pike,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1263.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">suite 200N, Rockville, MD 20852–1448,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1273.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">301</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:237.00pt;top:1273.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">–827–6210.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:1283.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">For information concerning human</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1293.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">drug products</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:279.95pt;top:1293.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">: Brad G. Leissa, Center for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1303.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Drug Evaluation and Research, Food</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1313.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and Drug Administration, Mail Stop</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1323.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">1603, 10903 New Hampshire Ave.,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1333.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">White Oak Complex, Building 21, Room</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1343.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">1624, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301–</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1353.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">796</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:237.00pt;top:1353.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">–2190.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:1363.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">For information concerning medical</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1373.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">devices</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:252.50pt;top:1373.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">: Casper E. Uldriks, Center for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1383.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Devices and Radiological Health, Food</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1393.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and Drug Administration, 2094 Gaither</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1403.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Rd., rm. 229, Rockville, MD 20850, 301–</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1413.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">276</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:237.00pt;top:1413.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">–0106.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1425.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.44pt">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION</FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">:</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1440.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">I. Introduction</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:1454.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">This interim final rule applies to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1464.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">human drugs, biological products, and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1474.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">medical devices (hereinafter referred to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1484.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">collectively as medical products) that</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1494.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">are or will be held in the SNS, including</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1504.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">those SNS assets that are held at the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1514.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">manufacturer’s facility or elsewhere on</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1524.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">behalf of the SNS (e.g., vendor managed</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:852.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">inventory that is distributed, held, and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:862.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">managed by manufacturers or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:872.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">commercial distributors for the SNS)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:882.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and prepositioned locations (e.g.,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:891.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">CHEMPACKs that are distributed, held,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:901.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and managed by hospitals and other</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:911.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">facilities for the SNS).</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:920.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">An act of terrorism or a natural</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:930.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">disaster event may result in the need for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:940.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">rapid access to large quantities of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:950.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">medical products. Under the Public</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:960.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Health Service Act (PHS Act), the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:970.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Department of Health and Human</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:980.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Services (HHS) stockpiles medical</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:990.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products that are essential to the health</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1000.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">security of the Nation. (See PHS Act</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1010.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">section 319F–2, 42 U.S.C. 247d–6b)).</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1020.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">This collection of medical products ,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1030.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">known as the SNS, is to ‘‘provide for the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1040.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">emergency health security of the United</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1050.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">States, including the emergency health</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1060.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">security of children and other</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1070.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">vulnerable populations, in the event of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1080.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">a bioterrorist attack or other public</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1090.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">health emergency.’’ The SNS is</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1100.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">maintained by the Assistant Secretary</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1110.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">for Preparedness and Response (ASPR),</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1120.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exercising this responsibility and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1130.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">authority of the Secretary, in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1140.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">collaboration with the Director of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1150.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Centers for Disease Control and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1160.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Prevention (CDC), and in coordination</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1170.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">with the Department of Homeland</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1180.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Security. Examples of situations that</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1190.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">may necessitate the deployment of such</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1200.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products from the SNS are:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:417.15pt;top:1209.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Acts of terrorism using chemical,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:417.15pt;top:1247.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Natural disasters such as</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1321.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">II. Background</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1375.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">certain FDA labeling regulations, given</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1425.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">section 502 of the Federal Food, Drug,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:1454.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Under this rule, the appropriate FDA</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:536.40pt;top:1617.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.00pt">73591</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:101.60pt;top:1618.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10.00pt">Federal Register/Vol. 72, No. 248 /Friday, December 28, 2007 /Rules and Regulations</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:52.00pt;top:2285.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 4.55pt">1</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:55.05pt;top:2285.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">Medical products stockpiled in the SNS may</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2293.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">also include products that will ultimately be used</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2301.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">in an emergency under section 564 of the FFD&C</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1644.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">under this rule may include conditions</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1654.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or safeguards so that the labeling for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1664.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">such products includes appropriate</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1674.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">information necessary for the safe and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1684.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">effective use of the product given the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1694.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">product’s anticipated circumstances of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1704.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">use.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:1714.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Issues relating to the labeling of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1724.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products that are or will be in the SNS</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1734.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exist now and will likely continue to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1744.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">develop. Such labeling issues may arise</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1754.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">as a result of many different factors,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1764.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">including the indicated use, the storage</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1774.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">location, the necessary storage</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1784.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">conditions for a particular product, or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1794.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the unique distribution mechanisms</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1804.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">that may be used in an emergency. The</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1814.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">provisions of this rule apply only to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1824.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">medical products that are or will be</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1834.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">included in the SNS.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:1844.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">The medical products that may be</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1854.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">stockpiled in the SNS include not only</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1864.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">those that are approved, licensed, or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1874.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">cleared for marketing, but also those</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1884.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">that are investigational. When HHS</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:141.90pt;top:1884.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 5.85pt">1</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1894.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">procures investigational medical</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1904.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products for the SNS (i.e., products for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1914.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">which investigational new drug (IND)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1924.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">applications or investigational device</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1934.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exemptions (IDE) are in effect), it</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1954.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">eventually become licensed, approved,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1964.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or cleared for marketing by FDA while</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1974.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the products remain stockpiled. Labels</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1984.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">on investigational products, however,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:1994.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">including those in the SNS, ordinarily</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2004.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">would not contain all elements required</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2014.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">on licensed, approved, or cleared</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2024.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">product labels.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:2034.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">For example, certain information may</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2044.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">not be available until after approval of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2054.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the product. For licensed biological</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2064.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products, §610.60 (21 CFR 610.60)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2084.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">among other things, the expiration date</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2094.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of the product and license number of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2104.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the manufacturer. Similarly, §201.17</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2114.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(21 CFR 201.17), which applies to drugs,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2124.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">sets forth requirements regarding</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2134.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">placement of an expiration date, when</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2144.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">required, on the immediate container.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2154.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">This information may not be available</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2164.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">for an investigational product and thus</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2174.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">could not be placed on container labels</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2184.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">if the investigational product was added</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2194.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">to the SNS. (See section III.D of this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2204.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">document for a discussion of conditions</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2214.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or safeguards that may be imposed in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2224.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">connection with an alternative or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2234.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exception granted under this rule to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2244.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">ensure that labeling includes</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2254.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">information necessary for safe and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2264.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">effective use of the product.)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:1644.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Similarly, for medical devices that are</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1654.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">restricted to use by prescription,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1664.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">§801.109 (21 CFR 801.109) requires that</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1674.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the device label, other than for surgical</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1684.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">instruments, bear a statement restricting</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1694.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">sale of the device by order of a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1704.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">healthcare practitioner licensed by the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1714.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">law of the State in which he practices</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1724.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(§801.109(b)(1)). Whether a particular</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1734.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">investigational device will be limited to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1744.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">sale by prescription may not be known</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1754.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">before approval or clearance and, thus,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1764.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">this statement could not be placed on</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1774.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the investigational device’s label if the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1784.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">product was still investigational when</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1794.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the device was added to the SNS.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1804.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Additionally, the label of approved or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1814.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">cleared in vitro diagnostic products</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1824.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(IVDs) must contain information, such</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1834.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">as warnings for users and storage</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1844.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">instructions, that may not be finalized</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1854.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">until product approval or clearance and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1864.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">could not be placed on the label if the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1874.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">investigational products were added to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1884.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the SNS (see §809.10).</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:1896.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Prior to the implementation of this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1906.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">rule, when such investigational</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1916.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products were ultimately approved for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1926.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">marketing, the products would have</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1936.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">been subject to relabeling, a potentially</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1946.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">time-consuming, costly, and labor-</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1956.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">intensive process given that the SNS can</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1966.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">contain large numbers of these products.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1976.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">The SNS does not have manufacturing</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1986.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">facilities or equipment necessary to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:1996.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">relabel products that the SNS stores.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2006.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Therefore, it is not feasible for SNS</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2016.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">personnel to relabel products that are</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2026.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">physically located in SNS storage sites.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2036.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Prior to the implementation of this rule,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2046.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the products would have needed to be</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2056.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">returned to the manufacturers or sent to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2066.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">relabelers in order to be relabeled.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2076.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Requiring relabeling of such</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2086.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">investigational medical products after</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2096.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">approval, licensure, or clearance could</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2106.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">adversely affect the safety, effectiveness,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2116.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or availability of these medical products</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2126.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">in a number of ways. For example,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2136.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">shipping certain products from the SNS</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2146.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">storage sites to the manufacturer or a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2156.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">relabeler for relabeling could subject</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2166.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">them to unacceptable temperature</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2176.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">deviations and create opportunities for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2186.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">product mishandling, such as mixing of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2196.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">different batches of the same product.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2206.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Relabeling is especially difficult for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2236.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">instances, relabeling could cause the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2276.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">reduced product quality (e.g., potency</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2306.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">availability, as there is the potential for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2316.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">sabotage and diversion if a product were</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1654.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">a relabeler.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:1663.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">For these reasons, as explained in the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1693.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">grant exceptions or alternatives to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1703.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">certain labeling requirements not</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1713.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">explicitly required by statute for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1723.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">medical products that are or will be</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1733.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">included in the SNS.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1748.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">III. Provisions of the Interim Final Rule</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1763.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">A. Applicability of a Request for an</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1773.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Exception or Alternative</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:1786.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Under §§201.26, 610.68, 801.128, and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1796.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">809.11 (21 CFR 201.26, 610.68, 801.128,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1806.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and 809.11), the appropriate FDA Center</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1816.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Director may grant a request for an</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1826.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exception or alternative to certain</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1836.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">regulatory provisions pertaining to the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1846.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling of human drugs, biological</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1856.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products, and medical devices that</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1866.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">currently are or will be included in the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1876.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">SNS if certain criteria are met. Any</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1886.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">grant of an exception or alternative will</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1896.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">only apply to the specified lots, batches,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1906.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or other units of medical products in the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1916.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">request. We request comments on</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1936.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">amended to extend to medical products</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1946.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">in other Federal, State, and local</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1956.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">stockpiles, and if so, to which</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1966.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">stockpile(s) the rule should apply.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:1976.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">The appropriate FDA Center Director</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1986.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">will only review requests for exceptions</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:1996.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or alternatives to the labeling provisions</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2006.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">specified in this rule. The rule is not</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2016.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">intended to provide a mechanism for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2026.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">waiving applicable requirements of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2036.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">sections 502 and 503 (21 U.S.C. 353) of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2046.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the FFD&C Act and/or section 351 of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2056.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">PHS Act. For example, under this new</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2076.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">with an SNS official’s written</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2086.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">concurrence) may submit to FDA a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2096.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">request for an exception or alternative to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2106.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">a regulatory provision identified in this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2116.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">rule, such as where an expiration date</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2146.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">that the package (not necessarily the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2156.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">container) of a biological product be</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2236.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">specified in this rule (e.g., regulations in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2246.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">21 CFR part 211, Current Good</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2409.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.00pt">73592</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:101.60pt;top:2410.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10.00pt">Federal Register/Vol. 72, No. 248 /Friday, December 28, 2007 /Rules and Regulations</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2436.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">other requests (i.e., those that do not</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2466.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">other applicable waiver provisions, if</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2475.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">any.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:2485.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">We note that FDA’s authority to grant</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2495.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">an exception or alternative to the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2504.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">regulatory provisions specified in the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2514.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">rule is distinct from the agency’s</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2534.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">discretion (i.e., decide not to take or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2544.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">recommend enforcement action) with</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2554.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">respect to statutory and regulatory</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2564.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements, including those involving</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2574.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">product labeling (see Heckler v. Chaney,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2584.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">470 U.S. 821 (1985)).</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:2593.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">In granting an exception or alternative</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2603.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">under this rule, the appropriate FDA</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2613.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Center Director will consider whether</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2623.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">compliance with the labeling</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2632.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements specified in this rule</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2652.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">effectiveness, or availability of medical</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2662.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products that are or will be included in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2672.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the SNS. As previously explained in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2682.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">this document, relabeling these medical</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2692.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products in compliance with certain</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2702.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">FDA labeling regulations could</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2722.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or availability of the products in some</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2731.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">circumstances. In those instances, the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2741.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">appropriate FDA Center Director may</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2751.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">grant an exception or alternative to the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2761.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling requirements specified in this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2771.