II
Calendar No. 389
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2516
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 7, 2012
Mr. Harkin, from the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, reported the following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar
A BILL
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and medical devices, to establish user-fee programs for generic drugs and biosimilars, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as
the Food and Drug Administration
Safety and Innovation Act
.
Table of contents; references in Act
Table of contents
The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents; references in Act.
TITLE I—Fees relating to drugs
Sec. 101. Short title; finding.
Sec. 102. Definitions.
Sec. 103. Authority to assess and use drug fees.
Sec. 104. Reauthorization; reporting requirements.
Sec. 105. Sunset dates.
Sec. 106. Effective date.
Sec. 107. Savings clause.
TITLE II—Fees relating to devices
Sec. 201. Short title; findings.
Sec. 202. Definitions.
Sec. 203. Authority to assess and use device fees.
Sec. 204. Reauthorization; reporting requirements.
Sec. 205. Savings clause.
Sec. 206. Effective date.
Sec. 207. Sunset dates.
Sec. 208. Streamlined hiring authority to support activities related to the process for the review of device applications.
TITLE III—Fees relating to generic drugs
Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Authority to assess and use human generic drug fees.
Sec. 303. Reauthorization; reporting requirements.
Sec. 304. Sunset dates.
Sec. 305. Effective date.
Sec. 306. Amendment with respect to misbranding.
Sec. 307. Streamlined hiring authority of the Food and Drug Administration to support activities related to human generic drugs.
TITLE IV—Fees relating to biosimilar biological products
Sec. 401. Short title; finding.
Sec. 402. Fees relating to biosimilar biological products.
Sec. 403. Reauthorization; reporting requirements.
Sec. 404. Sunset dates.
Sec. 405. Effective date.
Sec. 406. Savings clause.
Sec. 407. Conforming amendment.
TITLE V—Pediatric drugs and devices
Sec. 501. Permanence.
Sec. 502. Written requests.
Sec. 503. Communication with Pediatric Review Committee.
Sec. 504. Access to data.
Sec. 505. Ensuring the completion of pediatric studies.
Sec. 506. Pediatric study plans.
Sec. 507. Reauthorizations.
Sec. 508. Report.
Sec. 509. Technical amendments.
Sec. 510. Relationship Between Pediatric Labeling and New Clinical Investigation Exclusivity.
TITLE VI—Medical device regulatory improvements
Sec. 601. Reclassification procedures.
Sec. 602. Condition of approval studies.
Sec. 603. Postmarket surveillance.
Sec. 604. Sentinel.
Sec. 605. Recalls.
Sec. 606. Clinical holds on investigational device exemptions.
Sec. 607. Unique device identifier.
Sec. 608. Clarification of least burdensome standard.
Sec. 609. Custom devices.
Sec. 610. Agency documentation and review of certain decisions regarding devices.
Sec. 611. Good guidance practices relating to devices.
Sec. 612. Modification of de novo application process.
Sec. 613. Humanitarian device exemptions.
Sec. 614. Reauthorization of third-party review and inspections.
Sec. 615. 510(k) device modifications.
TITLE VII—Drug supply chain
Sec. 701. Registration of domestic drug establishments.
Sec. 702. Registration of foreign establishments.
Sec. 703. Identification of drug excipient information with product listing.
Sec. 704. Electronic system for registration and listing.
Sec. 705. Risk-based inspection frequency.
Sec. 706. Records for inspection.
Sec. 707. Failure to allow foreign inspection.
Sec. 708. Exchange of information.
Sec. 709. Enhancing the safety and quality of the drug supply.
Sec. 710. Accreditation of third-party auditors for drug establishments.
Sec. 711. Standards for admission of imported drugs.
Sec. 712. Notification.
Sec. 713. Protection against intentional adulteration.
Sec. 714. Enhanced criminal penalty for counterfeiting drugs.
Sec. 715. Extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Sec. 716. Compliance with international agreements.
TITLE VIII—Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now
Sec. 801. Extension of exclusivity period for drugs.
Sec. 802. Priority review.
Sec. 803. Fast track product.
Sec. 804. GAO study.
Sec. 805. Clinical trials.
Sec. 806. Regulatory certainty and predictability.
TITLE IX—Drug approval and patient access
Sec. 901. Enhancement of accelerated patient access to new medical treatments.
Sec. 902. Breakthrough therapies.
Sec. 903. Consultation with external experts on rare diseases, targeted therapies, and genetic targeting of treatments.
Sec. 904. Accessibility of information on prescription drug container labels by visually-impaired and blind consumers.
Sec. 905. Risk-benefit framework.
Sec. 906. Independent study on medical innovation inducement model.
TITLE X—Drug shortages
Sec. 1001. Drug shortages.
TITLE XI—Other provisions
Subtitle A—Reauthorizations
Sec. 1101. Reauthorization of provision relating to exclusivity of certain drugs containing single enantiomers.
Sec. 1102. Reauthorization of the Critical Path Public-Private Partnerships.
Subtitle B—Medical gas product regulation
Sec. 1111. Regulation of medical gas products.
Sec. 1112. Regulations.
Sec. 1113. Applicability.
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous provisions
Sec. 1121. Advisory committee conflicts of interest.
Sec. 1122. Guidance document regarding product promotion using the Internet.
Sec. 1123. Electronic submission of applications.
Sec. 1124. Combating prescription drug abuse.
Sec. 1125. Tanning bed labeling.
Sec. 1126. Optimizing global clinical trials.
Sec. 1127. Advancing regulatory science to promote public health innovation.
Sec. 1128. Information technology.
Sec. 1129. Reporting requirements.
Sec. 1130. Strategic integrated management plan.
Sec. 1131. Drug development and bioequivalence testing.
References in Act
Except as otherwise specified, amendments made by this Act to a section or other provision of law are amendments to such section or other provision of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.).
Fees relating to drugs
Short title; finding
Short title
This title may be cited
as the Prescription Drug User Fee
Amendments of 2012
.
Finding
The Congress finds that the fees authorized by the amendments made in this title will be dedicated toward expediting the drug development process and the process for the review of human drug applications, including postmarket drug safety activities, as set forth in the goals identified for purposes of part 2 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, in the letters from the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, as set forth in the Congressional Record.
Definitions
Paragraph (7) of section 735 (21 U.S.C.
379g) is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking
incurred
.
Authority to assess and use drug fees
Section 736 (21 U.S.C. 379h) is amended—
in subsection (a)—
in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking fiscal year 2008
and
inserting fiscal year 2013
;
in paragraph (1), in clauses (i) and (ii)
of subparagraph (A), by striking subsection (c)(5)
each place
such term appears and inserting subsection (c)(4)
;
in the matter following clause (ii) in paragraph (2)(A)—
by
striking subsection (c)(5)
and inserting subsection
(c)(4)
; and
by
striking payable on or before October 1 of each year
and
inserting due on the later of the first business day on or after October
1 of each fiscal year or the first business day after the enactment of an
appropriations Act providing for the collection and obligation of fees for such
fiscal year under this section
; and
in paragraph (3)—
in subparagraph (A)—
by striking
subsection (c)(5)
and inserting subsection
(c)(4)
; and
by striking
payable on or before October 1 of each year.
and inserting
due on the later of the first business day on or after October 1 of each
fiscal year or the first business day after the enactment of an appropriations
Act providing for the collection and obligation of fees for such fiscal year
under this section.
; and
by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
Exception
A prescription drug product shall not be assessed a fee under subparagraph (A) if such product is—
identified on the list compiled under section 505(j)(7) with a potency described in terms of per 100 mL;
the same product as another product that—
was approved under an application filed under section 505(b) or 505(j); and
is not in the list of discontinued products compiled under section 505(j)(7);
the same product as another product that was approved under an abbreviated application filed under section 507 (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997); or
the same product as another product that was approved under an abbreviated new drug application pursuant to regulations in effect prior to the implementation of the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984.
;
in subsection (b)—
in paragraph (1)—
in
the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking fiscal years 2008
through 2012
and inserting fiscal years 2013 through
2017
;
in subparagraph
(A), by striking $392,783,000; and
and inserting
$693,099,000;
; and
by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
the dollar amount equal to the inflation adjustment for fiscal year 2013 (as determined under paragraph (3)(A)); and
the dollar amount equal to the workload adjustment for fiscal year 2013 (as determined under paragraph (3)(B)).
