[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 204 (Monday, October 24, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64236-64237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23015]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2007-D-0369]


Product-Specific Guidances; Draft and Revised Draft Guidances for 
Industry; Availability

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing 
the availability of additional draft and revised draft product-specific 
guidances for developing topical products applied to the skin, as well 
as integumentary and mucosal (e.g., vaginal) membranes. The guidances 
provide product-specific recommendations on, among other things, the 
design of bioequivalence (BE) studies to support abbreviated new drug 
applications (ANDAs). In the Federal Register of June 11, 2010, FDA 
announced the availability of a guidance for industry entitled 
``Bioequivalence Recommendations for Specific Products'' that explained 
the process that would be used to make product-specific guidances 
available to the public on FDA's website. The guidances identified in 
this notice were developed using the process described in that 
guidance.

DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the draft 
guidances by December 23, 2022 to ensure that the Agency considers your 
comment on these draft guidances before it begins work on the final 
versions of the guidances.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on any guidance at any time as 
follows:

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted 
electronically, including attachments, to https://www.regulations.gov 
will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your comment will be 
made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your comment 
does not include any confidential information that you or a third party 
may not wish to be posted, such as medical information, your or anyone 
else's Social Security number, or confidential business information, 
such as a manufacturing process. Please note that if you include your 
name, contact information, or other information that identifies you in 
the body of your comments, that information will be posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
     If you want to submit a comment with confidential 
information that you do not wish to be made available to the public, 
submit the comment as a written/paper submission and in the manner 
detailed (see ``Written/Paper Submissions'' and ``Instructions'').

Written/Paper Submissions

    Submit written/paper submissions as follows:
     Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier (for written/paper 
submissions): Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
     For written/paper comments submitted to the Dockets 
Management Staff, FDA will post your comment, as well as any 
attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified, 
as confidential, if submitted as detailed in ``Instructions.''
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No. 
FDA-2007-D-0369 for ``Product-Specific Guidances; Draft and Revised 
Draft Guidances for Industry.'' Received comments will be placed in the 
docket and, except for those submitted as ``Confidential Submissions,'' 
publicly viewable at https://www.regulations.gov or at the Dockets 
Management Staff between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 240-
402-7500.
     Confidential Submissions--To submit a comment with 
confidential information that you do not wish to be made publicly 
available, submit your comments only as a written/paper submission. You 
should submit two copies total. One copy will include the information 
you claim to be confidential with a heading or cover note that states 
``THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.'' The Agency will 
review this copy, including the claimed confidential information, in 
its consideration of comments. The second copy, which will have the 
claimed confidential information redacted/blacked out, will be 
available for public viewing and posted on https://www.regulations.gov. 
Submit both copies to the Dockets Management Staff. If you do not wish 
your name and contact information to be made publicly available, you 
can provide this information on the cover sheet and not in the body of 
your comments and you must identify this information as 
``confidential.'' Any information marked as ``confidential'' will not 
be disclosed except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other 
applicable disclosure law. For more information about FDA's posting of 
comments to public dockets, see 80 FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or 
access the information at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
the electronic and written/paper comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov and insert the docket number, found in brackets in 
the heading of this document, into the ``Search'' box and follow the 
prompts and/or go to the Dockets Management Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, 
Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852, 240-402-7500.
    You may submit comments on any guidance at any time (see 21 CFR 
10.115(g)(5)).
    Submit written requests for single copies of the draft guidances to 
the Division of Drug Information, Center for Drug Evaluation and 
Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10001 New Hampshire Ave., 
Hillandale Building, 4th Floor, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002. Send one 
self-addressed adhesive label to assist that office in processing your 
requests. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for electronic 
access to the draft guidance documents.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Le, Center for Drug 
Evaluation and Research (HFD-880), Food and Drug Administration, 10903 
New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 75, Rm. 4714, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 
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796-2398 and/or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    In the Federal Register of June 11, 2010 (75 FR 33311), FDA 
announced the availability of a guidance for industry entitled 
``Bioequivalence Recommendations for Specific Products'' that explained 
the process that would be used to make product-specific guidances 
available to the public on FDA's website at https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Guidances/default.htm.
    As described in that guidance, FDA adopted this process as a means 
to develop and disseminate product-specific guidances and provide a 
meaningful opportunity for the public to consider and comment on those 
guidances. Under that process, draft guidances are posted on FDA's 
website and announced periodically in the Federal Register. The public 
is encouraged to submit comments on those recommendations within 60 
days of their announcement in the Federal Register. FDA considers any 
comments received and either publishes final guidances or publishes 
revised draft guidances for comment. Guidances were last announced in 
the Federal Register on August 3, 2022 (87 FR 47425).
    This notice announces new and revised draft product-specific 
guidances that are being posted on FDA's website concurrently with 
FDA's draft guidances for industry entitled ``Physicochemical and 
Structural (Q3) Characterization of Topical Drug Products Submitted in 
ANDAs,'' ``In Vitro Permeation Test Studies for Topical Drug Products 
Submitted in ANDAs,'' and ``In Vitro Release Test Studies for Topical 
Drug Products Submitted in ANDAs.'' FDA recommends that applicants 
consult the relevant product-specific guidance, in conjunction with the 
guidances referenced above, when considering the design and conduct of 
studies supporting an evaluation of BE for locally acting, liquid-based 
and/or other semisolid products applied to the skin, as well as 
integumentary and mucosal (e.g., vaginal) membranes.