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">rule. On the other hand, there may be</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2781.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">some products for which full or partial</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2791.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">relabeling in compliance with the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2801.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling requirements specified by this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2811.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">rule will not adversely affect the safety,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2821.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">effectiveness, or availability of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2831.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products. In such cases, an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2841.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative to the labeling requirements</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:2870.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">On a case-by-case basis, the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2890.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">also determine when an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2950.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">information needed for safe and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2960.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">effective use under the anticipated</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2970.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">circumstances of use.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:2985.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">B. Who May Submit a Request</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:2998.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">A request for an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3008.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative to the labeling requirements</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3018.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">specified in this rule may be submitted</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3028.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">by an SNS official, or by any entity that</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3038.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">manufactures (including labeling,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3048.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">packing, repackaging, or relabeling),</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3058.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">distributes, or stores the medical</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3068.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products subject to the request. Requests</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3078.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">from entities other than the SNS must</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3098.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">written concurrence. We believe that</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2446.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">with concurrence of SNS officials, prior</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2466.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or other unit of product is procured by</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2476.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the SNS, or when an investigational</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2496.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">approved, licensed, or cleared. We</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:2525.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">The appropriate FDA Center Director</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2535.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">may also grant an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2545.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative to the labeling provisions</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2555.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">specified in this rule at his or her own</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2565.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">initiative.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2580.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">C. Request Criteria</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:2593.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Except when initiated by an FDA</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2603.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Center Director, a request for an</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2613.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exception or alternative to the labeling</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2623.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements specified in this rule will</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2633.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">be in writing and must contain:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:240.15pt;top:2643.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">An identification of the specific lot,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2653.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">batch, or other unit of product, which</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2673.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">subject to the exception or alternative;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:240.15pt;top:2682.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">An identification of the specific</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2692.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling provisions under this rule that</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:2709.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:240.15pt;top:2711.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">An explanation of why compliance</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2721.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">with the specified labeling provisions</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2731.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">could adversely affect the safety,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2741.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">effectiveness, or availability of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2751.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">product subject to the request;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:240.15pt;top:2761.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">A description of any proposed</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2771.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">safeguards or conditions to be</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2781.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">implemented so that the labeling of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2791.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">product includes appropriate</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2801.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">information necessary for the safe and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2811.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">effective use of the product given the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2821.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">anticipated circumstances of use;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:2828.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:240.15pt;top:2830.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Copies of the proposed labeling of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2840.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the specified lots, batches, or other units</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2850.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of product that will be subject to the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2860.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exception or alternative; and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:2867.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:240.15pt;top:2869.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Any other information requested by</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2879.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the appropriate FDA Center Director.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2894.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">D. Granting of the Request</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:2908.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">When the appropriate FDA Center</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2918.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Director grants or denies a request for an</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2928.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exception or alternative to the labeling</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2938.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements specified in this rule, the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2948.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">FDA Center Director will convey this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2958.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">decision in writing. In the written</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2968.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">decision, the FDA Center Director may</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2978.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">also impose appropriate conditions or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2988.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">safeguards so that the labeling of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:2998.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">product includes appropriate</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3008.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">information necessary for the safe and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3018.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">effective use of the product given the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3028.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">anticipated circumstances of use. Such</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3038.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">safeguards or conditions need not be</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3048.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">limited to those proposed in the request,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3058.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">nor do they need to include all</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3068.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">conditions or safeguards proposed in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3078.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the request. Conditions could include,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3088.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">for example, a requirement of additional</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3098.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling on the SNS product, such as</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3108.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">including the statement ‘‘For Strategic</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2436.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">National Stockpile Use Only’’ on the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2456.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling. Such conditions could also</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2466.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">address how or where any packaging or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2475.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling changes would be conducted,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2485.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or with what personnel. For example,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2495.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the manufacturer may be required to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2505.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">take additional steps to ensure that</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2515.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products licensed, approved, or cleared</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2525.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">while in the SNS bear information in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2535.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">their outer package labeling that was not</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2545.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">available when such products entered</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2555.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the SNS as investigational products.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2574.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">manufacturer may need to report to FDA</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2584.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">any resulting changes to the New Drug</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2594.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Application (NDA), Biologics License</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2643.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">for an exception or alternative to the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2653.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling requirements specified in this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2663.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">rule may be used to satisfy certain</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2673.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">reporting obligations relating to changes</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2683.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">to product applications under §314.70</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2693.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(21 CFR 314.70) (human drugs), §601.12</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2702.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(21 CFR 601.12) (biological drugs),</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2712.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">§814.39 (21 CFR 814.39) (medical</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2732.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or §807.81 (21 CFR 807.81) (medical</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2762.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements). Specifically, because the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2772.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">information affecting the premarket</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2782.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">application will already be reviewed</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2792.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and approved as part of the request for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2801.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">an exception or alternative,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2811.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">manufacturers of medical products to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2821.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">which annual or periodic reporting</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2831.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements apply must describe such</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2841.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">changes in their annual (or periodic)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2881.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">This will reduce regulatory burden on</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2891.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">industry by reducing duplication of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2900.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">regulatory submissions. Supplements</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2910.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">under 21 CFR 814.39 and periodic</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2930.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">for medical devices with 510(k)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2940.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">clearance, however. For these devices,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2950.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the Center Director may determine that</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2960.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the submission and grant of a written</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2970.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">request for an exception or alternative</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:2990.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">submission requirements in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3000.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">§807.81(a)(3).</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3015.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">E. Labeling Provisions Subject to</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3025.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Exception or Alternative</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:3038.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">We are listing in §§201.26(f) (human</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:536.40pt;top:3201.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.00pt">73593</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:101.60pt;top:3202.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10.00pt">Federal Register/Vol. 72, No. 248 /Friday, December 28, 2007 /Rules and Regulations</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:229.00pt;top:3885.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 4.55pt">2</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:232.05pt;top:3885.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">This is distinct from the requirements for a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3893.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">product’s package label under §610.61 (21 CFR</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3901.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">610.61).</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3228.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of this document, requests for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3238.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exceptions or alternatives to other</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3248.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements of FDA’s labeling</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3268.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements), or to other general</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3278.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">regulations or statutory provisions, will</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3288.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">be handled under any waiver provisions</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3298.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">that may be applicable to those statutory</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3308.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or regulatory requirements.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3318.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Additionally, FDA may exercise</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3328.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">enforcement discretion with respect to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3338.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the labeling requirements specified in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3348.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">this rule or other regulatory and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3358.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">statutory requirements.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3373.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">1. Human Drug Products (§201.26(f))</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:3386.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">For human drug products, including</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3396.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">biological drugs, the following</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3406.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements pertaining to labeling in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3416.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">part 201, subpart A (21 CFR part 201,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3426.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">subpart A) and §312.6 (21 CFR 312.6)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3446.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative under this rule, except to the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3456.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">extent that they are explicitly required</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3466.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">by statute:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:3473.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:63.15pt;top:3476.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Identification of persons other than</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3486.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the manufacturer, packer, or distributor</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3496.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(§201.1(h)(1));</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:3503.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:63.15pt;top:3505.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Appearance of a person’s name</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3515.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">without qualification on the label</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3525.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(§201.1(h)(2));</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:3532.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:63.15pt;top:3535.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Appropriate qualifying phrases for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3545.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the identity of the distributor or packer</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3555.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(§201.1(h)(5) and (h)(6));</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:3562.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:63.15pt;top:3564.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Criteria for the statement of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3574.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">place of business (§201.1(i));</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:3581.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:63.15pt;top:3584.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Placement of the ingredient</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3594.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">information required by section 502(e)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3604.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of the FFD&C Act (§201.10(a));</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:3611.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:63.15pt;top:3613.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Criteria for the statement of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3623.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">percentage of an ingredient in a drug</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3633.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(§201.10(d)(2));</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:3640.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:63.15pt;top:3643.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Declaration that an ingredient is a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3653.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">derivative or a preparation of a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3663.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">substance specifically named in section</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3673.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">502(e) of the FFD&C Act when the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3683.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">established name does not indicate such</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3693.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(§201.10(f));</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:3700.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:63.15pt;top:3702.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Criteria for the frequency of use and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3712.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">use in the running text of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3722.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">established name in association with the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3732.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">proprietary name or designation for the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3742.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">drug or any ingredient thereof in the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3752.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">label or labeling of a prescription drug</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3762.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(§201.10(g)(1));</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:3769.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:63.15pt;top:3772.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">The placement of the quantitative</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3782.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">ingredient information when the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3792.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">established name does not correspond</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3802.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">to the proprietary name or designation</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3812.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and the prescription drug contains two</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3822.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or more active ingredients</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3832.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(§201.10(h)(1));</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:3839.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:63.15pt;top:3841.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">The location of the expiration date</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3851.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(§201.17);</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:3858.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:63.15pt;top:3861.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">The information provided by the lot</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3871.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">number (§201.18);</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:3878.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:63.15pt;top:3880.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Use of the term ‘‘infant’’ (§201.19);</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:3887.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:63.15pt;top:3890.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Declaration of the presence of FD&C</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3900.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Yellow No. 5 and FD&C Yellow No. 6</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3228.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">in certain drugs for human use</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3238.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(§201.20);</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:3245.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:240.15pt;top:3248.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Declaration of the presence of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3258.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">phenylalanine as a component of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3268.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">aspartame in over-the-counter and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3278.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">prescription drugs for human use</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3288.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(§201.21);</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:3295.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:240.15pt;top:3297.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Required warning statements for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3307.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">prescription drugs containing sulfites</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3317.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(§201.22);</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:3325.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:242.60pt;top:3327.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Labeling statements for systemic</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3337.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">antibacterial drug products (§201.24);</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3347.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:3355.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:240.15pt;top:3357.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">The prescribed statement for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3367.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">investigational new drugs limiting them</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3377.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">to investigational use (§312.6(a)).</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3392.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">2. Biological Drug Products (§610.68(f))</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:3406.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">In addition to the labeling</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3416.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements for investigational new</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3426.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">drugs in §312.6, certain labeling</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3436.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements for biological products in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3446.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">21 CFR part 610 subpart G, except to the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3456.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">extent that they are explicitly required</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3466.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">by statute, may also be the subject of an</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3476.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exception or alternative under this rule:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:3484.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:240.15pt;top:3486.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">The information required on the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3496.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">product’s container label (§610.60);</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:369.90pt;top:3496.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 5.85pt">2</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:3503.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:240.15pt;top:3506.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Certain information on the package</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3516.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">label, specifically: Lot number,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3526.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">information on the preservative, number</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3536.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of containers, recommended storage</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3546.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">temperature, certain instructions for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3556.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">use, recommended individual dose,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3566.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">route of administration, known</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3576.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">sensitizing substances, type and amount</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3586.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of added antibiotics, inactive</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3596.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">ingredients, adjuvant, source of product,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3606.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">identity of microorganisms used in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3616.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">manufacture, and minimum potency</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3626.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(§610.61(c) and (e) through (r));</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:3633.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:240.15pt;top:3636.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Requirements relating to the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3646.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">position and prominence of the proper</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3656.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">name on the package label as well as</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3666.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements relating to size and type of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3676.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">characters (21 CFR 610.62);</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:3683.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:240.15pt;top:3686.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">The placement on the container and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3696.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">package label of the name, address, and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3706.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">license information of each</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3716.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">manufacturer participating in the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3726.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">manufacture of a biological product, if</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3736.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">two or more manufacturers participate</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3746.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">in manufacturing (21 CFR 610.63);</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:3753.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:240.15pt;top:3756.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">The name and address of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3766.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">distributor, and the required identifying</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3776.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">phrases on the label (21 CFR 610.64);</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3786.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:3793.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:240.15pt;top:3795.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Label requirements relating to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3805.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products for export (21 CFR 610.65)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3820.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">3. Medical Devices (§801.128(f))</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:3834.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">For medical devices, the appropriate</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3844.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">FDA Center Director may grant a request</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3854.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">for an exception or alternative to certain</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:3864.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling requirements in parts 801 and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3228.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">812 (21 CFR parts 801 and 812), except</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3238.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">to the extent that they are explicitly</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3248.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">required by statute:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:3256.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:417.15pt;top:3258.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Criteria for the statement of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3268.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">place of business (§801.1(d));</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:3276.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:417.15pt;top:3278.