; and
by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and inserting the following:
Fiscal year 2013 inflation and workload adjustments
For purposes of paragraph (1), the dollar amount of the inflation and workload adjustments for fiscal year 2013 shall be determined as follows:
Inflation adjustment
The inflation adjustment for fiscal year 2013 shall be the sum of—
$652,709,000 multiplied by the result of an inflation adjustment calculation determined using the methodology described in subsection (c)(1)(B); and
$652,709,000 multiplied by the result of an inflation adjustment calculation determined using the methodology described in subsection (c)(1)(C).
Workload adjustment
Subject to subparagraph (C), the workload adjustment for fiscal 2013 shall be—
$652,709,000 plus the amount of the inflation adjustment calculated under subparagraph (A); multiplied by
the amount (if any) by which a percentage workload adjustment for fiscal year 2013, as determined using the methodology described in subsection (c)(2)(A), would exceed the percentage workload adjustment (as so determined) for fiscal year 2012, if both such adjustment percentages were calculated using the 5-year base period consisting of fiscal years 2003 through 2007.
Limitation
Under no circumstances shall the adjustment under subparagraph (B) result in fee revenues for fiscal year 2013 that are less than the sum of the amount under paragraph (1)(A) and the amount under paragraph (1)(B).
;
by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
Adjustments
Inflation adjustment
For fiscal year 2014 and subsequent fiscal years, the revenues established in subsection (b) shall be adjusted by the Secretary by notice, published in the Federal Register, for a fiscal year by the amount equal to the sum of—
one;
the average annual percent change in the cost, per full-time equivalent position of the Food and Drug Administration, of all personnel compensation and benefits paid with respect to such positions for the first 3 years of the preceding 4 fiscal years, multiplied by the proportion of personnel compensation and benefits costs to total costs of the process for the review of human drug applications (as defined in section 735(6)) for the first 3 years of the preceding 4 fiscal years; and
the average annual percent change that occurred in the Consumer Price Index for urban consumers (Washington-Baltimore, DC–MD–VA–WV; Not Seasonally Adjusted; All items; Annual Index) for the first 3 years of the preceding 4 years of available data, multiplied by the proportion of all costs other than personnel compensation and benefits costs to total costs of the process for the review of human drug applications (as defined in section 735(6)) for the first 3 years of the preceding 4 fiscal years.
Workload adjustment
For fiscal year 2014 and subsequent fiscal years, after the fee revenues established in subsection (b) are adjusted for a fiscal year for inflation in accordance with paragraph (1), the fee revenues shall be adjusted further for such fiscal year to reflect changes in the workload of the Secretary for the process for the review of human drug applications. With respect to such adjustment:
The adjustment shall be determined by the Secretary based on a weighted average of the change in the total number of human drug applications (adjusted for changes in review activities, as described in the notice that the Secretary is required to publish in the Federal Register under this subparagraph), efficacy supplements, and manufacturing supplements submitted to the Secretary, and the change in the total number of active commercial investigational new drug applications (adjusted for changes in review activities, as so described) during the most recent 12-month period for which data on such submissions is available. The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register the fee revenues and fees resulting from the adjustment and the supporting methodologies.
Under no circumstances shall the adjustment result in fee revenues for a fiscal year that are less than the sum of the amount under subsection (b)(1)(A) and the amount under subsection (b)(1)(B), as adjusted for inflation under paragraph (1).
The Secretary shall contract with an independent accounting or consulting firm to periodically review the adequacy of the adjustment and publish the results of those reviews. The first review shall be conducted and published by the end of fiscal year 2013 (to examine the performance of the adjustment since fiscal year 2009), and the second review shall be conducted and published by the end of fiscal year 2015 (to examine the continued performance of the adjustment). The reports shall evaluate whether the adjustment reasonably represents actual changes in workload volume and complexity and present options to discontinue, retain, or modify any elements of the adjustment. The reports shall be published for public comment. After review of the reports and receipt of public comments, the Secretary shall, if warranted, adopt appropriate changes to the methodology. If the Secretary adopts changes to the methodology based on the first report, the changes shall be effective for the first fiscal year for which fees are set after the Secretary adopts such changes and each subsequent fiscal year.
Final year adjustment
For fiscal year 2017, the Secretary may, in addition to adjustments under this paragraph and paragraphs (1) and (2), further increase the fee revenues and fees established in subsection (b) if such an adjustment is necessary to provide for not more than 3 months of operating reserves of carryover user fees for the process for the review of human drug applications for the first 3 months of fiscal year 2018. If such an adjustment is necessary, the rationale for the amount of the increase shall be contained in the annual notice establishing fee revenues and fees for fiscal year 2017. If the Secretary has carryover balances for such process in excess of 3 months of such operating reserves, the adjustment under this paragraph shall not be made.
Annual fee setting
The Secretary shall, not later than 60 days before the start of each fiscal year that begins after September 30, 2012, establish, for the next fiscal year, application, product, and establishment fees under subsection (a), based on the revenue amounts established under subsection (b) and the adjustments provided under this subsection.
Limit
The total amount of fees charged, as adjusted under this subsection, for a fiscal year may not exceed the total costs for such fiscal year for the resources allocated for the process for the review of human drug applications.
; and
in subsection (g)—
in paragraph (1),
by striking Fees authorized
and inserting Subject to
paragraph (2)(C), fees authorized
;
in paragraph (2)—
in subparagraph (A)—
in clause (i), by
striking shall be retained
and inserting subject to
subparagraph (C), shall be collected and available
; and
in clause (ii),
by striking shall only be collected and available
and inserting
shall be available
; and
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
Provision for early payments
Payment of fees authorized under this section for a fiscal year, prior to the due date for such fees, may be accepted by the Secretary in accordance with authority provided in advance in a prior year appropriations Act.
;
in paragraph (3),
by striking fiscal years 2008 through 2012
and inserting
fiscal years 2013 through 2017
; and
in paragraph (4)—
by
striking fiscal years 2008 through 2010
and inserting
fiscal years 2013 through 2015
;
by
striking fiscal year 2011
and inserting fiscal year
2016
;
by
striking fiscal years 2008 though 2011
and inserting
fiscal years 2013 through 2016
; and
by
striking fiscal year 2012
and inserting fiscal year
2017
.
Reauthorization; reporting requirements
Section 736B (21 U.S.C. 379h–2) is amended—
by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
Performance report
Beginning with fiscal year 2013, not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year for which fees are collected under this part, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report concerning the progress of the Food and Drug Administration in achieving the goals identified in the letters described in section 101(b) of the Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2012 during such fiscal year and the future plans of the Food and Drug Administration for meeting the goals. The report under this subsection for a fiscal year shall include information on all previous cohorts for which the Secretary has not given a complete response on all human drug applications and supplements in the cohort.
;
in subsection (b),
by striking 2008
and inserting 2013
; and
in subsection (d),
by striking 2012
each place it appears and inserting
2017
.
Sunset dates
Authorization
Sections 735 and 736 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379g; 379h) shall cease to be effective October 1, 2017.
Reporting requirements
Section 736B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379h–2) shall cease to be effective January 31, 2018.
Previous sunset provision
The Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 is amended by striking section 106.
Effective date
The amendments made by this title shall take effect on October 1, 2012, or the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever is later, except that fees under part 2 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act shall be assessed for all human drug applications received on or after October 1, 2012, regardless of the date of the enactment of this Act.
Savings clause
Notwithstanding the amendments made by this title, part 2 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this title, shall continue to be in effect with respect to human drug applications and supplements (as defined in such part as of such day) that on or after October 1, 2007, but before October 1, 2012, were accepted by the Food and Drug Administration for filing with respect to assessing and collecting any fee required by such part for a fiscal year prior to fiscal year 2012.
Fees relating to devices
Short title; findings
Short title
This title may be cited as the Medical Device User Fee Amendments of
2012
.
Findings
The Congress finds that the fees authorized under the amendments made by this title will be dedicated toward expediting the process for the review of device applications and for assuring the safety and effectiveness of devices, as set forth in the goals identified for purposes of part 3 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act in the letters from the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, as set forth in the Congressional Record.