II. Drug Products for Which New Draft Product-Specific Guidances Are 
Available

    FDA is announcing the availability of new draft product-specific 
guidances for industry for drug products containing the following 
active ingredients:

     Table 1--New Draft Product-Specific Guidances for Drug Products
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                          Active ingredient(s)
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Abametapir
Acyclovir; Hydrocortisone
Betamethasone dipropionate; Calcipotriene
Fluorouracil
Halobetasol propionate
Nitroglycerin
Tazarotene
Tirbanibulin
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III. Drug Products for Which Revised Draft Product-Specific Guidances 
Are Available

    FDA is announcing the availability of revised draft product-
specific guidances for industry for drug products containing the 
following active ingredients:

   Table 2--Revised Draft Product-Specific Guidances for Drug Products
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                          Active ingredient(s)
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Acyclovir (multiple reference listed drugs)
Adapalene (multiple reference listed drugs)
Adapalene; Benzoyl peroxide (multiple reference listed drugs)
Benzyl alcohol
Betamethasone dipropionate; Calcipotriene (multiple reference listed
 drugs)
Bexarotene
Butenafine hydrochloride (multiple reference listed drugs)
Calcipotriene (multiple reference listed drugs)
Clindamycin phosphate (multiple reference listed drugs)
Clindamycin phosphate; Tretinoin (multiple reference listed drugs)
Crisaborole
Crotamiton (multiple reference listed drugs)
Dapsone (multiple reference listed drugs)
Diclofenac sodium (multiple reference listed drugs)
Docosanol
Doxepin hydrochloride
Erythromycin
Fluocinolone acetonide
Fluorouracil (multiple reference listed drugs)
Gentamicin sulfate (multiple reference listed drugs)
Hydrocortisone
Ivermectin (multiple reference listed drugs)
Ketoconazole (multiple reference listed drugs)
Luliconazole
Metronidazole (multiple reference listed drugs)
Mupirocin
Mupirocin calcium
Nystatin (multiple reference listed drugs)
Nystatin; Triamcinolone acetonide (multiple reference listed drugs)
Oxymetazoline hydrochloride
Ozenoxacin
Penciclovir
Pimecrolimus
Podofilox
Silver sulfadiazine
Spinosad
Tacrolimus (multiple reference listed drugs)
Tazarotene (multiple reference listed drugs)
Tretinoin (multiple reference listed drugs)
Triamcinolone acetonide (multiple reference listed drugs)
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    For a complete history of previously published Federal Register 
notices related to product-specific guidances, go to https://www.regulations.gov and enter Docket No. FDA-2007-D-0369.
    These draft guidances are being issued consistent with FDA's good 
guidance practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). These draft guidances, 
when finalized, will represent the current thinking of FDA on, among 
other things, the product-specific design of BE studies to support 
ANDAs. They do not establish any rights for any person and are not 
binding on FDA or the public. You can use an alternative approach if it 
satisfies the requirements of the applicable statutes and regulations.

III. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

    FDA tentatively concludes that these draft guidances contain no 
collection of information. Therefore, clearance by the Office of 
Management and Budget under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 is not 
required.

IV. Electronic Access

    Persons with access to the internet may obtain the draft guidances 
at https://www.fda.gov/drugs/guidance-compliance-regulatory-information/guidances-drugs, https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents, or https://www.regulations.gov.

    Dated: October 18, 2022.
Lauren K. Roth,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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