Notice2023-05396
Development of Local Anesthetic Drug Products With Prolonged Duration of Effect; Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability
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Published
March 16, 2023
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Abstract
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Development of Local Anesthetic Drug Products With Prolonged Duration of Effect." The draft guidance reflects the Agency's current recommendations regarding drug development and trial design issues relevant to the study of local anesthetic drug products with prolonged duration of effect for which submission of a new drug application (NDA) is planned. The recommendations in the guidance are intended to assist developers in generating the data necessary to support different indications and labeling claims for these drugs.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 51 (Thursday, March 16, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16265-16266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05396]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2023-D-0608]
Development of Local Anesthetic Drug Products With Prolonged
Duration of Effect; Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability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the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled
``Development of Local Anesthetic Drug Products With Prolonged Duration
of Effect.'' The draft guidance reflects the Agency's current
recommendations regarding drug development and trial design issues
relevant to the study of local anesthetic drug products with prolonged
duration of effect for which submission of a new drug application (NDA)
is planned. The recommendations in the guidance are intended to assist
developers in generating the data necessary to support different
indications and labeling claims for these drugs.
DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the draft
guidance by June 14, 2023 to ensure that the Agency considers your
comment on this draft guidance before it begins work on the final
version of the guidance.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on any guidance at any time as
follows:
Electronic Submissions
Submit electronic comments in the following way:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted
electronically, including attachments, to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>
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 <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
<bullet> 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:
<bullet> 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.
<bullet> 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-2023-D-0608 for ``Development of Local Anesthetic Drug Products
With Prolonged Duration of Effect.'' Received comments will be placed
in the docket and, except for those submitted as ``Confidential
Submissions,'' publicly viewable at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> or at
the Dockets Management Staff between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday, 240-402-7500.
<bullet> 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 <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
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: <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf">https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf</a>.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
the electronic and written/paper comments received, go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> 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 this guidance 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 document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Swati Patwardhan, Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 22, Rm. 3242, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-
796-4085, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e7949086938ec9978693908695838f8689a7818386c98f8f94c9808891"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="02717563766b2c726376756370666a636c426466632c6a6a712c656d74">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
FDA is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry
entitled ``Development of Local Anesthetic Drug Products With Prolonged
Duration of Effect.'' The draft guidance provides recommendations to
assist sponsors in the development of local anesthetic drug products
with prolonged duration of effect for which submission of an NDA is
planned. The guidance focuses on trial design considerations and
pharmacokinetic, safety, and efficacy data necessary to support
different indications for local anesthetic drug products with prolonged
duration of effect.
This draft guidance is being issued consistent with FDA's good
guidance practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). The draft guidance, when
finalized, will represent the current thinking of FDA on ``Development
of Local Anesthetic Drug Products With Prolonged Duration of Effect.''
It does not establish any rights for any person and is not binding on
FDA or the public. You can use an alternative approach if it satisfies
the requirements of the applicable statutes and regulations.
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II. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
While this guidance contains no collection of information, it does
refer to previously approved FDA collections of information. Therefore,
clearance by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521) is not
required for this guidance. The previously approved collections of
information are subject to review by OMB under the PRA. The collections
of information in 21 CFR part 312 relating to investigational new drug
applications have been approved under OMB control number 0910-0014. The
collections of information in 21 CFR part 314 relating to new drug
applications have been approved under OMB control number 0910-0001. The
collections of information in 21 CFR part 201 relating to prescription
product labeling requirements have been approved under OMB control
number 0910-0572.
III. Electronic Access
Persons with access to the internet may obtain the draft guidance
at <a href="https://www.fda.gov/drugs/guidance-compliance-regulatory-information/guidances-drugs">https://www.fda.gov/drugs/guidance-compliance-regulatory-information/guidances-drugs</a>, <a href="https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents">https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents</a>, or <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Dated: March 13, 2023.
Lauren K. Roth,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2023-05396 Filed 3-15-23; 8:45 am]
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