Definitions
Section 737 (21 U.S.C. 379i) is amended—
in paragraph (9),
by striking incurred
after expenses
;
in paragraph
(10), by striking October 2001
and inserting October
2011
; and
in paragraph
(13), by striking is required to register
and all that follows
through the end of paragraph (13) and inserting the following: is
registered (or is required to register) with the Secretary under section 510
because such establishment is engaged in the manufacture, preparation,
propagation, compounding, or processing of a device.
.
Authority to assess and use device fees
Types of fees
Section 738(a) (21 U.S.C. 379j(a)) is amended—
in paragraph (1),
by striking fiscal year 2008
and inserting fiscal year
2013
;
in paragraph (2)(A)—
in the matter preceding clause (i)—
by
striking subsections (d) and (e)
and inserting
subsections (d), (e), and (f)
;
by
striking October 1, 2002
and inserting October 1,
2012
; and
by striking
subsection (c)(1)
and inserting subsection (c)
;
and
in clause (viii),
by striking 1.84
and inserting 2
; and
in paragraph (3)—
in subparagraph (A)—
by
inserting and subsection (f)
after subparagraph
(B)
; and
by
striking 2008
and inserting 2013
; and
in subparagraph (C), by striking
initial registration
and all that follows through section
510.
and inserting
later of—
the initial or annual registration (as applicable) of the establishment under section 510; or
the first business day after the date of enactment of an appropriations Act providing for the collection and obligation of fees for such year under this section.
.
Fee amounts
Section 738(b) (21 U.S.C. 379j(b)) is amended to read as follows:
Fee amounts
In general
Subject to subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), and (i), for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017, fees under subsection (a) shall be derived from the base fee amounts specified in paragraph (2), to generate the total revenue amounts specified in paragraph (3).
Base fee amounts
For purposes of paragraph (1), the base fee amounts specified in this paragraph are as follows:
| Fee Type | Fiscal Year 2013 | Fiscal Year 2014 | Fiscal Year 2015 | Fiscal Year 2016 | Fiscal Year 2017 |
| Premarket Application | $248,000 | $252,960 | $258,019 | $263,180 | $268,443 |
| Establishment Registration | $2,575 | $3,200 | $3,750 | $3,872 | $3,872 |
Total revenue amounts
For purposes of paragraph (1), the total revenue amounts specified in this paragraph are as follows:
$97,722,301 for fiscal year 2013.
$112,580,497 for fiscal year 2014.
$125,767,107 for fiscal year 2015.
$129,339,949 for fiscal year 2016.
$130,184,348 for fiscal year 2017.
.
Annual fee setting; adjustments
Section 738(c) (21 U.S.C. 379j(c)) is amended—
in the subsection
heading, by inserting ;
adjustments
after setting
;
by striking paragraphs (1) and (2);
by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and
by inserting before paragraph (4), as so redesignated, the following:
In general
The Secretary shall, 60 days before the start of each fiscal year after September 30, 2012, establish fees under subsection (a), based on amounts specified under subsection (b) and the adjustments provided under this subsection, and publish such fees, and the rationale for any adjustments to such fees, in the Federal Register.
Inflation adjustments
Adjustment to total revenue amounts
For fiscal year 2014 and each subsequent fiscal year, the Secretary shall adjust the total revenue amount specified in subsection (b)(3) for such fiscal year by multiplying such amount by the applicable inflation adjustment under subparagraph (B) for such year.
Applicable inflation adjustment to total revenue amounts
The applicable inflation adjustment for a fiscal year is—
for fiscal year 2014, the base inflation adjustment under subparagraph (C) for such fiscal year; and
for fiscal year 2015 and each subsequent fiscal year, the product of—
the base inflation adjustment under subparagraph (C) for such fiscal year; and
the product of the base inflation adjustment under subparagraph (C) for each of the fiscal years preceding such fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 2014.
Base inflation adjustment to total revenue amounts
In general
Subject to further adjustment under clause (ii), the base inflation adjustment for a fiscal year is the sum of one plus—
the average annual percent change in the cost, per full-time equivalent position of the Food and Drug Administration, of all personnel compensation and benefits paid with respect to such positions for the first 3 years of the preceding 4 fiscal years, multiplied by 0.60; and
the average annual percent change that occurred in the Consumer Price Index for urban consumers (Washington-Baltimore, DC–MD–VA–WV; Not Seasonally Adjusted; All items; Annual Index) for the first 3 years of the preceding 4 years of available data multiplied by 0.40.
Limitations
For purposes of subparagraph (B), if the base inflation adjustment for a fiscal year under clause (i)—
is less than 1, such adjustment shall be considered to be equal to 1; or
is greater than 1.04, such adjustment shall be considered to be equal to 1.04.
Adjustment to base fee amounts
For each of fiscal years 2014 through 2017, the base fee amounts specified in subsection (b)(2) shall be adjusted as needed, on a uniform proportionate basis, to generate the total revenue amounts under subsection (b)(3), as adjusted for inflation under subparagraph (A).
Volume-based adjustments to establishment registration base fees
For each of fiscal years 2014 through 2017, after the base fee amounts specified in subsection (b)(2) are adjusted under paragraph (2)(D), the base establishment registration fee amounts specified in such subsection shall be further adjusted, as the Secretary estimates is necessary in order for total fee collections for such fiscal year to generate the total revenue amounts, as adjusted under paragraph (2).
.
Fee waiver or reduction
Section 738 (21 U.S.C. 379j) is amended by—
redesignating subsections (f) through (k) as subsections (g) through (l), respectively; and
by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection:
Fee waiver or reduction
In general
The Secretary may, at the Secretary’s sole discretion, grant a waiver or reduction of fees under subsection (a)(2) or (a)(3) if the Secretary finds that such waiver or reduction is in the interest of public health.
Limitation
The sum of all fee waivers or reductions granted by the Secretary in any fiscal year under paragraph (1) shall not exceed 2 percent of the total fee revenue amounts established for such year under subsection (c).
Duration
The authority provided by this subsection terminates October 1, 2017.
.
Conditions
Section 738(h)(1)(A) (21 U.S.C.
379j(h)(1)(A)), as redesignated by subsection (d)(1), is amended by striking
$205,720,000
and inserting $280,587,000
.
Crediting and availability of fees
Section 738(i) (21 U.S.C. 379j(i)), as redesignated by subsection (d)(1), is amended—
in paragraph (1),
by striking Fees authorized
and inserting Subject to
paragraph (2)(C), fees authorized
;
in paragraph (2)—
in subparagraph (A)—
in
clause (i), by striking shall be retained
and inserting
subject to subparagraph (C), shall be collected and available
;
and
in clause (ii)—
by striking
collected and
after shall only be
; and
by striking
fiscal year 2002
and inserting fiscal year 2009
;
and
by adding at the end, the following:
Provision for early payments
Payment of fees authorized under this section for a fiscal year, prior to the due date for such fees, may be accepted by the Secretary in accordance with authority provided in advance in a prior year appropriations Act.
;
by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
Authorizations of appropriations
For each of the fiscal years 2013 through 2017, there is authorized to be appropriated for fees under this section an amount equal to the total revenue amount specified under subsection (b)(3) for the fiscal year, as adjusted under subsection (c) and, for fiscal year 2017 only, as further adjusted under paragraph (4).
; and
in paragraph (4)—
by striking
fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010
and inserting fiscal
years 2013, 2014, and 2015
;
by striking
fiscal year 2011
and inserting fiscal year
2016
;
by striking
June 30, 2011
and inserting June 30, 2016
;
by striking
the amount of fees specified in aggregate in
and inserting
the cumulative amount appropriated pursuant to
;
by striking
aggregate amount in
before excess shall be
credited
; and
by striking
fiscal year 2012
and inserting fiscal year
2017
.
Conforming amendment
Section
515(c)(4)(A) (21 U.S.C. 360e(c)(4)(A)) is amended by striking
738(g)
and inserting 738(h)
.
Reauthorization; reporting requirements
Reauthorization
Section 738A(b) (21 U.S.C. 379j–1(b)) is amended—
in paragraph (1),
by striking 2012
and inserting 2017
; and
in paragraph (5), by striking
2012
and inserting 2017
.