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Labeling information on the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3288.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">principal display panel of over-the-</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3298.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">counter devices in package form, i.e.,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3308.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the part of a label that is most likely to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3318.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">be displayed, presented, shown, or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3328.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">examined under customary conditions</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3338.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of display for retail sale (§801.60);</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:3346.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:417.15pt;top:3349.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Requirements related to an accurate</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3359.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">statement of principal intended action</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3369.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and format of a statement of identity for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3379.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">an over-the-counter device in package</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3389.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">form (§801.61);</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:3397.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:417.15pt;top:3399.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Requirements related to the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3409.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">declaration of net quantity of contents</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3419.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">on the label of an over-the-counter</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3429.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">device in package form (§801.62);</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:3437.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:417.15pt;top:3439.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Warning statement for over-the-</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3449.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">counter devices containing or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3459.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">manufactured with chlorofluorocarbons</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3469.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and other class I ozone-depleting</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3479.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">substances (§801.63);</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:3487.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:417.15pt;top:3490.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Labeling requirements for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3500.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">prescription devices (§801.109);</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:3508.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:417.15pt;top:3510.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Labeling requirements for specific</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3520.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">devices including dentures and hearing</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3530.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">aids (part 801, subpart H);</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:3538.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:417.15pt;top:3540.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">The prescribed statement for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3550.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">investigational devices limiting the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:417.15pt;top:3580.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">The prescribed statement for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3590.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">investigational devices used solely on</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3600.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">research animals limiting the device to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3610.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">investigational use in laboratory animals</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3620.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(§812.5(c)).</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3635.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">4. In Vitro Diagnostic Products</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3645.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(§809.11(f))</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:3660.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">The appropriate FDA Center Director</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3670.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">may grant a request for an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3680.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative to the following</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:417.15pt;top:3730.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Certain label information for IVDs,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3740.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">i.e., the proprietary name; the intended</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3760.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the declaration of the established name,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3770.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">if any, the quantity, proportion, and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3780.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">concentration of each reactive</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3820.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">for a reagent, appropriate storage</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3830.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">instructions adequate to protect the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3840.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">stability of the product; for a reagent, a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3850.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">means by which the user may be</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3860.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">ensured that the product meets</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3870.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">appropriate standards of identity,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3880.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">strength, quality and purity at the time</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:3890.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of use; and a lot or control number</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:3993.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.00pt">73594</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:101.60pt;top:3994.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10.00pt">Federal Register/Vol. 72, No. 248 /Friday, December 28, 2007 /Rules and Regulations</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:406.00pt;top:4677.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 4.55pt">3</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:409.05pt;top:4677.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">Section 3 of the Project BioShield Act of 2004</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4685.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">(section 319F–2 of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:63.15pt;top:4020.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Labeling accompanying each IVD,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4030.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">including reagents and instruments, i.e.,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4040.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">such information as proprietary name,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4050.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">intended use or uses, summary and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4059.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">explanation of the test, a statement of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4069.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">warnings or precautions for users,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4079.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">information regarding specimen</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4089.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">collection and preparation for analysis,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4099.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">outline of recommended procedures,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4109.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">information regarding results, limitation</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4119.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of the procedure, expected values,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4129.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">specific performance characteristics,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4139.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and bibliography (§809.10(b));</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:63.15pt;top:4148.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">The prescribed statements for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4158.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">investigational IVDs that are not subject</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:63.15pt;top:4177.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">The label of general purpose</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4187.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">laboratory reagents, i.e., the proprietary</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4197.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">name; the quantity, proportion, or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4207.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">concentration of the reagent ingredient;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4216.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and for a reagent derived from biological</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4226.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">material, the source and measure of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4236.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">activity; statement of purity and quality</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4246.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of the reagent; statement of warnings or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4256.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">precautions; appropriate storage</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4266.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">instructions adequate to protect the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4276.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">stability of the product; and a lot or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4286.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">control number (§809.10(d)(1)(i)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:63.15pt;top:4305.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Labeling of general purpose</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4315.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">laboratory equipment, i.e., description</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4325.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of the product, its composition, and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4335.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">physical characteristics if necessary for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4345.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">use (§809.10(d)(2)); and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:4351.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Symbol" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">•</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:63.15pt;top:4354.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Labeling for analyte specific</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4364.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">reagents, i.e., the proprietary name; the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4374.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">quantity, proportion, or concentration of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4384.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the reagent ingredient; and for a reagent</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4394.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">derived from biological material, the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4404.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">source and measure of activity;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4414.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">statement of purity and quality of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4424.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">reagent; statement of warnings or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4434.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">precautions for users; date of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4444.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">manufacture and appropriate storage</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4454.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">instructions adequate to protect the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4464.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">stability of the product; a lot or control</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4474.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">number; prescribed statements</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4484.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">regarding analytical and performance</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4494.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">characteristics specific to class I, II, and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4504.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">III analyte specific reagents</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4514.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(§809.10(e)(1)(i) through (e)(1)(vi) and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4524.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(e)(1)(ix) through (e)(1)(xi)).</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4539.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">IV. Legal Authority</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:4552.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">In this interim final rule, FDA is</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4562.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">amending regulations pertaining to the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4572.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">content and format of medical product</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4582.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling. The provisions of this rule will</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4592.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">allow FDA to grant exceptions or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4602.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternatives to certain of those labeling</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4612.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements. The labeling regulations</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4622.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">to which exceptions or alternatives will</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4632.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">be permitted were issued by FDA under</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4642.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">authority of the FFD&C Act and the PHS</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4652.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Act to mandate particular ways that</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4662.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">firms must satisfy the broad</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4672.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements and prohibitions in those</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4682.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">statutes, such as the prohibition on false</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4692.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and misleading drug and device</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4020.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling. As described in section II of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4030.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">this document, FDA has determined</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4040.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">that circumstances may arise in which</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4050.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">compliance with those regulatory</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4059.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">mandates could adversely affect the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4069.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">safety, effectiveness, or availability of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4079.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">certain medical products that are or will</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4089.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">be included in the SNS. Moreover, due</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4099.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">to the unique nature of the SNS, those</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4109.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products could deviate from particular</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4119.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">mandates of existing labeling</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4129.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">regulations without violating the broad</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4139.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">statutory requirements and prohibitions</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4149.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">in the FFD&C Act and the PHS Act. For</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4158.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">those reasons, FDA is exercising its</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4168.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">authority to regulate labeling by</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4178.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">modifying the existing regulations in a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4188.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">way that will allow exceptions or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4198.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternatives for medical products that</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4208.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">are or will be included in the SNS.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:4217.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">FDA has various sources of authority</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4227.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">to issue labeling regulations. For</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4237.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">example, under section 502(a) of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4247.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">FFD&C Act, a drug (including biological</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4257.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products) or device is misbranded if its</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4267.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling is false or misleading in any</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4277.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">particular. In determining whether a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4286.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">product’s labeling is misleading, FDA</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4296.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">may consider not only representations</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4306.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or suggestions made in the labeling, but</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4316.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">also whether the labeling fails to reveal</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4326.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">material facts in light of those</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4336.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">representations or suggestions or with</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4346.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">respect to consequences which may</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4356.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">result from the use of the product under</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4366.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">customary or usual conditions of use</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4376.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(section 201(n) of the FFD&C Act (21</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4385.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">U.S.C. 321(n))). By authority delegated</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4395.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">under section 701(a) of the FFD&C Act</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4405.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(21 U.S.C. 371(a)), FDA is authorized to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4415.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">issue regulations for the efficient</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4425.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">enforcement of the FFD&C Act. Existing</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4435.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">FDA regulations mandating specific</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4494.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">false or misleading in any particular, to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4514.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">material facts in light of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4524.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">representations or suggestions in the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4544.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">efficiently enforce those statutory</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4554.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements as well as other</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4564.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements of the FFD&C Act and the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:4583.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Because biological products are also</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4593.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">drugs as defined within the FFD&C Act,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4603.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the authority discussed previously</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4612.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">extends to regulations prescribing</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4622.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">content and format requirements for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4632.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">biological product labeling. There is,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4642.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">however, additional legal authority in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4652.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the PHS Act for this rule’s requirements</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4662.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">with respect to biological products</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4672.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">generally. For example, section</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4682.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">351(a)(1)(A) of the PHS Act provides</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4020.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">for introduction into interstate</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4030.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">commerce any biological product unless</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4040.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">a biologics license is in effect for the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4050.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">product. By authority delegated under</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4059.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">section 351(a)(2)(A) of the PHS Act,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4069.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">FDA is required to establish, by</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4079.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">regulation, requirements for the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4089.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">approval, suspension, and revocation of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4099.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">biologics licenses.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:4108.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Because the SNS is intended ‘‘to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4128.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">security of the United States * * * in the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4138.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">event of a bioterrorist attack or other</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4148.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">public health emergency,’’ the SNS</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4158.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">may contain products that would</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4168.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">otherwise not be available for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4178.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">widespread distribution. For example,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4187.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the ASPR (exercising the Secretary’s</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4197.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">authority), in collaboration with the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4207.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Director of the CDC and in coordination</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4217.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">with the Department of Homeland</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4227.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Security, may determine that it is</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4237.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">appropriate to include certain</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4247.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">investigational medical products in the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4257.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">SNS. As described in section II of this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4267.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">document, some of these products</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4277.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">require storage at extremely low</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4287.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">temperatures and cannot be temporarily</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4297.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">removed from storage for relabeling</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4307.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">without compromising their integrity.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4317.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Moreover, shipping products from SNS</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4327.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">storage sites to relabelers or back to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4337.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">manufacturers for relabeling could</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4347.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">increase the potential for sabotage and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4357.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">diversion, as well as increase exposure</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4377.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">such as temperature deviations. As a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4387.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">result, removing these investigational</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4397.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products from storage for relabeling at</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4407.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the time of approval and then returning</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4417.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">them to storage could undermine their</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4427.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">safety, effectiveness, or availability and,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4437.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">in some cases, would be impracticable.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4447.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Compliance with the FDA regulations</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4467.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">could discourage SNS procurement of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4477.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">these products and thereby limit</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4487.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">available countermeasures in the event</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4497.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of a bioterrorist attack or other public</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4507.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">health emergency.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:4516.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">To address this concern, FDA is</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4526.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">creating a mechanism to allow</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4536.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exceptions or alternatives to the labeling</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4546.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">regulations specified in this rule to help</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4556.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">ensure the safety, effectiveness, and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4566.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">availability of medical products that are</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4596.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternatives granted under this rule will</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:536.40pt;top:4785.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.00pt">73595</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:101.60pt;top:4786.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10.00pt">Federal Register/Vol. 72, No. 248 /Friday, December 28, 2007 /Rules and Regulations</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4812.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">essential to the SNS. As explained in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4822.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">section III.D of this document, a grant of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4832.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">an exception or alternative under this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4842.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">rule may include additional safeguards</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4861.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products subject to the exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4871.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative includes information needed</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4881.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">for safe and effective use under the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4891.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">anticipated circumstances of use.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4901.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Moreover, products intended for use in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4931.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">numbers of people within confined</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4941.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">geographic areas, such as in the case of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4950.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">a natural disaster. These SNS products</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4970.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">quantities to facilitate rapid distribution</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:4990.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Consequently, their packaging and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5000.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">distribution may differ from that of non-</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5010.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">SNS products. Moreover, HHS may</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5030.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">product information, collect adverse</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5040.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">event information, and track the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5049.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">product’s distribution.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:5059.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">This rule does not create exemptions</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5098.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Act set forth certain types of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5108.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">information that must appear in the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5118.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling for medical products. For</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5128.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">example, section 351(a)(1)(B) of the PHS</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5177.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">applicable license number of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5207.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">product. Drugs (including biological</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5237.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">containing the name and place of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5247.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">business of the manufacturer, packer, or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5257.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">distributor (section 502(b)(1) of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5267.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">FFD&C Act). This interim final rule does</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5286.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">any of those requirements. In addition,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5296.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the FFD&C Act and the PHS Act both</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5306.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">prohibit false labeling (section 502(a) of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5316.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the FFD&C Act); section 351(b) of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5346.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">medical product labeling.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:5355.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">As noted previously, this rule does</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5375.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">enforcement discretion with respect to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5395.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">including those involving medical</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5405.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">product labeling (</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:118.40pt;top:5405.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">see Heckler</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5415.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">470 U.S. 821 (1985)).</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:5424.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">To the extent that a State requires</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5434.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling that directly conflicts with, is</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5444.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">different from, or is in addition, to any</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5454.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exceptions or alternatives granted under</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5464.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">this rule, the State-required labeling</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5474.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">would be subject to implied conflict</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5484.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">preemption and, in some cases, express</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4812.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">preemption. FDA restated its</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4822.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">longstanding views on preemption in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4832.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the preamble to the recently</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4842.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">promulgated final rule entitled</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4851.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">‘‘Requirements on Content and Format</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4861.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of Labeling for Human Prescription</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4871.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Drug and Biological Products’’ (see 71</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4881.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">FR 3922 at 3933 through 3936 and 3967</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4891.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">through 3969; January 24, 2006), and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4901.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">that discussion reflects the agency’s</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4911.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">current position on this issue.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:4920.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Under the principles of implied</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4930.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">conflict preemption, courts have found</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4940.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">State law preempted where it is</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4950.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">impossible to comply with both Federal</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4960.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and State law or where the State law</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4970.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">‘‘stands as an obstacle to the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4979.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">accomplishment and execution of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4989.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">full purposes and objectives of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:4999.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Congress.’’</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:268.95pt;top:4999.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">See English</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:319.05pt;top:4999.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">v.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:329.00pt;top:4999.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">General</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5009.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Electric Co.</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:269.15pt;top:5009.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">, 496 U.S. 72, 79 (1990);</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5019.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc.</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:379.50pt;top:5019.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5029.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">373 U.S. 132, 142–143 (1963);</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:347.90pt;top:5029.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Hines</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:374.20pt;top:5029.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">v.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5039.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Davidowitz</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:268.70pt;top:5039.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">, 312 U.S. 52, 67 (1941).</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5049.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Consistent with this case law, section</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5059.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">4(a) of Executive Order 13132 states that</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5069.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">‘‘[a]gencies shall construe * * * a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5078.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Federal statute to preempt State law</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5088.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">only where the statute contains an</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5098.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">express preemption provision or there is</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5108.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">some other clear evidence that the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5118.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Congress intended preemption of State</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5128.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">law, or where the exercise of State</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5138.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">authority conflicts with the exercise of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5148.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Federal authority under the Federal</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5158.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">statute.’’</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:5167.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">As explained previously, this interim</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5177.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">final rule will facilitate the safety,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5187.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">effectiveness, and availability of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5197.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">appropriate medical countermeasures in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5206.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the event of a public health emergency.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5216.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Because Congress authorized the SNS to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5226.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">‘‘provide for the emergency health</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5236.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">security of the United States * * * in the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5246.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">event of a bioterrorist attack or other</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5256.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">public health emergency,’’ products</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5266.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">held in the SNS should be ready for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5276.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">deployment at all times. In an</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5286.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">emergency, it is critical that State</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5296.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements regarding the content and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5305.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">format of labeling do not interfere with</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5315.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the safety, effectiveness, or availability</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5325.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of SNS products. FDA believes that</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5335.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">State-required labeling requirements</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5345.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">different from or in addition to FDA</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5355.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements would ‘‘stand as an</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5365.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">obstacle to the accomplishment and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5375.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">execution of the full purposes and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5385.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">objectives of Congress.’’ See Hines, 312</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5395.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">U.S. at 67. Moreover, these State</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5405.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements would ‘‘conflict with the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5415.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exercise of Federal authority under</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5425.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">[PHS Act section 319F–2, 42 U.S.C.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5435.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">247d–6b].’’ See Executive Order 13132.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:5444.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Additionally, under section 751 of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5454.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">FFD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 379r), State or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5464.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">local requirements that are different</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5474.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">from or in addition to exceptions or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5484.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternatives granted under this rule, and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4812.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">relate to the regulation of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4822.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">nonprescription drugs, are expressly</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4832.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">preempted. Similarly, in accordance</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4842.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">with section 521 of the FFD&C Act (21</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4871.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exceptions or alternatives granted under</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4881.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">this rule with respect to approved</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4891.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">medical devices are expressly</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4921.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">discussion of preemption in the context</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4931.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of this interim final rule.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4945.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">V. Issuance of an Interim Final Rule,</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4955.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Immediate Effective Date, and</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4965.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Opportunity for Public Comment</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:4978.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">FDA is issuing this rule as an interim</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4988.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">final rule, effective immediately, with</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:4998.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">an opportunity for public comment.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5008.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Section 553(b)(3)(B) of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5018.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5028.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">553(b)(3)(B)) provides that, when an</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5038.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">agency for good cause finds that notice</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5048.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and public procedure are impracticable,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5058.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">unnecessary, or contrary to public</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5068.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">interest, the agency may issue a rule</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5077.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">without providing notice and public</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5087.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">comment. FDA has determined that</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5097.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">there is good cause under 5 U.S.C.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5107.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">553(b)(3)(B) and 21 CFR 10.40(d) to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5117.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">publish this regulation as an interim</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5127.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">final rule. An emergency requiring</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5137.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">deployment of medical products in the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5147.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">SNS could happen at any time. Without</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5157.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">this rule, the safety, effectiveness, or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5167.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">availability of medical products held in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5176.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the SNS could be adversely affected</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5186.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">because of relabeling requirements. An</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5196.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">interim final rule ensures that a legal</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5216.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">addressing labeling issues associated</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5226.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">with medical products in the SNS</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5236.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">without compromising their safety,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5246.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">effectiveness, or availability for use in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5275.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">times.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:5285.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">FDA invites public comment on this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5324.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">modifications to this interim final rule</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5334.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">based on comments made during the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5384.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">interim final rule. Submit a single copy</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5577.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.00pt">73596</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:101.60pt;top:5578.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10.00pt">Federal Register/Vol. 72, No. 248 /Friday, December 28, 2007 /Rules and Regulations</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:5604.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">FDA will address comments received</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5614.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and confirm or amend this interim final</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5624.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">rule in a final rule.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5638.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">VI. Analysis of Impacts</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5681.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">U.S.C. 601–612), and the Unfunded</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5691.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Public</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5701.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Law 104–4). Executive Order 12866</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5721.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">benefits of available regulatory</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5731.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternatives and, when regulation is</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5741.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">necessary, to select regulatory</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5751.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">approaches that maximize net benefits</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5761.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(including potential economic,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5770.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">environmental, public health and safety,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5790.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">impacts; and equity). The agency</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5800.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">believes that this interim final rule is</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5810.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">not a significant regulatory action under</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5820.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the Executive order.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:5829.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">The Regulatory Flexibility Act</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5839.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requires agencies to analyze regulatory</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5849.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">options that would minimize any</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5859.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">significant impact of a rule on small</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5869.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">entities. Because of the deregulatory</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5879.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">nature of this rule and the minimal costs</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5889.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">associated with applying for an</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5899.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exception or alternative under this rule,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5909.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the agency certifies that the interim final</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5919.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">rule will not have a significant</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5929.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">economic impact on a substantial</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5939.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">number of small entities.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:5948.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Section 202(a) of the Unfunded</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5958.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Mandates Reform Act of 1995 requires</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5968.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">that agencies prepare a written</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5978.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">statement, which includes an</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5988.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">assessment of anticipated costs and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:5998.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">benefits, before proposing ‘‘any rule that</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6008.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">includes any Federal mandate that may</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6018.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">result in the expenditure by State, local,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6028.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and tribal governments, in the aggregate,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6038.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or by the private sector, of $100,000,000</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6048.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or more (adjusted annually for inflation)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6058.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">in any one year.’’ The current threshold</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6068.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">after adjustment for inflation is $127</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6078.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">million, using the most current (2006)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6088.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Implicit Price Deflator for the Gross</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6098.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Domestic Product. FDA does not expect</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6108.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">this interim final rule to result in any 1–</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6118.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">year expenditure that would meet or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6128.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exceed this amount.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6143.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">A. Need for the Interim Final Rule</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:6156.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">FDA is issuing this interim final rule</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6166.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">to allow for exceptions or alternatives to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6176.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">specified labeling requirements for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6186.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">certain medical products that are or will</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6196.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">be in the SNS. As explained in other</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6206.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">sections of this preamble, compliance</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6216.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">with these labeling requirements in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6226.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">some circumstances could adversely</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6236.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">affect or compromise the safety,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6246.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">effectiveness or availability of these</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6256.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products. Exceptions or alternatives to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6266.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">certain labeling requirements will</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6276.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">provide the flexibility needed to help</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5604.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">ensure that FDA-regulated medical</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5614.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products that are or will be in the SNS</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5624.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">are not deemed misbranded and are</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5634.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">available in an emergency situation.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5649.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">B. Scope of the Interim Final Rule</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:5665.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">This interim final rule applies to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5675.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">medical products that are or will be</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5685.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">stockpiled by the SNS. It allows entities</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5695.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">that manufacture (including labeling,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5705.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">packing, relabeling, or repackaging),</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5715.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">distribute, or store affected SNS</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5725.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products to request an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5735.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative to specified regulatory</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5745.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling requirements for human drugs,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5755.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">biological products, and medical</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5765.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">devices to prevent misbranding of those</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5775.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products in the SNS. Any grant of such</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5785.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">a request by an FDA Center Director</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5805.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or other units of medical product</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5815.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">identified in the request. When</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5825.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">reviewing requests, the FDA Center</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5865.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">safety, effectiveness, or availability of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5885.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">appropriate safeguards and conditions</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5905.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">to the request would include</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5915.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">information needed for safe and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5925.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">effective use under the anticipated</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5935.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">circumstances of use. Alternatively, at</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5945.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">his or her own initiative, an FDA Center</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5955.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Director may grant an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5965.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative to the specified labeling</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5975.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">provisions without receiving a written</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5985.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">request. Allowing the agency the ability</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:5995.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">to act on its own initiative could help</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6005.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">avoid misbranding of products that are</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6015.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or will be in the SNS.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6030.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">C. Costs of the Interim Final Rule</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:6046.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">This rule would allow SNS officials</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6056.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and entities that manufacture (including</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6066.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling, packing, relabeling, or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6076.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">repackaging), distribute, or store</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6086.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">medical products in the SNS to request</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6096.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exceptions from certain labeling</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6106.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements in FDA regulations. An</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6116.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exception or alternative from specified</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6126.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling requirements for FDA-regulated</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6136.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">medical products can also be initiated</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6146.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">by the appropriate FDA Center Director.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6156.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">The interim final rule would impose</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6166.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">compliance costs on industry when</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6176.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">entities prepare and submit requests for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6186.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exceptions or alternatives to labeling</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6206.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">their products that are or will be in the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6216.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">SNS. However, granting exceptions or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6226.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternatives to labeling requirements</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6236.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">would provide the government with the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6246.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">flexibility needed to more efficiently</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6256.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">manage medical products in the SNS</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6266.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">without risking the availability of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6276.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">medical products for emergency use (see</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5604.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">section VI.D of this document, Benefits</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5614.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of the Interim Final Rule).</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:5623.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">FDA estimates that requests for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5633.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exceptions would cost from $380 to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5643.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">$1,130 for each request. Regulatory</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5653.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Affairs personnel may spend from 8 to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5663.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">24 hours per request preparing the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5672.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">information that would be required in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5682.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">an application for an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5692.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative under this rule. According to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5702.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Bureau of Labor Statistics data, the fully</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5712.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">loaded hourly wage for management</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5722.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and professional employees working in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5732.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">goods-producing industries was $47.25</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5742.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">in 2004 (U.S. Department of Labor,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5752.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Bureau of Labor Statistics, ‘‘Employer</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5762.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Cost Employee Compensation—</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5771.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">December 2004,’’</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:472.45pt;top:5771.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Bureau of Labor</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5781.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Statistics News</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:461.45pt;top:5781.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">, USDL 05–432, March</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5791.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">16, 2005).</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5806.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">D. Benefits of the Interim Final Rule</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:5819.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Although the agency has no data to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5829.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">quantify the benefits, this interim final</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5839.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">rule provides flexibility in labeling</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5849.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements for FDA-regulated medical</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5859.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products in the SNS. If an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5869.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative is granted, affected medical</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5879.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products in the SNS would not be</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5889.