Reports
Section 738A(a) (21 U.S.C. 379j–1(a)) is amended—
by striking 2008 through
2012
each place it appears and inserting 2013 through
2017
; and
by striking
section 201(c) of the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of
2007
and inserting section 201(b) of the Medical Device User Fee
Amendments of 2012
.
Savings clause
Notwithstanding the amendments made by this title, part 3 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379i et seq.), as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this title, shall continue to be in effect with respect to submissions described in section 738(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (as in effect as of such day) that on or after October 1, 2007, but before October 1, 2012, were accepted by the Food and Drug Administration for filing with respect to assessing and collecting any fee required by such part for a fiscal year prior to fiscal year 2013.
Effective date
The amendments made by this title shall take effect on October 1, 2012, or the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever is later, except that fees under part 3 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act shall be assessed for submissions described in section 738(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act received on or after October 1, 2012, regardless of the date of the enactment of this Act.
Sunset dates
Authorizations
Sections 737 and 738 (21 U.S.C. 739i; 739j) shall cease to be effective October 1, 2017.
Reporting requirements
Section 738A (21 U.S.C. 739j–1) shall cease to be effective January 31, 2018.
Previous sunset provision
The Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 is amended by striking section 217.
Streamlined hiring authority to support activities related to the process for the review of device applications
Subchapter A of chapter VII (21 U.S.C. 371 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 713 the following new section:
Streamlined hiring authority
In general
In addition to any other personnel authorities under other provisions of law, the Secretary may, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, appoint employees to positions in the Food and Drug Administration to perform, administer, or support activities described in subsection (b), if the Secretary determines that such appointments are needed to achieve the objectives specified in subsection (c).
Activities described
The activities described in this subsection are activities under this Act related to the process for the review of device applications (as defined in section 737(8)).
Objectives specified
The objectives specified in this subsection are with respect to the activities under subsection (b), the goals referred to in section 738A(a)(1).
Internal controls
The Secretary shall institute appropriate internal controls for appointments under this section.
Sunset
The authority to appoint employees under this section shall terminate on the date that is three years after the date of enactment of this section.
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Fees relating to generic drugs
Short title
Short title
This title may be cited
as the Generic Drug User Fee
Amendments of 2012
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Finding
The Congress finds that the fees authorized by the amendments made in this title will be dedicated to human generic drug activities, as set forth in the goals identified for purposes of part 7 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, in the letters from the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, as set forth in the Congressional Record.
Authority to assess and use human generic drug fees
Subchapter C of chapter VII (21 U.S.C. 379f et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
FEES RELATING TO GENERIC DRUGS
Definitions
For purposes of this part:
The term abbreviated new drug application—
means an application submitted under section 505(j), an abbreviated application submitted under section 507 (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997), or an abbreviated new drug application submitted pursuant to regulations in effect prior to the implementation of the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984; and
does not include an application for a positron emission tomography drug.
The term active pharmaceutical ingredient means—
a substance, or a mixture when the substance is unstable or cannot be transported on its own, intended—
to be used as a component of a drug; and
to furnish pharmacological activity or other direct effect in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or to affect the structure or any function of the human body; or
a substance intended for final crystallization, purification, or salt formation, or any combination of those activities, to become a substance or mixture described in subparagraph (A).
The term adjustment factor means a factor applicable to a fiscal year that is the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (all items; United States city average) for October of the preceding fiscal year divided by such Index for October 2011.
The term affiliate means a business entity that has a relationship with a second business entity if, directly or indirectly—
one business entity controls, or has the power to control, the other business entity; or
a third party controls, or has power to control, both of the business entities.
The term facility—
means a business or other entity—
under one management, either direct or indirect; and
at one geographic location or address engaged in manufacturing or processing an active pharmaceutical ingredient or a finished dosage form; and
does not include a business or other entity whose only manufacturing or processing activities are one or more of the following: repackaging, relabeling, or testing.
For purposes of subparagraph (A), separate buildings within close proximity are considered to be at one geographic location or address if the activities in them are—
closely related to the same business enterprise;
under the supervision of the same local management; and
capable of being inspected by the Food and Drug Administration during a single inspection.
If a business or other entity would meet the definition of a facility under this paragraph but for being under multiple management, the business or other entity is deemed to constitute multiple facilities, one per management entity, for purposes of this paragraph.
The term finished dosage form means—
a drug product in the form in which it will be administered to a patient, such as a tablet, capsule, solution, or topical application;
a drug product in a form in which reconstitution is necessary prior to administration to a patient, such as oral suspensions or lyophilized powders; or
any combination of an active pharmaceutical ingredient with another component of a drug product for purposes of production of a drug product described in subparagraph (A) or (B).
The term generic drug submission means an abbreviated new drug application, an amendment to an abbreviated new drug application, or a prior approval supplement to an abbreviated new drug application.
The term human generic drug activities means the following activities of the Secretary associated with generic drugs and inspection of facilities associated with generic drugs:
The activities necessary for the review of generic drug submissions, including review of drug master files referenced in such submissions.
The issuance of—
approval letters which approve abbreviated new drug applications or supplements to such applications; or
complete response letters which set forth in detail the specific deficiencies in such applications and, where appropriate, the actions necessary to place such applications in condition for approval.
The issuance of letters related to Type II active pharmaceutical drug master files which—
set forth in detail the specific deficiencies in such submissions, and where appropriate, the actions necessary to resolve those deficiencies; or
document that no deficiencies need to be addressed.
Inspections related to generic drugs.
Monitoring of research conducted in connection with the review of generic drug submissions and drug master files.
Postmarket safety activities with respect to drugs approved under abbreviated new drug applications or supplements, including the following activities:
Collecting, developing, and reviewing safety information on approved drugs, including adverse event reports.
Developing and using improved adverse-event data-collection systems, including information technology systems.
Developing and using improved analytical tools to assess potential safety problems, including access to external data bases.
Implementing and enforcing section 505(o) (relating to postapproval studies and clinical trials and labeling changes) and section 505(p) (relating to risk evaluation and mitigation strategies) insofar as those activities relate to abbreviated new drug applications.
Carrying out section 505(k)(5) (relating to adverse-event reports and postmarket safety activities).
Regulatory science activities related to generic drugs.
The term positron emission tomography drug has the meaning given to the term compounded positron emission tomography drug in section 201(ii), except that paragraph (1)(B) of such section shall not apply.
The term prior approval supplement means a request to the Secretary to approve a change in the drug substance, drug product, production process, quality controls, equipment, or facilities covered by an approved abbreviated new drug application when that change has a substantial potential to have an adverse effect on the identity, strength, quality, purity, or potency of the drug product as these factors may relate to the safety or effectiveness of the drug product.
The term resources allocated for human generic drug activities means the expenses for—
officers and employees of the Food and Drug Administration, contractors of the Food and Drug Administration, advisory committees, and costs related to such officers and employees and to contracts with such contractors;
management of information, and the acquisition, maintenance, and repair of computer resources;
leasing, maintenance, renovation, and repair of facilities and acquisition, maintenance, and repair of fixtures, furniture, scientific equipment, and other necessary materials and supplies; and
collecting fees under subsection (a) and accounting for resources allocated for the review of abbreviated new drug applications and supplements and inspection related to generic drugs.
The term Type II active pharmaceutical ingredient drug master file means a submission of information to the Secretary by a person that intends to authorize the Food and Drug Administration to reference the information to support approval of a generic drug submission without the submitter having to disclose the information to the generic drug submission applicant.
Authority to assess and use human generic drug fees
Types of fees
Beginning in fiscal year 2013, the Secretary shall assess and collect fees in accordance with this section as follows:
One-Time Backlog Fee for Abbreviated New Drug Applications Pending on October 1, 2012
In general
Each person that owns an abbreviated new drug application that is pending on October 1, 2012, and that has not received a tentative approval prior to that date, shall be subject to a fee for each such application, as calculated under subparagraph (B).
Method of fee amount calculation
The amount of each one-time backlog fee shall be calculated by dividing $50,000,000 by the total number of abbreviated new drug applications pending on October 1, 2012, that have not received a tentative approval as of that date.
Notice
Not later than October 31, 2012, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a notice announcing the amount of the fee required by subparagraph (A).
Fee due date
The fee required by subparagraph (A) shall be due no later than 30 calendar days after the date of the publication of the notice specified in subparagraph (C).