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">misbranded and would not be rendered</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5898.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">unavailable for emergency use due to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5908.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">relabeling operations. Exceptions or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5918.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternatives may be granted on a case-</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5928.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">by-case basis at the initiative of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5938.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">appropriate FDA Center Director or after</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5948.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">receipt of a written request from an</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5958.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">entity that manufactures, distributes, or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5968.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">stores products in the SNS. To illustrate</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5978.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the potential benefits of this rule we</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5988.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">describe costs that could be avoided by</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:5997.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">granting an exception or alternative to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:6007.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">certain labeling requirements upon</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:6017.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">written request of a manufacturer.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:6027.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">In some cases, granting an exception</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:6047.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">relabeling costs. For example, to change</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:6137.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">remove the product from the old carton</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:6177.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the existing label, reducing the amount</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:6187.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of effort needed to make this change.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:6197.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Because packaging is normally</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:536.40pt;top:6369.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.00pt">73597</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:101.60pt;top:6370.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10.00pt">Federal Register/Vol. 72, No. 248 /Friday, December 28, 2007 /Rules and Regulations</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6396.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the SNS was subsequently approved,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6406.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the product labeling would have needed</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6416.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">to be immediately changed to add</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6426.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">approved labeling information that was</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6436.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">unavailable prior to approval. An</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6446.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exception or alternative to these labeling</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6456.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements might allow entities to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6466.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">ship investigational products with</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6476.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling that can be manually modified</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6486.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or supplemented at the SNS location</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6496.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">once the drug is approved. Without an</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6506.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exception or alternative, it would be</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6516.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">necessary to remove the investigational</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6526.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products from the SNS for relabeling or,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6536.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">in some cases, to replace the product.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:6546.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">This rule would avoid other potential</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6556.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">costs. Without an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6566.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative, the SNS might be required</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6576.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">to purchase costly replacement units. In</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6586.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">other cases, some products may be</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6596.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">appropriate for exceptions or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6606.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternatives because their availability for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6616.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">use in an emergency could be</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6626.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">compromised if they had to be shipped</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6636.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">out of the SNS to be relabeled.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6646.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Removing such products from the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6656.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">stockpile, even temporarily, could</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6666.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">jeopardize or adversely affect product</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6676.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">safety or effectiveness (due to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6686.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">conditions of relabeling or related</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6696.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">shipping, storage, and handling),</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6706.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requiring additional product testing or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6716.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">product replacement. Because</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6726.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">replacement costs would vary widely</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6736.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and depend on the nature of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6746.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">product, the number of units affected,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6756.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and current market price, the amount of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6766.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">these avoided costs is unknown.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:6777.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Although we only describe the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6787.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">potential benefits of this interim final</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6797.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">rule in qualitative terms, we believe it</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6817.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of providing flexibility in labeling</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6827.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements for SNS products justify</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6837.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the potential compliance costs of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6847.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">rule. Moreover, the rule will allow FDA</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6857.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the flexibility to manage the products in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6867.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the SNS without risking the safety,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6877.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">effectiveness, or availability of these</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6887.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products for use in an emergency.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6902.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">E. Small Business Impacts</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:6916.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">FDA has examined the economic</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6926.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">implications of this proposed rule as</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6936.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">required by the Regulatory Flexibility</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6946.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Act (5 U.S.C. 601–612). If a rule has a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6956.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">significant economic impact on a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6966.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">substantial number of small entities, the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6976.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Regulatory Flexibility Act requires</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6986.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">agencies to analyze regulatory options</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:6996.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">that would lessen the economic effect of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7006.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the rule on small entities. This rule is</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7016.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">not expected to have a significant</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7026.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">impact on a substantial number of small</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7036.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">entities. It is estimated that this interim</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6396.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">final rule will cost small entities no</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6406.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">more than $1,130 when they submit a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6416.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">request. For affected small entities (e.g.,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6426.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">medical product manufacturers,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6435.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">relabelers, or packers) we expect that</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6445.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">this would represent a negligible</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6455.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">proportion of annual receipts.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6465.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Therefore, the agency certifies that the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6475.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">interim final rule will not have a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6485.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">significant economic impact on a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6495.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">substantial number of small entities.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6510.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">F. Regulatory Options Considered</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:6523.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">No new regulatory action. The agency</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6533.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">considered and rejected this option. The</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6543.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Agency recognized that certain medical</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6553.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products in the SNS, due to their</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6562.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">anticipated circumstances of use in an</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6572.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">emergency, might need to be labeled in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6582.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">a manner that did not comply with</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6592.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">certain FDA labeling regulations.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6602.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Without the ability to grant an exception</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6612.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">to labeling requirements, existing FDA</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6622.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling regulations would have</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6632.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">rendered such medical products</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6642.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">misbranded. Moreover, the relabeling of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6652.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">these products to comply with FDA</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6661.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling regulations could have</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6671.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">adversely affected their safety,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6681.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">effectiveness, or availability. As a result,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6691.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">FDA would have needed to exercise</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6701.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">enforcement discretion to allow labeling</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6711.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">to deviate from FDA requirements. To</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6721.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the extent possible, FDA believes that</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6731.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">amending its labeling regulations is</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6741.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">preferable to reliance on enforcement</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6751.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">discretion to ensure the continued</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6760.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">availability of medical products that are</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6770.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or will be in the SNS.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6785.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">VII. The Paperwork Reduction Act of</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6795.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">1995</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:6808.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">This interim final rule contains</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6818.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">information collection provisions that</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6828.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">are subject to review by the Office of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6838.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Management and Budget (OMB) under</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6848.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6858.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(the PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520). The</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6868.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">title, description, and respondent</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6878.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">description of the information collection</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6887.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">provisions are shown as follows with an</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6897.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">estimate of the annual reporting burden.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6907.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Included in the estimate is the time for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6917.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">reviewing instructions, searching</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6927.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">existing data sources, gathering and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6937.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">maintaining the data needed, and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6947.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">completing and reviewing each</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6957.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">collection of information.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:6966.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">FDA invites comments on the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6976.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">following topics: (1) Whether the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6986.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">collection of information is necessary</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:6996.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">for the proper performance of FDA’s</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7006.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">functions, including whether the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7016.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">information will have practical utility;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7026.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(2) the accuracy of FDA’s estimate of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7036.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">burden of the collection of information,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:6396.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">including the validity of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:6406.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">methodology and assumptions used; (3)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:6416.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">ways to enhance the quality, utility, and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:6558.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Directors to grant a request submitted</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:6598.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">devices), and 809.11(c)(1)(i) (in vitro</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:6608.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">diagnostic products for human use) for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:6618.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">an exception or alternative to certain</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:6628.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">applicable regulatory labeling</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:417.15pt;top:6669.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Identify the specified lots, batches,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:6679.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or other units of the affected product;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:417.15pt;top:6690.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Identify the labeling provisions</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:417.15pt;top:6721.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Explain why compliance with the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:6731.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">specified labeling provisions could</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:417.15pt;top:6863.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Provide any other information</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:6894.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">The FDA Center Director will grant</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:190.00pt;top:7217.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Respondents</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:263.10pt;top:7209.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Annual Frequency</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:270.65pt;top:7217.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">per Response</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:355.30pt;top:7209.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Total Annual</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:357.95pt;top:7217.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Responses</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:435.70pt;top:7209.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Hours per</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:435.45pt;top:7217.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Response</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:508.10pt;top:7213.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Total Hours</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:49.70pt;top:7234.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">201.26(c)(1)(i) 18 1 18 24 432</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:49.70pt;top:7251.75pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">610.68(c)(1)(i) 10 1 10 24 240</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:49.70pt;top:7269.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">801.128(c)(1)(i) and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:57.70pt;top:7278.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">809.11(c)(1)(i) 2 1 2 24 48</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:49.70pt;top:7295.35pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Total</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:549.25pt;top:7295.35pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">720</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:53.00pt;top:7310.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 5.20pt">1</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:56.45pt;top:7310.15pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:7336.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Although FDA cannot predict the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7346.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">number of future requests, based on</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7356.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">limited information within FDA, we</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7366.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">estimate that approximately 30</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7376.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">respondents will request annually one</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7386.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exception or alternative to labeling</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7396.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">provisions to avoid misbranding of their</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7406.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products in the SNS. The estimate of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7416.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">one request per respondent is based on</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7426.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the anticipated occasional occurrence of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7435.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">a product being misbranded while in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7445.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the SNS. We are estimating that each</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7455.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">respondent will spend from 8 to 24</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7465.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">hours preparing each request. The hours</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7475.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">per response are based on estimated</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7485.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">time that it takes to prepare a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7495.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">supplement to an application, which</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7505.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">may be considered similar to a request</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7515.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">for an exception or alternative.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:7524.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">The information collection provisions</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7534.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">in §§314.70, 601.12, 807.81 and 814.39</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7544.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">have been approved under OMB control</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7554.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">numbers 0910–0001 (expires May 31,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7563.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">2008), 0910–0338 (expires September</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7573.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">30, 2008), 0910–0120 (expires August</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7583.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">31, 2010), and 0910–0231 (expires</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7593.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">September 30, 2007), respectively.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:7603.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">The information collection provisions</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7613.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">for this interim final rule have been</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7623.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">approved under the emergency</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7633.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">processing provisions of the PRA. The</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7643.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">assigned OMB approval number of this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7653.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">collection of information is 0910–0614.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7663.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">This approval expires on June 30, 2008.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7673.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Interested persons are requested to fax</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7683.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">comments regarding the information</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7693.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">collection by (see DATES) to the Office</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7703.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of Information and Regulatory Affairs,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7713.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">OMB (see ADDRESSES).</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:7722.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">An agency may not conduct or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7732.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">sponsor, and a person is not required to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7742.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">respond to, a collection of information</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7752.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">unless it displays a currently valid OMB</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7762.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">control number.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7777.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">VIII. Environmental Impact</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:7790.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">The agency has determined under 21</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7800.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">CFR 25.30(k) that this action is of a type</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7810.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">that does not individually or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7820.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">cumulatively have a significant effect on</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7830.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the human environment. Therefore,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7840.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">neither an environmental assessment</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7850.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">nor an environmental impact statement</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:7860.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">is required.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7336.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">IX. Federalism</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:7354.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">As stated in the preamble, FDA has</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7364.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">analyzed this interim final rule in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7374.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">accordance with the principles set forth</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7384.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">in Executive Order 13132. Section 4(a)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7394.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of this Executive Order requires</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7404.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">agencies to ‘‘construe * * * a Federal</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7414.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">statute to preempt State law only where</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7424.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the statute contains an express</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7434.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">preemption provision or there is some</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7445.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">other clear evidence that the Congress</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7455.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">intended preemption of State law, or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7465.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">where the exercise of State authority</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7475.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">conflicts with the exercise of Federal</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7485.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">authority under the Federal statute.’’ In</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7495.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">this rule, FDA is revising certain</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7505.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements concerning the format and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7515.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">content of labeling for human drugs,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7525.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">biological products, and medical</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7535.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">devices that are or will be included in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7546.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the SNS to provide for exceptions or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7556.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternatives to these requirements under</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7566.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">specified circumstances. To the extent</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7576.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">that a State requires labeling that</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7586.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">directly conflicts with, is different from,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7596.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or is in addition, to any exceptions or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7606.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternatives granted under this rule, the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7616.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">State-required labeling would be subject</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7626.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">to implied conflict preemption.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7636.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Moreover, certain State requirements</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7647.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">regarding the format and content of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7657.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">nonprescription drug labeling and/or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7667.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling of approved medical devices</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7677.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">may be subject to the express</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7687.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">preemption provisions in section 751 of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7697.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the FFD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 360k)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7707.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(nonprescription drugs) and section 521</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7717.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of the FFD&C Act (approved medical</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7727.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">devices).</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:7740.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">FDA is aware that State requirements</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7750.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">on medical product labeling, often as a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7760.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">result of product liability lawsuits, may</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7770.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">conflict with Federal requirements. FDA</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7780.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">restated its longstanding views on</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7790.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">preemption in the preamble to the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7800.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">recently promulgated final rule entitled</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7810.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">‘‘Requirements on Content and Format</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7820.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of Labeling for Human Prescription</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7830.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Drug and Biological Products’’ (see 71</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7840.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">FR 3922 at 3933 through 3936 and 3967</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7850.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">through 3969). That discussion is</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7860.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">applicable to this interim final rule as</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7336.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">well, and reflects the agency’s current</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7346.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">position on this issue.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:7356.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Section 4(c) of Executive Order 13132</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7365.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">instructs us to restrict any Federal</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7375.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">preemption of State law to the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7385.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">‘‘minimum level necessary to achieve</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7395.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the objectives of the statute pursuant to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7405.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">which the regulations are promulgated.’’</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7415.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">This interim final rule meets the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7425.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">preceding requirement because, as</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7435.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">discussed previously, it would preempt</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7445.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">only State laws that directly conflict</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7455.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">with, are different from, or are in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7464.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">addition to any Federal requirements.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7474.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Section 4(d) of Executive Order 13132</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7484.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">states that when an agency foresees the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7494.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">possibility of a conflict between State</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7504.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">law and federally protected interests</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7514.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">within the agency’s area of regulatory</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7524.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">responsibility, the agency ‘‘shall</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7534.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">consult, to the extent practicable, with</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7544.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">appropriate State and local officials in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7554.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">an effort to avoid such a conflict.’’ In</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7563.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">this case, FDA foresees the possibility of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7573.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">a conflict between State law and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7583.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">federally protected interests within the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7593.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">agency’s area of regulatory</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7603.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">responsibility.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:7613.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Section 4(e) of Executive Order 13132</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7623.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">adds that ‘‘when an agency proposes to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7633.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">act through adjudication or rulemaking</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7643.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">to preempt State law, the agency ‘‘shall</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7653.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">provide all affected State and local</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7663.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">officials notice and an opportunity for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7673.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">appropriate participation in the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7683.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">proceedings.’’ FDA is seeking input</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7693.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">from all stakeholders on the provisions</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7703.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of this interim final rule through</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7713.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">publication of the rule in the </FONT></FONT><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Federal</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7723.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Register, and will consult with State</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7733.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and local officials in an effort to avoid</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7743.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">conflicts between State law and Federal</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7753.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">protected interests in accordance with</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7763.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Executive Order 13132.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:7772.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">In conclusion, the agency believes</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7782.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">that it has complied with all of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7792.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">applicable requirements under</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7802.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Executive Order 13132 and has</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7812.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">determined that this interim final rule is</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7822.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">consistent with the Executive order.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8000.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Submit a single copy of electronic</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8010.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">comments or two paper copies of any</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8020.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">mailed comments, except that</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8030.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">individuals may submit one paper copy.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8040.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Comments are to be identified with the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8050.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">docket number found in brackets in the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8060.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">heading of this document. Received</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8070.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">comments may be seen in the Division</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8080.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of Dockets Management between 9 a.m.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8090.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8105.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">List of Subjects</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8120.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">21 CFR Part 201</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:8134.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Drugs, Labeling, Reporting and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8144.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">recordkeeping requirements.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8159.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">21 CFR Part 312</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:8174.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Drugs, Exports, Imports,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8184.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Investigations, Labeling, Medical</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8194.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">research, Reporting and recordkeeping</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8204.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements, Safety.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8219.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">21 CFR Part 314</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:8233.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Administrative practice and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8243.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">procedure, Confidential business</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8253.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">information, Drugs, Reporting and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8263.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">recordkeeping requirements.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8278.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">21 CFR Part 601</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:8293.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Administrative practice and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8303.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">procedure, Biologics, Confidential</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8313.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">business information.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8328.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">21 CFR Part 610</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:8342.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Biologics, Labeling, Reporting and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8352.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">recordkeeping requirements.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8367.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">21 CFR Part 801</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:8382.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Labeling, Medical devices, Reporting</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8392.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and recordkeeping requirements.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8407.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">21 CFR Part 807</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:8421.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Confidential business information,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8431.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Imports, Medical devices, Reporting and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8441.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">recordkeeping requirements.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8456.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">21 CFR Part 809</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:8471.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Labeling, Medical devices.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8486.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">21 CFR Part 812</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:8500.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Health records, Medical devices,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8510.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Medical research, Reporting and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8520.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">recordkeeping requirements.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8535.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">21 CFR Part 814</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:8549.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Administrative practice and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8559.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">procedure, Confidential business</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8569.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">information, Medical devices, Medical</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8579.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">research, Reporting and recordkeeping</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8589.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:53.35pt;top:8602.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Therefore, under the Federal Food,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8612.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8622.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Health Service Act, and under authority</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8632.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">delegated to the Commissioner of Food</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8642.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and Drugs, 21 CFR chapter I is amended</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8652.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">as follows:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:7981.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">PART 201—LABELING</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8000.75pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Amyuni Symbols" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">ٱ</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:230.35pt;top:7999.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">1. The authority citation for 21 CFR</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8009.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">part 201 continues to read as follows:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:230.00pt;top:8023.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 331, 351, 352,</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8032.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">353, 355, 358, 360, 360b, 360gg–360ss, 371,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8041.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">374, 379e; 42 U.S.C. 216, 241, 262, 264.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8054.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Amyuni Symbols" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">ٱ</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:230.35pt;top:8053.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">2. Add §201.26 to subpart A to read</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8063.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">as follows:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8080.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">§201.26</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:260.25pt;top:8080.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Exceptions or alternatives to</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8089.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">labeling requirements for human drug</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8098.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">products held by the Strategic National</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8107.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Stockpile.</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:8118.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(a) The appropriate FDA Center</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8128.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Director may grant an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8138.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative to any provision listed in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8148.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">paragraph (f) of this section and not</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8158.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">explicitly required by statute, for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8168.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">specified lots, batches, or other units of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8178.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">a human drug product, if the Center</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8188.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Director determines that compliance</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8198.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">with such labeling requirement could</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8208.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">adversely affect the safety, effectiveness,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8218.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or availability of such product that is or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8228.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">will be included in the Strategic</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8238.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">National Stockpile.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:8249.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(b)(1)(i) A Strategic National Stockpile</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8259.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">official or any entity that manufactures</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8269.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(including labeling, packing, relabeling,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8279.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or repackaging), distributes, or stores a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8289.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">human drug product that is or will be</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8299.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">included in the Strategic National</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8309.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Stockpile may submit, with written</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8319.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">concurrence from a Strategic National</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8329.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Stockpile official, a written request for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8339.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">an exception or alternative described in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8349.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">paragraph (a) of this section to the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8359.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Center Director.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:8369.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(ii) The Center Director may grant an</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8379.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exception or alternative described in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8389.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">paragraph (a) of this section on his or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8399.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">her own initiative.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:8410.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(2) A written request for an exception</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8420.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or alternative described in paragraph (a)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8430.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of this section must:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:8440.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(i) Identify the specified lots, batches,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8450.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or other units of the human drug</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8460.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">product that would be subject to the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8470.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exception or alternative;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:8481.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(ii) Identify the labeling provision(s)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8491.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">listed in paragraph (f) of this section</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8501.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">that are the subject of the exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8511.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative request;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:8521.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(iii) Explain why compliance with</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8531.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">such labeling provision(s) could</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8541.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">adversely affect the safety, effectiveness,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8551.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or availability of the specified lots,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8561.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">batches, or other units of a human drug</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8571.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">product that are or will be held in the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8581.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Strategic National Stockpile;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:8592.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(iv) Describe any proposed safeguards</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8602.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or conditions that will be implemented</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8612.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">so that the labeling of the product</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8622.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">includes appropriate information</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8632.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">necessary for the safe and effective use</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8642.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of the product, given the anticipated</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8652.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">circumstances of use of the product;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:7980.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(v) Provide a draft of the proposed</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:7990.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling of the specified lots, batches, or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8000.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">other units of the human drug product</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8010.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">subject to the exception or alternative;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8020.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:8030.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(vi) Provide any other information</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8040.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requested by the Center Director in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8050.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">support of the request.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:8059.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(c) The Center Director must respond</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8069.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">in writing to all requests under this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8079.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">section.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:8089.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(d) A grant of an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8099.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative under this section will</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8109.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">include any safeguards or conditions</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8119.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">deemed appropriate by the Center</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8129.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Director so that the labeling of product</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8139.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">subject to the exception or alternative</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8149.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">includes the information necessary for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8159.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the safe and effective use of the product,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8169.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">given the anticipated circumstances of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8179.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">use.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:8189.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(e) If you are a sponsor receiving a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8199.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">grant of a request for an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8209.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative to the labeling requirements</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8219.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">under this section:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:8229.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(1) You need not submit a supplement</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8239.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">under §314.70(a) through (c) or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8249.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">§601.12(f)(1) through (f)(2) of this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8259.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">chapter; however,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:8269.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(2) You must report any grant of a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8279.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">request for an exception or alternative</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8289.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">under this section as part of your annual</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8299.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">report under §§314.70(d) or 601.12(f)(3)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8309.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of this chapter.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:8318.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(f) The Center Director may grant an</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8328.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exception or alternative under this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8338.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">section to the following provisions of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8348.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">this chapter, to the extent that the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8358.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements in these provisions are not</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8368.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">explicitly required by statute:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:8378.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(1) §201.1(h)(1) through (h)(2), (h)(5)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8388.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">through (h)(6), and (i);</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:8398.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(2) §201.10(a), (d)(2), (f), (g)(1), and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8408.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(h)(1);</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:8418.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(3) §201.17;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:8428.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(4) §201.18;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:8437.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(5) §201.19;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:8447.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(6) §201.20;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:8457.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(7) §201.21;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:8467.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(8) §201.22;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:8477.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(9) §201.24; and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:8486.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(10) §312.6.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8505.15pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">PART 312—INVESTIGATIONAL NEW</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8515.15pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">DRUG APPLICATION</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8533.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Amyuni Symbols" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">ٱ</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:407.35pt;top:8532.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">3. The authority citation for 21 CFR</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8542.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">part 312 continues to read as follows:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:407.00pt;top:8556.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 331, 351, 352,</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8565.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">353, 355, 356, 371, 381, 382, 383, 393; 42</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8574.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">U.S.C. 262.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8586.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Amyuni Symbols" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">ٱ</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:407.35pt;top:8585.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">4. Section 312.6 is amended by adding</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8595.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">paragraph (c) to read as follows:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8612.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">§312.6</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:432.80pt;top:8612.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Labeling of an investigational new</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8621.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">drug.</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8632.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">* * * * *</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:8642.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(c) The appropriate FDA Center</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8652.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Director, according to the procedures set</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8745.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.00pt">73600</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:101.60pt;top:8746.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10.00pt">Federal Register/Vol. 72, No. 248 /Friday, December 28, 2007 /Rules and Regulations</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8772.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">forth in §§201.26 or 610.68 of this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8782.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">chapter, may grant an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8792.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative to the provision in paragraph</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8802.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(a) of this section, to the extent that this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8812.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">provision is not explicitly required by</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8822.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">statute, for specified lots, batches, or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8832.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">other units of a human drug product</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8842.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">that is or will be included in the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8852.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Strategic National Stockpile.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8870.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">PART 314—APPLICATIONS FOR FDA</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8880.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">APPROVAL TO MARKET A NEW DRUG</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8901.85pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Amyuni Symbols" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">ٱ</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:53.35pt;top:8900.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">5. The authority citation for 21 CFR</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8910.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">part 314 continues to read as follows:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:53.00pt;top:8924.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 331, 351, 352,</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8933.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">353, 355, 355a, 356, 356a, 356b, 356c, 371,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8942.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">374, 379e.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8957.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Amyuni Symbols" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">ٱ</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:53.35pt;top:8956.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">6. Section 314.70 is amended by</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8966.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">revising paragraph (a)(1) to read as</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8976.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">follows:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:8993.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">§314.70</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:83.25pt;top:8993.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Supplements and other changes</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9002.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">to an approved application.</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:9016.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(a) * * *</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:9028.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(1)(i) Except as provided in paragraph</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9038.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(a)(1)(ii) of this section, the applicant</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9048.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">must notify FDA about each change in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9058.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">each condition established in an</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9068.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">approved application beyond the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9078.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">variations already provided for in the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9088.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">application. The notice is required to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9098.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">describe the change fully. Depending on</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9108.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the type of change, the applicant must</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9118.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">notify FDA about the change in a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9128.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">supplement under paragraph (b) or (c) of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9138.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">this section or by inclusion of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9148.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">information in the annual report to the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9158.