Drug Master File Fee
In general
Each person that owns a Type II active pharmaceutical ingredient drug master file that is referenced on or after October 1, 2012, in a generic drug submission by any initial letter of authorization shall be subject to a drug master file fee.
One-time payment
If a person has paid a drug master file fee for a Type II active pharmaceutical ingredient drug master file, the person shall not be required to pay a subsequent drug master file fee when that Type II active pharmaceutical ingredient drug master file is subsequently referenced in generic drug submissions.
Notice
Fiscal year 2013
Not later than October 31, 2012, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a notice announcing the amount of the drug master file fee for fiscal year 2013.
Fiscal year 2014 through 2017
Not later than 60 days before the start of each of fiscal years 2014 through 2017, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register the amount of the drug master file fee established by this paragraph for such fiscal year.
Availability for reference
In general
Subject to subsection (g)(2)(C), for a generic drug submission to reference a Type II active pharmaceutical ingredient drug master file, the drug master file must be deemed available for reference by the Secretary.
Conditions
A drug master file shall be deemed available for reference by the Secretary if—
the person that owns a Type II active pharmaceutical ingredient drug master file has paid the fee required under subparagraph (A) within 20 calendar days after the applicable due date under subparagraph (E); and
the drug master file has not failed an initial completeness assessment by the Secretary, in accordance with criteria to be published by the Secretary.
List
The Secretary shall make publicly available on the Internet Web site of the Food and Drug Administration a list of the drug master file numbers that correspond to drug master files that have successfully undergone an initial completeness assessment, in accordance with criteria to be published by the Secretary, and are available for reference.
Fee Due Date
In general
Subject to clause (ii), a drug master file fee shall be due no later than the date on which the first generic drug submission is submitted that references the associated Type II active pharmaceutical ingredient drug master file.
Limitation
No fee shall be due under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year until the later of—
30 calendar days after publication of the notice provided for in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (C), as applicable; or
30 calendar days after the date of enactment of an appropriations Act providing for the collection and obligation of fees under this section.
Abbreviated New Drug Application and Prior Approval Supplement Filing Fee
In general
Each applicant that submits, on or after October 1, 2012, an abbreviated new drug application or a prior approval supplement to an abbreviated new drug application shall be subject to a fee for each such submission in the amount established under subsection (d).
Notice
Fiscal year 2013
Not later than October 31, 2012, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a notice announcing the amount of the fees under subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 2013.
Fiscal years 2014 through 2017
Not later than 60 days before the start of each of fiscal years 2014 through 2017, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register the amount of the fees under subparagraph (A) for such fiscal year.
Fee Due Date
In general
Except as provided in clause (ii), the fees required by subparagraphs (A) and (F) shall be due no later than the date of submission of the abbreviated new drug application or prior approval supplement for which such fee applies.
Special rule for 2013
For fiscal year 2013, such fees shall be due on the later of—
the date on which the fee is due under clause (i);
30 calendar days after publication of the notice referred to in subparagraph (B)(i); or
if an appropriations Act is not enacted providing for the collection and obligation of fees under this section by the date of submission of the application or prior approval supplement for which the fees under subparagraphs (A) and (F) apply, 30 calendar days after the date that such an appropriations Act is enacted.
Refund of fee if abbreviated new drug application is not considered to have been received
The Secretary shall refund 75 percent of the fee paid under subparagraph (A) for any abbreviated new drug application or prior approval supplement to an abbreviated new drug application that the Secretary considers not to have been received within the meaning of section 505(j)(5)(A) for a cause other than failure to pay fees.
Fee for an application the secretary considers not to have been received, or that has been withdrawn
An abbreviated new drug application or prior approval supplement that was submitted on or after October 1, 2012, and that the Secretary considers not to have been received, or that has been withdrawn, shall, upon resubmission of the application or a subsequent new submission following the applicant’s withdrawal of the application, be subject to a full fee under subparagraph (A).
Additional fee for active pharmaceutical ingredient information not included by reference to Type II active pharmaceutical ingredient drug master file
An applicant that submits a generic drug submission on or after October 1, 2012, shall pay a fee, in the amount determined under subsection (d)(3), in addition to the fee required under subparagraph (A), if—
such submission contains information concerning the manufacture of an active pharmaceutical ingredient at a facility by means other than reference by a letter of authorization to a Type II active pharmaceutical drug master file; and
a fee in the amount equal to the drug master file fee established in paragraph (2) has not been previously paid with respect to such information.
Generic Drug Facility Fee and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Facility Fee
In general
Facilities identified, or intended to be identified, in at least one generic drug submission that is pending or approved to produce a finished dosage form of a human generic drug or an active pharmaceutical ingredient contained in a human generic drug shall be subject to fees as follows:
Generic drug facility
Each person that owns a facility which is identified or intended to be identified in at least one generic drug submission that is pending or approved to produce one or more finished dosage forms of a human generic drug shall be assessed an annual fee for each such facility.
Active pharmaceutical ingredient facility
Each person that owns a facility which produces, or which is pending review to produce, one or more active pharmaceutical ingredients identified, or intended to be identified, in at least one generic drug submission that is pending or approved or in a Type II active pharmaceutical ingredient drug master file referenced in such a generic drug submission, shall be assessed an annual fee for each such facility.
Facilities producing both active pharmaceutical ingredients and finished dosage forms
Each person that owns a facility identified, or intended to be identified, in at least one generic drug submission that is pending or approved to produce both one or more finished dosage forms subject to clause (i) and one or more active pharmaceutical ingredients subject to clause (ii) shall be subject to fees under both such clauses for that facility.
Amount
The amount of fees established under subparagraph (A) shall be established under subsection (d).
Notice
Fiscal year 2013
For fiscal year 2013, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a notice announcing the amount of the fees provided for in subparagraph (A) within the timeframe specified in subsection (d)(1)(B).
Fiscal years 2014 through 2017
Within the timeframe specified in subsection (d)(2), the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register the amount of the fees under subparagraph (A) for such fiscal year.
Fee Due Date
Fiscal year 2013
For fiscal year 2013, the fees under subparagraph (A) shall be due on the later of—
not later than 45 days after the publication of the notice under subparagraph (B); or
if an appropriations Act is not enacted providing for the collection and obligation of fees under this section by the date of the publication of such notice, 30 days after the date that such an appropriations Act is enacted.
Fiscal years 2014 through 2017
For each of fiscal years 2014 through 2017, the fees under subparagraph (A) for such fiscal year shall be due on the later of—
the first business day on or after October 1 of each such year; or
the first business day after the enactment of an appropriations Act providing for the collection and obligation of fees under this section for such year.
Date of submission
For purposes of this Act, a generic drug submission or Type II pharmaceutical master file is deemed to be ‘submitted’ to the Food and Drug Administration—
if it is submitted via a Food and Drug Administration electronic gateway, on the day when transmission to that electronic gateway is completed, except that a submission or master file that arrives on a weekend, Federal holiday, or day when the Food and Drug Administration office that will review that submission is not otherwise open for business shall be deemed to be submitted on the next day when that office is open for business; or
if it is submitted in physical media form, on the day it arrives at the appropriate designated document room of the Food and Drug Administration.
Fee revenue amounts
In general
Fiscal year 2013
For fiscal year 2013, fees under subsection (a) except as provided in subsection (o) (relating to waivers) shall be established to generate a total estimated revenue amount under such subsection of $299,000,000. Of that amount—
$50,000,000 shall be generated by the one-time backlog fee for generic drug applications pending on October 1, 2012, established in subsection (a)(1); and
$249,000,000 shall be generated by the fees under paragraphs (2) through (4) of subsection (a).
Fiscal years 2014 through 2017
For each of the fiscal years 2014 through 2017, fees under paragraphs (2) through (4) of subsection (a) shall be established to generate a total estimated revenue amount under such subsection that is equal to $299,000,000, as adjusted pursuant to subsection (c).
Types of fees
In establishing fees under paragraph (1) to generate the revenue amounts specified in paragraph (1)(A)(ii) for fiscal year 2013 and paragraph (1)(B) for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2017, such fees shall be derived from the fees under paragraphs (2) through (4) of subsection (a) as follows:
6 percent shall be derived from fees under subsection (a)(2) (relating to drug master files).