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">application under paragraph (d) of this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9168.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">section.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:9181.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(ii) The submission and grant of a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9191.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">written request for an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9201.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative under §201.26 of this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9211.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">chapter satisfies the applicable</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9221.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements in paragraphs (a) through</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9231.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(c) of this section. However, any grant</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9241.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of a request for an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9251.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative under §201.26 of this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9261.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">chapter must be reported as part of the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9271.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">annual report to the application under</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9281.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">paragraph (d) of this section.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9293.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">* * * * *</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9311.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">PART 601—LICENSING</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9332.75pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Amyuni Symbols" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">ٱ</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:53.35pt;top:9331.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">7. The authority citation for 21 CFR</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9341.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">part 601 continues to read as follows:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:53.00pt;top:9355.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1451–1561; 21 U.S.C.</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9364.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">321, 351, 352, 353, 355, 356b, 360, 360c–</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9373.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">360f, 360h–360j, 371, 374, 379e, 381; 42</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9382.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">U.S.C. 216, 241, 262, 263, 264; sec 122, Pub.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9391.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">L. 105–115, 111 Stat. 2322 (21 U.S.C. 355</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9400.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">note).</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9415.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Amyuni Symbols" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">ٱ</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:53.35pt;top:9414.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">8. Section 601.12 is amended by</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9424.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">revising paragraph (f)(3)(i)(D) and by</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9434.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">adding paragraph (f)(5) to read as</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9444.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">follows:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8772.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">§601.12</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:260.25pt;top:8772.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Changes to an approved</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8781.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">application.</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8792.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">* * * * *</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:8801.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(f) * * *</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:8811.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(3)(i) * * *</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:8820.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(D) A change made pursuant to an</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8830.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exception or alternative granted under</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8840.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">§201.26 or §610.68 of this chapter.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8852.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">* * * * *</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:8862.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(5) The submission and grant of a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8872.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">written request for an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8882.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative under §201.26 or §610.68 of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8892.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">this chapter satisfies the requirements in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8902.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">paragraphs (f)(1) through (f)(2) of this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8912.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">section.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8924.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">* * * * *</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8942.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">PART 610—GENERAL BIOLOGICAL</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8952.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">PRODUCTS STANDARDS</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8970.75pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Amyuni Symbols" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">ٱ</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:230.35pt;top:8969.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">9. The authority citation for 21 CFR</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:8979.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">part 610 continues to read as follows:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:230.00pt;top:8993.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 331, 351, 352,</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9002.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">353, 355, 360, 360c, 360d, 360h, 360i, 371,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9011.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">372, 374, 381; 42 U.S.C. 216, 262, 263, 263a,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9020.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">264.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9032.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Amyuni Symbols" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">ٱ</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:230.35pt;top:9031.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">10. Add §610.68 to subpart G to read</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9041.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">as follows:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9058.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">§610.68</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:260.25pt;top:9058.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Exceptions or alternatives to</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9067.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">labeling requirements for biological</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9076.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">products held by the Strategic National</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9085.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Stockpile.</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:9095.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(a) The appropriate FDA Center</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9105.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Director may grant an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9115.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative to any provision listed in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9125.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">paragraph (f) of this section and not</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9135.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">explicitly required by statute, for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9145.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">specified lots, batches, or other units of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9155.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">a biological product, if the Center</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9165.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Director determines that compliance</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9175.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">with such labeling requirement could</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9185.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">adversely affect the safety, effectiveness,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9195.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or availability of such product that is or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9205.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">will be included in the Strategic</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9215.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">National Stockpile.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:9225.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(b)(1)(i) A Strategic National Stockpile</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9235.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">official or any entity that manufactures</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9245.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(including labeling, packing, relabeling,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9255.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or repackaging), distributes, or stores a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9265.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">biological product that is or will be</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9275.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">included in the Strategic National</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9285.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Stockpile may submit, with written</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9295.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">concurrence from a Strategic National</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9305.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Stockpile official, a written request for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9315.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">an exception or alternative described in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9325.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">paragraph (a) of this section to the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9335.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Center Director.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:9345.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(ii) The Center Director may grant an</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9355.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exception or alternative described in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9365.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">paragraph (a) of this section on his or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9375.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">her own initiative.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:9384.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(2) A written request for an exception</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9394.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or alternative described in paragraph (a)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9404.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of this section must:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:9414.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(i) Identify the specified lots, batches,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9424.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or other units of the biological product</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9434.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">that would be subject to the exception</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9444.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or alternative;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:8772.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(ii) Identify the labeling provision(s)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8782.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">listed in paragraph (f) of this section</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8792.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">that are the subject of the exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8802.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative request;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:8812.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(iii) Explain why compliance with</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8822.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">such labeling provision(s) could</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8832.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">adversely affect the safety, effectiveness,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8842.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or availability of the specified lots,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8852.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">batches, or other units of the biological</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8862.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">product that are or will be included in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8872.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the Strategic National Stockpile;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:8881.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(iv) Describe any proposed safeguards</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8891.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or conditions that will be implemented</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8901.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">so that the labeling of the product</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8911.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">includes appropriate information</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8921.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">necessary for the safe and effective use</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8931.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of the product, given the anticipated</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8941.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">circumstances of use of the product;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:8951.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(v) Provide a draft of the proposed</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8961.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling of the specified lots, batches, or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8971.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">other units of the biological product</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8981.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">subject to the exception or alternative;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:8991.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:9001.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(vi) Provide any other information</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9011.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requested by the Center Director in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9021.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">support of the request.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:9030.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(c) The Center Director must respond</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9040.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">in writing to all requests under this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9050.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">section.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:9060.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(d) A grant of an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9070.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative under this section will</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9080.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">include any safeguards or conditions</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9090.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">deemed appropriate by the Center</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9100.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Director so that the labeling of product</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9110.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">subject to the exception or alternative</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9120.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">includes the information necessary for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9130.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the safe and effective use of the product,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9140.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">given the anticipated circumstances of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9150.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">use.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:9160.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(e) If you are a sponsor receiving a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9170.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">grant of a request for an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9180.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative to the labeling requirements</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9190.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">under this section:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:9200.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(1) You need not submit a supplement</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9210.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">under §601.12(f)(1) through (f)(2) of this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9220.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">chapter; however,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:9230.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(2) You must report any grant of a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9240.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">request for an exception or alternative</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9250.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">under this section as part of your annual</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9260.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">report under §601.12(f)(3) of this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9270.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">chapter.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:9279.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(f) The Center Director may grant an</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9289.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exception or alternative under this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9299.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">section to the following provisions of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9309.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">this chapter, to the extent that the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9319.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements in these provisions are not</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9329.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">explicitly required by statute:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:9339.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(1) §610.60;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:9349.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(2) §610.61(c) and (e) through (r);</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:9359.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(3) §610.62;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:9369.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(4) §610.63;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:9378.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(5) §610.64;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:9388.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(6) §610.65; and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:536.40pt;top:9537.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.00pt">73601</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:101.60pt;top:9538.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10.00pt">Federal Register/Vol. 72, No. 248 /Friday, December 28, 2007 /Rules and Regulations</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:53.00pt;top:9564.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 331, 351, 352,</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9572.85pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">360i, 360j, 371, 374.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9584.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Amyuni Symbols" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">ٱ</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:53.35pt;top:9583.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">12. Add §801.128 to subpart D to read</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9593.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">as follows:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9609.95pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">§801.128</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:87.70pt;top:9609.95pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Exceptions or alternatives to</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9618.85pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">labeling requirements for medical devices</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9627.75pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">held by the Strategic National Stockpile.</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:9638.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(a) The appropriate FDA Center</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9647.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Director may grant an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9657.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative to any provision listed in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9667.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">paragraph (f) of this section and not</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9677.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">explicitly required by statute, for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9687.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">specified lots, batches, or other units of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9697.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">a medical device, if the Center Director</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9707.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">determines that compliance with such</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9717.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling requirement could adversely</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9727.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">affect the safety, effectiveness, or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9737.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">availability of such devices that are or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9746.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">will be included in the Strategic</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9756.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">National Stockpile.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:9766.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(b)(1)(i) A Strategic National Stockpile</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9775.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">official or any entity that manufactures</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9785.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(including labeling, packing, relabeling,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9795.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or repackaging), distributes, or stores</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9805.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">devices that are or will be included in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9815.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the Strategic National Stockpile may</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9825.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">submit, with written concurrence from</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9835.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">a Strategic National Stockpile official, a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9845.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">written request for an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9855.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative described in paragraph (a) of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9865.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">this section to the Center Director.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:9874.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(ii) The Center Director may grant an</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9884.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exception or alternative described in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9894.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">paragraph (a) of this section on his or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9903.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">her own initiative.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:9913.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(2) A written request for an exception</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9923.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or alternative described in paragraph (a)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9932.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of this section must:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:9942.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(i) Identify the specified lots, batches,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9952.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or other units of the medical device that</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9961.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">would be subject to the exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9971.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:9981.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(ii) Identify the labeling provision(s)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:9990.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">listed in paragraph (f) of this section</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10000.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">that are the subject of the exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10010.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative request;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:10019.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(iii) Explain why compliance with the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10029.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling provision(s) could adversely</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10039.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">affect the safety, effectiveness, or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10049.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">availability of the specified lots,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10059.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">batches, or other units of a medical</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10069.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">device that are or will be held in the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10079.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Strategic National Stockpile;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:10088.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(iv) Describe any proposed safeguards</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10098.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or conditions that will be implemented</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10108.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">so that the labeling of the device</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10118.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">includes appropriate information</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10128.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">necessary for the safe and effective use</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10138.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of the device, given the anticipated</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10148.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">circumstances of use of the device;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:10157.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(v) Provide a draft of the proposed</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10167.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling of the specified lots, batches, or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10177.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">other units of the medical device subject</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10187.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">to the exception or alternative; and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:10197.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(vi) Provide any other information</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10207.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requested by the Center Director in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10217.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">support of the request.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:10226.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(c) The Center Director must respond</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10236.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">in writing to all requests under this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9564.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">section. The Center Director may</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9574.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">impose appropriate conditions when</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9584.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">granting such an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9594.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative under this section.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:9604.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(d) A grant of an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9614.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative under this section will</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9624.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">include any safeguards or conditions</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9634.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">deemed appropriate by the Center</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9644.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Director so that the labeling of devices</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9654.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">subject to the exception or alternative</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9664.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">includes the information necessary for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9674.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the safe and effective use of the device,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9684.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">given the anticipated circumstances of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9694.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">use.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:9703.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(e) If the Center Director grants a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9713.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">request for an exception or alternative to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9723.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the labeling requirements under this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9733.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">section:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:9743.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(1) The Center Director may</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9753.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">determine that the submission and grant</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9763.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of a written request under this section</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9773.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">satisfies the provisions relating to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9783.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">premarket notification submissions</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9793.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">under §807.81(a)(3) of this chapter.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:9803.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(2)(i) For a Premarket Approval</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9813.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Application (PMA)-approved device,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9823.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the submission and grant of a written</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9833.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">request under this section satisfies the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9843.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">provisions relating to submission of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9853.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">PMA supplements under §814.39 of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9863.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">this chapter; however,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:9872.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(ii) The grant of the request must be</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9882.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">identified in a periodic report under</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9892.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">§814.84 of this chapter.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:9902.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(f) The Center Director may grant an</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9912.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exception or alternative under this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9922.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">section to the following provisions of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9932.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">this chapter, to the extent that the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9942.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements in these provisions are not</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:9952.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">explicitly required by statute:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:9962.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(1) §801.1(d);</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:9971.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(2) §801.60;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:9981.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(3) §801.61;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:9991.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(4) §801.62;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:10001.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(5) §801.63;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:10011.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(6) §801.109; and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:10020.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(7) Part 801, subpart H.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10039.15pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">PART 807—ESTABLISHMENT</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10049.15pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">REGISTRATION AND DEVICE LISTING</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10059.15pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">FOR MANUFACTURERS AND INITIAL</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10069.15pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">IMPORTERS OF DEVICES</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10087.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Amyuni Symbols" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">ٱ</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:230.35pt;top:10086.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">13. The authority citation for 21 CFR</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10096.