24 percent shall be derived from fees under subsection (a)(3) (relating to abbreviated new drug applications and supplements). The amount of a fee for a prior approval supplement shall be half the amount of the fee for an abbreviated new drug application.
56 percent shall be derived from fees under subsection (a)(4)(A)(i) (relating to generic drug facilities). The amount of the fee for a facility located outside the United States and its territories and possessions shall be not less than $15,000 and not more than $30,000 higher than the amount of the fee for a facility located in the United States and its territories and possessions, as determined by the Secretary on the basis of data concerning the difference in cost between inspections of facilities located in the United States, including its territories and possessions, and those located outside of the United States and its territories and possessions.
14 percent shall be derived from fees under subsection (a)(4)(A)(ii) (relating to active pharmaceutical ingredient facilities). The amount of the fee for a facility located outside the United States and its territories and possessions shall be not less than $15,000 and not more than $30,000 higher than the amount of the fee for a facility located in the United States, including its territories and possessions, as determined by the Secretary on the basis of data concerning the difference in cost between inspections of facilities located in the United States and its territories and possessions and those located outside of the United States and its territories and possessions.
Adjustments
Inflation adjustment
For fiscal year 2014 and subsequent fiscal years, the revenues established in subsection (b) shall be adjusted by the Secretary by notice, published in the Federal Register, for a fiscal year, by an amount equal to the sum of—
one;
the average annual percent change in the cost, per full-time equivalent position of the Food and Drug Administration, of all personnel compensation and benefits paid with respect to such positions for the first 3 years of the preceding 4 fiscal years multiplied by the proportion of personnel compensation and benefits costs to total costs of human generic drug activities for the first 3 years of the preceding 4 fiscal years; and
the average annual percent change that occurred in the Consumer Price Index for urban consumers (Washington-Baltimore, DC–MD–VA–WV; Not Seasonally Adjusted; All items; Annual Index) for the first 3 years of the preceding 4 years of available data multiplied by the proportion of all costs other than personnel compensation and benefits costs to total costs of human generic drug activities for the first 3 years of the preceding 4 fiscal years.
Final year adjustment
For fiscal year 2017, the Secretary may, in addition to adjustments under paragraph (1), further increase the fee revenues and fees established in subsection (b) if such an adjustment is necessary to provide for not more than 3 months of operating reserves of carryover user fees for human generic drug activities for the first 3 months of fiscal year 2018. Such fees may only be used in fiscal year 2018. If such an adjustment is necessary, the rationale for the amount of the increase shall be contained in the annual notice establishing fee revenues and fees for fiscal year 2017. If the Secretary has carryover balances for such activities in excess of 3 months of such operating reserves, the adjustment under this subparagraph shall not be made.
Annual fee setting
Fiscal year 2013
For fiscal year 2013—
the Secretary shall establish, by October 31, 2012, the one-time generic drug backlog fee for generic drug applications pending on October 1, 2012, the drug master file fee, the abbreviated new drug application fee, and the prior approval supplement fee under subsection (a), based on the revenue amounts established under subsection (b); and
the Secretary shall establish, not later than 45 days after the date to comply with the requirement for identification of facilities in subsection (f)(2), the generic drug facility fee and active pharmaceutical ingredient facility fee under subsection (a) based on the revenue amounts established under subsection (b).
Fiscal years 2014 through 2017
Not more than 60 days before the first day of each of fiscal years 2014 through 2017, the Secretary shall establish the drug master file fee, the abbreviated new drug application fee, the prior approval supplement fee, the generic drug facility fee, and the active pharmaceutical ingredient facility fee under subsection (a) for such fiscal year, based on the revenue amounts established under subsection (b) and the adjustments provided under subsection (c).
Fee for active pharmaceutical ingredient information not included by reference to Type II active pharmaceutical ingredient drug master file
In establishing the fees under paragraphs (1) and (2), the amount of the fee under subsection (a)(3)(F) shall be determined by multiplying—
the sum of—
the total number of such active pharmaceutical ingredients in such submission; and
for each such ingredient that is manufactured at more than one such facility, the total number of such additional facilities; and
the amount equal to the drug master file fee established in subsection (a)(2) for such submission.
Limit
The total amount of fees charged, as adjusted under subsection (c), for a fiscal year may not exceed the total costs for such fiscal year for the resources allocated for human generic drug activities.
Identification of facilities
Publication of notice; deadline for compliance
Not later than October 1, 2012, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a notice requiring each person that owns a facility described in subsection (a)(4)(A), or a site or organization required to be identified by paragraph (4), to submit to the Secretary information on the identity of each such facility, site, or organization. The notice required by this paragraph shall specify the type of information to be submitted and the means and format for submission of such information.
Required submission of facility identification
Each person that owns a facility described in subsection (a)(4)(A) or a site or organization required to be identified by paragraph (4) shall submit to the Secretary the information required under this subsection each year. Such information shall—
for fiscal year 2013, be submitted not later than 60 days after the publication of the notice under paragraph (1); and
for each subsequent fiscal year, be submitted, updated, or reconfirmed on or before June 1 of the previous year.
Contents of notice
At a minimum, the submission required by paragraph (2) shall include for each such facility—
identification of a facility identified or intended to be identified in an approved or pending generic drug submission;
whether the facility manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredients or finished dosage forms, or both;
whether or not the facility is located within the United States and its territories and possessions;
whether the facility manufactures positron emission tomography drugs solely, or in addition to other drugs; and
whether the facility manufactures drugs that are not generic drugs.
Certain sites and organizations
In general
Any person that owns or operates a site or organization described in subparagraph (B) shall submit to the Secretary information concerning the ownership, name, and address of the site or organization.
Sites and organizations
A site or organization is described in this subparagraph if it is identified in a generic drug submission and is—
a site in which a bioanalytical study is conducted;
a clinical research organization;
a contract analytical testing site; or
a contract repackager site.
Notice
The Secretary may, by notice published in the Federal Register, specify the means and format for submission of the information under subparagraph (A) and may specify, as necessary for purposes of this section, any additional information to be submitted.
Inspection authority
The Secretary’s inspection authority under section 704(a)(1) shall extend to all such sites and organizations.
Effect of failure To pay fees
Generic drug backlog fee
Failure to pay the fee under subsection (a)(1) shall result in the Secretary placing the person that owns the abbreviated new drug application subject to that fee on an arrears list, such that no new abbreviated new drug applications or supplement submitted on or after October 1, 2012, from that person, or any affiliate of that person, will be received within the meaning of section 505(j)(5)(A) until such outstanding fee is paid.
Drug master file fee
Failure to pay the fee under subsection (a)(2) within 20 calendar days after the applicable due date under subparagraph (E) of such subsection (as described in subsection (a)(2)(D)(ii)(I)) shall result in the Type II active pharmaceutical ingredient drug master file not being deemed available for reference.
Any generic drug submission submitted on or after October 1, 2012, that references, by a letter of authorization, a Type II active pharmaceutical ingredient drug master file that has not been deemed available for reference shall not be received within the meaning of section 505(j)(5)(A) unless the condition specified in clause (ii) is met.
The condition specified in this clause is that the fee established under subsection (a)(2) has been paid within 20 calendar days of the Secretary providing the notification to the sponsor of the abbreviated new drug application or supplement of the failure of the owner of the Type II active pharmaceutical ingredient drug master file to pay the drug master file fee as specified in subparagraph (C).
If an abbreviated new drug application or supplement to an abbreviated new drug application references a Type II active pharmaceutical ingredient drug master file for which a fee under subsection (a)(2)(A) has not been paid by the applicable date under subsection (a)(2)(E), the Secretary shall notify the sponsor of the abbreviated new drug application or supplement of the failure of the owner of the Type II active pharmaceutical ingredient drug master file to pay the applicable fee.
If such fee is not paid within 20 calendar days of the Secretary providing the notification, the abbreviated new drug application or supplement to an abbreviated new drug application shall not be received within the meaning of 505(j)(5)(A).
Abbreviated new drug application fee and prior approval supplement fee
Failure to pay a fee under subparagraph (A) or (F) of subsection (a)(3) within 20 calendar days of the applicable due date under subparagraph (C) of such subsection shall result in the abbreviated new drug application or the prior approval supplement to an abbreviated new drug application not being received within the meaning of section 505(j)(5)(A) until such outstanding fee is paid.
Generic drug facility fee and active pharmaceutical ingredient facility fee
In general
Failure to pay the fee under subsection (a)(4) within 20 calendar days of the due date as specified in subparagraph (D) of such subsection shall result in the following:
The Secretary shall place the facility on a publicly available arrears list, such that no new abbreviated new drug application or supplement submitted on or after October 1, 2012, from the person that is responsible for paying such fee, or any affiliate of that person, will be received within the meaning of section 505(j)(5)(A).
Any new generic drug submission submitted on or after October 1, 2012, that references such a facility shall not be received, within the meaning of section 505(j)(5)(A) if the outstanding facility fee is not paid within 20 calendar days of the Secretary providing the notification to the sponsor of the failure of the owner of the facility to pay the facility fee under subsection (a)(4)(C).
All drugs or active pharmaceutical ingredients manufactured in such a facility or containing an ingredient manufactured in such a facility shall be deemed misbranded under section 502(aa).
Application of penalties
The penalties under this paragraph shall apply until the fee established by subsection (a)(4) is paid or the facility is removed from all generic drug submissions that refer to the facility.
Nonreceival for nonpayment
Notice
If an abbreviated new drug application or supplement to an abbreviated new drug application submitted on or after October 1, 2012, references a facility for which a facility fee has not been paid by the applicable date under subsection (a)(4)(C), the Secretary shall notify the sponsor of the generic drug submission of the failure of the owner of the facility to pay the facility fee.
Nonreceival
If the facility fee is not paid within 20 calendar days of the Secretary providing the notification under clause (i), the abbreviated new drug application or supplement to an abbreviated new drug application shall not be received within the meaning of section 505(j)(5)(A).
Limitations
In general
Fees under subsection (a) shall be refunded for a fiscal year beginning after fiscal year 2012, unless appropriations for salaries and expenses of the Food and Drug Administration for such fiscal year (excluding the amount of fees appropriated for such fiscal year) are equal to or greater than the amount of appropriations for the salaries and expenses of the Food and Drug Administration for the fiscal year 2009 (excluding the amount of fees appropriated for such fiscal year) multiplied by the adjustment factor (as defined in section 744A) applicable to the fiscal year involved.
Authority
If the Secretary does not assess fees under subsection (a) during any portion of a fiscal year and if at a later date in such fiscal year the Secretary may assess such fees, the Secretary may assess and collect such fees, without any modification in the rate, for Type II active pharmaceutical ingredient drug master files, abbreviated new drug applications and prior approval supplements, and generic drug facilities and active pharmaceutical ingredient facilities at any time in such fiscal year notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) relating to the date fees are to be paid.
Crediting and availability of fees
In general
Fees authorized under subsection (a) shall be collected and available for obligation only to the extent and in the amount provided in advance in appropriations Acts, subject to paragraph (2). Such fees are authorized to remain available until expended. Such sums as may be necessary may be transferred from the Food and Drug Administration salaries and expenses appropriation account without fiscal year limitation to such appropriation account for salaries and expenses with such fiscal year limitation. The sums transferred shall be available solely for human generic drug activities.
Collections and appropriation acts
In general
The fees authorized by this section—
subject to subparagraphs (C) and (D), shall be collected and available in each fiscal year in an amount not to exceed the amount specified in appropriation Acts, or otherwise made available for obligation for such fiscal year; and
shall be available for a fiscal year beginning after fiscal year 2012 to defray the costs of human generic drug activities (including such costs for an additional number of full-time equivalent positions in the Department of Health and Human Services to be engaged in such activities), only if the Secretary allocates for such purpose an amount for such fiscal year (excluding amounts from fees collected under this section) no less than $97,000,000 multiplied by the adjustment factor, as defined in section 744A(3), applicable to the fiscal year involved.
Compliance
The Secretary shall be considered to have met the requirements of subparagraph (A)(ii) in any fiscal year if the costs funded by appropriations and allocated for human generic activities are not more than 10 percent below the level specified in such subparagraph.
Fee collection during first program year
Until the date of enactment of an Act making appropriations through September 30, 2013 for the salaries and expenses account of the Food and Drug Administration, fees authorized by this section for fiscal year 2013, may be collected and shall be credited to such account and remain available until expended.
Provision for early payments in subsequent years
Payment of fees authorized under this section for a fiscal year (after fiscal year 2013), prior to the due date for such fees, may be accepted by the Secretary in accordance with authority provided in advance in a prior year appropriations Act.
Authorization of appropriations
For each of the fiscal years 2013 through 2017, there is authorized to be appropriated for fees under this section an amount equivalent to the total revenue amount determined under subsection (b) for the fiscal year, as adjusted under subsection (c), if applicable, or as otherwise affected under paragraph (2) of this subsection.
Collection of unpaid fees
In any case where the Secretary does not receive payment of a fee assessed under subsection (a) within 30 calendar days after it is due, such fee shall be treated as a claim of the United States Government subject to subchapter II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code.
Construction
This section may not be construed to require that the number of full-time equivalent positions in the Department of Health and Human Services, for officers, employees, and advisory committees not engaged in human generic drug activities, be reduced to offset the number of officers, employees, and advisory committees so engaged.
Positron emission tomography drugs
Exemption from fees
Submission of an application for a positron emission tomography drug or active pharmaceutical ingredient for a positron emission tomography drug shall not require the payment of any fee under this section. Facilities that solely produce positron emission tomography drugs shall not be required to pay a facility fee as established in subsection (a)(4).
Identification requirement
Facilities that produce positron emission tomography drugs or active pharmaceutical ingredients of such drugs are required to be identified pursuant to subsection (f).
Disputes concerning fees
To qualify for the return of a fee claimed to have been paid in error under this section, a person shall submit to the Secretary a written request justifying such return within 180 calendar days after such fee was paid.
Substantially complete applications
An abbreviated new drug application that is
not considered to be received within the meaning of section 505(j)(5)(A)
because of failure to pay an applicable fee under this provision within the
time period specified in subsection (g) shall be deemed not to have been
substantially complete
on the date of its submission within the
meaning of section 505(j)(5)(B)(iv)(II)(cc). An abbreviated new drug
application that is not substantially complete on the date of its submission
solely because of failure to pay an applicable fee under the preceding sentence
shall be deemed substantially complete and received within the meaning of
section 505(j)(5)(A) as of the date such applicable fee is
received.
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Reauthorization; reporting requirements
Part 7 of subchapter C of chapter VII, as added by section 302 of this Act, is amended by inserting after section 744B the following:
Reauthorization; reporting requirements
Performance report
Beginning with fiscal year 2013, not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year for which fees are collected under this part, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report concerning the progress of the Food and Drug Administration in achieving the goals identified in the letters described in section 301(b) of the Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2012 during such fiscal year and the future plans of the Food and Drug Administration for meeting the goals.
Fiscal report
Beginning with fiscal year 2013, not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year for which fees are collected under this part, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report on the implementation of the authority for such fees during such fiscal year and the use, by the Food and Drug Administration, of the fees collected for such fiscal year.
Public availability
The Secretary shall make the reports required under subsections (a) and (b) available to the public on the Internet Web site of the Food and Drug Administration.
Reauthorization
Consultation
In developing recommendations to present to the Congress with respect to the goals, and plans for meeting the goals, for human generic drug activities for the first 5 fiscal years after fiscal year 2017, and for the reauthorization of this part for such fiscal years, the Secretary shall consult with—
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives;
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate;
scientific and academic experts;
health care professionals;
representatives of patient and consumer advocacy groups; and
the generic drug industry.
Prior public input
Prior to beginning negotiations with the generic drug industry on the reauthorization of this part, the Secretary shall—
publish a notice in the Federal Register requesting public input on the reauthorization;
hold a public meeting at which the public may present its views on the reauthorization, including specific suggestions for changes to the goals referred to in subsection (a);
provide a period of 30 days after the public meeting to obtain written comments from the public suggesting changes to this part; and
publish the comments on the Food and Drug Administration’s Internet Web site.
Periodic consultation
Not less frequently than once every month during negotiations with the generic drug industry, the Secretary shall hold discussions with representatives of patient and consumer advocacy groups to continue discussions of their views on the reauthorization and their suggestions for changes to this part as expressed under paragraph (2).