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">part 807 continues to read as follows:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:230.00pt;top:10110.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 331, 351, 352,</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10119.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">360, 360c, 360e, 360i, 360j, 371, 374, 381,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10128.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">393; 42 U.S.C. 264, 271.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10140.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Amyuni Symbols" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">ٱ</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:230.35pt;top:10139.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">14. Section 807.81 is amended by</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10149.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">revising paragraph (b) to read as follows:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10166.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">§807.81</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:260.25pt;top:10166.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">When a premarket notification</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10175.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">submission is required.</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10186.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">* * * * *</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:10196.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(b)(1) A premarket notification under</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10206.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">this subpart is not required for a device</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10216.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">for which a premarket approval</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10226.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">application under section 515 of the act,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10236.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or for which a petition to reclassify</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9564.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">under section 513(f)(2) of the act, is</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9574.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">pending before the Food and Drug</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9584.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Administration.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:9593.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(2) The appropriate FDA Center</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9603.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Director may determine that the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9613.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">submission and grant of a written</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9623.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">request for an exception or alternative</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9632.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">under §801.128 or §809.11 of this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9642.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">chapter satisfies the requirement in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9652.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">paragraph (a)(3) of this section.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9664.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">* * * * *</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9682.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">PART 809—IN VITRO DIAGNOSTIC</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9692.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">PRODUCTS FOR HUMAN USE</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9710.35pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Amyuni Symbols" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">ٱ</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:407.35pt;top:9709.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">15. The authority citation for 21 CFR</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9719.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">part 809 continues to read as follows:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:407.00pt;top:9732.85pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Authority: 21 U.S.C. 331, 351, 352, 355,</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9741.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">360b, 360c, 360d, 360h, 360i, 360j, 371, 372,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9750.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">374, 381.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9761.85pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Amyuni Symbols" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">ٱ</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:407.35pt;top:9760.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">16. Add §809.11 to subpart B to read</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9770.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">as follows:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9787.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">§809.11</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:437.25pt;top:9787.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Exceptions or alternatives to</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9796.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">labeling requirements for in vitro diagnostic</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9805.35pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">products for human use held by the</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9814.25pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Strategic National Stockpile.</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:9824.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(a) The appropriate FDA Center</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9834.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Director may grant an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9844.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative to any provision listed in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9854.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">paragraph (f) of this section and not</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9864.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">explicitly required by statute, for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9874.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">specified lots, batches, or other units of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9883.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">an in vitro diagnostic product for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9893.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">human use, if the Center Director</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9903.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">determines that compliance with such</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9913.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling requirement could adversely</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9923.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">affect the safety, effectiveness, or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9933.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">availability of such products that are or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9943.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">will be included in the Strategic</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9953.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">National Stockpile.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:9962.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(b)(1)(i) A Strategic National Stockpile</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9972.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">official or any entity that manufactures</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9982.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(including labeling, packing, relabeling,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:9992.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or repackaging), distributes, or stores an</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10002.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">in vitro diagnostic product for human</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10011.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">use that is or will be included in the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10021.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Strategic National Stockpile may</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10031.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">submit, with written concurrence from</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10041.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">a Strategic National Stockpile official, a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10051.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">written request for an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10061.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative described in paragraph (a) of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10071.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">this section to the Center Director.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:10080.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(ii) The Center Director may grant an</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10090.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exception or alternative described in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10100.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">paragraph (a) of this section on his or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10110.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">her own initiative.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:10119.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(2) A written request for an exception</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10129.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or alternative described in paragraph (a)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10139.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of this section must:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:10148.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(i) Identify the specified lots, batches,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10158.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or other units of an in vitro diagnostic</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10168.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">product for human use that would be</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10178.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">subject to the exception or alternative;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:10187.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(ii) Identify the labeling provision(s)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10197.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">listed in paragraph (f) of this section</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10207.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">that are the subject of the exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10217.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative request;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:408.00pt;top:10226.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(iii) Explain why compliance with</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10236.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">such labeling provision(s) could</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10329.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.00pt">73602</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:101.60pt;top:10330.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10.00pt">Federal Register/Vol. 72, No. 248 /Friday, December 28, 2007 /Rules and Regulations</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10356.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">adversely affect the safety, effectiveness,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10366.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or availability of the specified lots,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10376.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">batches, or other units of the in vitro</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10386.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">diagnostic product for human use that</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10396.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">are or will be held in the Strategic</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10406.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">National Stockpile;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:10415.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(iv) Describe any proposed safeguards</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10425.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">or conditions that will be implemented</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10435.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">so that the labeling of the product</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10445.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">includes appropriate information</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10455.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">necessary for the safe and effective use</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10465.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of the product, given the anticipated</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10475.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">circumstances of use of the product;</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:10484.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(v) Provide a draft of the proposed</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10494.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">labeling of the specified lots, batches, or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10504.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">other units of the in vitro diagnostic</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10514.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">products for human use subject to the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10524.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exception or alternative; and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:10534.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(vi) Provide any other information</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10544.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requested by the Center Director in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10554.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">support of the request.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:10563.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(c) The Center Director must respond</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10573.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">in writing to all requests under this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10583.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">section. The Center Director may</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10593.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">impose appropriate conditions or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10603.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">safeguards when granting such an</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10613.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exception or alternative under this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10623.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">section.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:10633.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(d) A grant of an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10643.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative under this section will</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10653.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">include any safeguards or conditions</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10663.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">deemed appropriate by the Center</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10673.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Director to ensure that the labeling of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10683.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the product subject to the exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10693.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative includes the information</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10703.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">necessary for the safe and effective use</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10713.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of the product, given the anticipated</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10723.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">circumstances of use.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:10732.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(e) If the Center Director grants a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10742.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">request for an exception or alternative to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10752.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the labeling requirements under this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10762.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">section:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:10771.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(1) The Center Director may</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10781.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">determine that the submission and grant</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10791.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of a written request under this section</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10801.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">satisfies the provisions relating to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10811.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">premarket notification submissions</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10821.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">under §807.81(a)(3) of this chapter.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:10831.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(2)(i) For a Premarket Approval</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10841.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Application (PMA)-approved in vitro</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10851.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">diagnostic product for human use, the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10861.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">submission and grant of a written</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10871.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">request under this section satisfies the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10881.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">provisions relating to submission of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10891.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">PMA supplements under §814.39 of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10901.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">this chapter; however,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:10910.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(ii) The grant of the request must be</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10920.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">identified in a periodic report under</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10930.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">§814.84 of this chapter.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:10940.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(f) The Center Director may grant an</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10950.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">exception or alternative under this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10960.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">section to the following provisions of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10970.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">this part, to the extent that the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10980.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements in these provisions are not</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:10990.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">explicitly required by statute:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:10999.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(1) §809.10(a)(1) through (a)(6) and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:45.00pt;top:11009.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(a)(9);</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:11018.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(2) §809.10(b);</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:54.00pt;top:11028.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(3) §809.10(c)(2);</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:10356.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(4) §809.10(d)(1)(i) through (d)(1)(v),</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10366.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(d)(1)(viii), and (d)(2); and</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:10378.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(5) §809.10(e)(1)(i) through (e)(1)(vi)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10388.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">and (e)(1)(ix) through (e)(1)(xi).</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10406.85pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">PART 812—INVESTIGATIONAL</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10416.85pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">DEVICE EXEMPTIONS</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10437.85pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Amyuni Symbols" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">ٱ</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:230.35pt;top:10436.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">17. The authority citation for 21 CFR</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10446.90pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">part 812 continues to read as follows:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:230.00pt;top:10460.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Authority: 21 U.S.C. 331, 351, 352, 353,</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10469.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">355, 360, 360c–360f, 360h–360j, 371, 372,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10478.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">374, 379e, 381, 382, 383; 42 U.S.C. 216, 241,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10487.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">262, 263b–263n.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10502.15pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Amyuni Symbols" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">ٱ</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:230.35pt;top:10501.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">18. Section 812.5 is amended by</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10511.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">adding paragraph (d) to read as follows:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10528.15pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">§812.5</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:255.80pt;top:10528.15pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Labeling of investigational</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10537.15pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">devices.</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10548.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">* * * * *</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:10560.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(d) The appropriate FDA Center</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10570.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Director, according to the procedures set</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10580.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">forth in §801.128 or §809.11 of this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10590.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">chapter, may grant an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10600.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative to the provisions in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10610.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">paragraphs (a) and (c) of this section, to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10620.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the extent that these provisions are not</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10630.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">explicitly required by statute, for</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10640.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">specified lots, batches, or other units of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10650.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">a device that are or will be included in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10660.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the Strategic National Stockpile.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10678.75pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">PART 814—PREMARKET APPROVAL</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10688.75pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">OF MEDICAL DEVICES</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10709.75pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Amyuni Symbols" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">ٱ</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:230.35pt;top:10708.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">19. The authority citation for 21 CFR</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10718.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">part 814 continues to read as follows:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:230.00pt;top:10732.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Authority: 21 U.S.C. 351, 352, 353, 360,</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10741.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">360c–360j, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 379, 379e,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10750.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">381.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10765.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Amyuni Symbols" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">ٱ</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:230.35pt;top:10764.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">20. Section 814.39 is amended by</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10774.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">adding paragraph (g) to read as follows:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10791.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">§814.39</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:260.25pt;top:10791.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">PMA Supplements.</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10802.10pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">* * * * *</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:10814.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(g) The submission and grant of a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10824.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">written request for an exception or</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10834.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">alternative under §801.128 or §809.11</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10844.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">of this chapter satisfies the requirement</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10854.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">in paragraph (a) of this section.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10869.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Amyuni Symbols" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.00pt">ٱ</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:230.35pt;top:10868.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">21. Section 814.84 is amended by</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10878.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">adding paragraph (b)(3) to read as</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10888.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">follows:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10905.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">§814.84</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:260.25pt;top:10905.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Reports.</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10916.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">* * * * *</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:10929.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(b) * * *</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:231.00pt;top:10941.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">(3) Identify changes made pursuant to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10951.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">an exception or alternative granted</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10961.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">under §801.128 or §809.11 of this</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10971.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">chapter.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:230.00pt;top:10985.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Dated: December 20, 2007.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:10996.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Jeffrey Shuren,</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:11007.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><i><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">Assistant Commissioner for Policy.</FONT></FONT></i></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:11018.05pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">[FR Doc. E7–25165 Filed 12–27–07; 8:45 am]</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:222.00pt;top:11030.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 6.00pt">BILLING CODE 4160–01–S</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10357.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10367.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">AGENCY</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10385.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">40 CFR Part 52</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10400.65pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.00pt">[EPA–R03–OAR–2007–0381; FRL–8510–3]</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10417.95pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Approval and Promulgation of Air</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10427.95pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia;</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10437.95pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Clean Air Interstate Rule Budget</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10447.95pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Trading Programs</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10463.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.44pt">AGENCY</FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">:</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:435.25pt;top:10463.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Environmental Protection</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10473.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Agency (EPA).</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10484.95pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.44pt">ACTION</FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">:</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:432.05pt;top:10484.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Final rule.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10501.75pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.44pt">SUMMARY</FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">:</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:441.65pt;top:10501.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">EPA is approving a State</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10511.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Implementation Plan (SIP) revision</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10521.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">submitted by the Commonwealth of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10531.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Virginia. This revision establishes</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10541.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">budget trading programs for nitrogen</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10551.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">oxides (NO ) annual, NO</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:445.45pt;top:10555.15pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 5.85pt">X</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:503.45pt;top:10555.15pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 5.85pt">X</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:510.95pt;top:10551.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">ozone</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10561.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">season, and sulfur dioxides (SO )</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:529.85pt;top:10565.15pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 5.85pt">2</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10571.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">annual emissions to address the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10581.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">requirements of EPA’s Clean Air</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10591.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Interstate Rule (CAIR). Virginia will</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10601.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">meet its CAIR requirements by</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10611.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">participating in the EPA-administered</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10621.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">regional cap-and-trade program for NO</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:559.35pt;top:10625.15pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 5.85pt">X</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10631.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">annual, NO</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:446.45pt;top:10635.15pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 5.85pt">X</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:454.00pt;top:10631.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">ozone season, and SO</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:543.85pt;top:10635.15pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 5.85pt">2</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10641.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">annual emissions. EPA is determining</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10651.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">that the SIP revision fully implements</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10661.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">the CAIR requirements for Virginia.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10671.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Therefore, as a consequence of the SIP</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10681.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">approval, EPA will also withdraw the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10691.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">CAIR Federal Implementation Plan (FIP)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10701.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">that addresses NO</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:473.90pt;top:10705.15pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 5.85pt">X</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:481.40pt;top:10701.50pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">annual, NO</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10735.35pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.44pt">EFFECTIVE DATE</FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">:</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10766.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">docket for this action under Docket ID</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10776.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Number EPA–R03–OAR–2007–0381. All</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10806.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Although listed in the index, some</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10826.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">i.e., confidential business information</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10926.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">during normal business hours at the Air</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10936.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Protection Division, U.S. Environmental</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:10976.70pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">available at the Virginia Department of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:11008.55pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.44pt">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT</FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">:</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:399.00pt;top:11018.30pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Melior" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9.00pt">Marilyn Powers, (215) 814–2308 or by e-</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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