Public review of recommendations
After negotiations with the generic drug industry, the Secretary shall—
present the recommendations developed under paragraph (1) to the congressional committees specified in such paragraph;
publish such recommendations in the Federal Register;
provide for a period of 30 days for the public to provide written comments on such recommendations;
hold a meeting at which the public may present its views on such recommendations; and
after consideration of such public views and comments, revise such recommendations as necessary.
Transmittal of recommendations
Not later than January 15, 2017, the Secretary shall transmit to the Congress the revised recommendations under paragraph (4), a summary of the views and comments received under such paragraph, and any changes made to the recommendations in response to such views and comments.
Minutes of negotiation meetings
Public availability
Before presenting the recommendations developed under paragraphs (1) through (5) to the Congress, the Secretary shall make publicly available, on the Internet Web site of the Food and Drug Administration, minutes of all negotiation meetings conducted under this subsection between the Food and Drug Administration and the generic drug industry.
Content
The minutes described under subparagraph (A) shall summarize any substantive proposal made by any party to the negotiations as well as significant controversies or differences of opinion during the negotiations and their resolution.
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Sunset dates
Authorization
The amendments made by section 302 cease to be effective October 1, 2017.
Reporting requirements
The amendments made by section 303 cease to be effective January 31, 2018.
Effective date
The amendments made by this title shall take effect on October 1, 2012, or the date of the enactment of this title, whichever is later, except that fees under section 302 shall be assessed for all human generic drug submissions and Type II active pharmaceutical drug master files received on or after October 1, 2012, regardless of the date of enactment of this title.
Amendment with respect to misbranding
Section 502 (21 U.S.C. 352) is amended by adding at the end the following:
If it is a drug, or an active pharmaceutical ingredient, and it was manufactured, prepared, propagated, compounded, or processed in a facility for which fees have not been paid as required by section 744A(a)(4) or for which identifying information required by section 744B(f) has not been submitted, or it contains an active pharmaceutical ingredient that was manufactured, prepared, propagated, compounded, or processed in such a facility.
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Streamlined hiring authority of the Food and Drug Administration to support activities related to human generic drugs
Section 714 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as added by section 208, is amended—
in subsection (b)—
by striking are activities
and inserting “are—
activities
;
by striking the period at the end and
inserting ; and
; and
by adding at the end the following:
activities under this Act related to human generic drug activities (as defined in section 744A).
; and
by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
Objectives specified
The objectives specified in this subsection are—
with respect to the activities under subsection (b)(1), the goals referred to in section 738A(a)(1); and
with respect to the activities under subsection (b)(2), the performance goals with respect to section 744A (regarding assessment and use of human generic drug fees), as set forth in the letters described in section 301(b) of the Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2012.
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Fees relating to biosimilar biological products
Short title; finding
Short title
This title may be cited
as the Biosimilar User Fee Act of
2012
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Finding
The Congress finds that the fees authorized by the amendments made in this title will be dedicated to expediting the process for the review of biosimilar biological product applications, including postmarket safety activities, as set forth in the goals identified for purposes of part 8 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, in the letters from the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, as set forth in the Congressional Record.
Fees relating to biosimilar biological products
Subchapter C of chapter VII (21 U.S.C. 379f et seq.) is amended by inserting after part 7, as added by title III of this Act, the following:
FEES RELATING TO BIOSIMILAR BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS
Definitions
For purposes of this part:
The term adjustment factor applicable to a fiscal year that is the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (Washington-Baltimore, DC–MD–VA–WV; Not Seasonally Adjusted; All items) of the preceding fiscal year divided by such Index for September 2011.
The term affiliate means a business entity that has a relationship with a second business entity if, directly or indirectly—
one business entity controls, or has the power to control, the other business entity; or
a third party controls, or has power to control, both of the business entities.
The term biosimilar biological product means a product for which a biosimilar biological product application has been approved.
Subject to subparagraph (B), the term biosimilar biological product application means an application for licensure of a biological product under section 351(k) of the Public Health Service Act.
Such term does not include—
a supplement to such an application;
an application filed under section 351(k) of the Public Health Service Act that cites as the reference product a bovine blood product for topical application licensed before September 1, 1992, or a large volume parenteral drug product approved before such date;
an application filed under section 351(k) of the Public Health Service Act with respect to—
whole blood or a blood component for transfusion;
an allergenic extract product;
an in vitro diagnostic biological product; or
a biological product for further manufacturing use only; or
an application for licensure under section 351(k) of the Public Health Service Act that is submitted by a State or Federal Government entity for a product that is not distributed commercially.
The term biosimilar biological product development meeting means any meeting, other than a biosimilar initial advisory meeting, regarding the content of a development program, including a proposed design for, or data from, a study intended to support a biosimilar biological product application.
The term biosimilar biological product development program means the program under this part for expediting the process for the review of submissions in connection with biosimilar biological product development.
The term biosimilar biological product establishment means a foreign or domestic place of business—
that is at one general physical location consisting of one or more buildings, all of which are within five miles of each other; and
at which one or more biosimilar biological products are manufactured in final dosage form.
For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii), the term manufactured does not include packaging.
The term biosimilar initial advisory meeting—
means a meeting, if requested, that is limited to—
a general discussion regarding whether licensure under section 351(k) of the Public Health Service Act may be feasible for a particular product; and
if so, general advice on the expected content of the development program; and
does not include any meeting that involves substantive review of summary data or full study reports.
The term costs of resources allocated for the process for the review of biosimilar biological product applications means the expenses in connection with the process for the review of biosimilar biological product applications for—
officers and employees of the Food and Drug Administration, contractors of the Food and Drug Administration, advisory committees, and costs related to such officers employees and committees and to contracts with such contractors;
management of information, and the acquisition, maintenance, and repair of computer resources;
leasing, maintenance, renovation, and repair of facilities and acquisition, maintenance, and repair of fixtures, furniture, scientific equipment, and other necessary materials and supplies; and
collecting fees under section 744H and accounting for resources allocated for the review of submissions in connection with biosimilar biological product development, biosimilar biological product applications, and supplements.
The term final dosage form means, with respect to a biosimilar biological product, a finished dosage form which is approved for administration to a patient without substantial further manufacturing (such as lyophilized products before reconstitution).
The term financial hold—
means an order issued by the Secretary to prohibit the sponsor of a clinical investigation from continuing the investigation if the Secretary determines that the investigation is intended to support a biosimilar biological product application and the sponsor has failed to pay any fee for the product required under subparagraph (A), (B), or (D) of section 744H(a)(1); and
does not mean that
any of the bases for a clinical hold
under section 505(i)(3)
have been determined by the Secretary to exist concerning the
investigation.
The term person includes an affiliate of such person.
The term process for the review of biosimilar biological product applications means the following activities of the Secretary with respect to the review of submissions in connection with biosimilar biological product development, biosimilar biological product applications, and supplements:
The activities necessary for the review of submissions in connection with biosimilar biological product development, biosimilar biological product applications, and supplements.
Actions related to submissions in connection with biosimilar biological product development, the issuance of action letters which approve biosimilar biological product applications or which set forth in detail the specific deficiencies in such applications, and where appropriate, the actions necessary to place such applications in condition for approval.
The inspection of biosimilar biological product establishments and other facilities undertaken as part of the Secretary’s review of pending biosimilar biological product applications and supplements.
Activities necessary for the release of lots of biosimilar biological products under section 351(k) of the Public Health Service Act.
Monitoring of research conducted in connection with the review of biosimilar biological product applications.
Postmarket safety activities with respect to biologics approved under biosimilar biological product applications or supplements, including the following activities:
Collecting, developing, and reviewing safety information on biosimilar biological products, including adverse-event reports.
Developing and using improved adverse-event data-collection systems, including information technology systems.
Developing and using improved analytical tools to assess potential safety problems, including access to external data bases.
Implementing and enforcing section 505(o) (relating to postapproval studies and clinical trials and labeling changes) and section 505(p) (relating to risk evaluation and mitigation strategies).
Carrying out section 505(k)(5) (relating to adverse-event reports and postmarket safety activities).
The term supplement means a request to the Secretary to approve a change in a biosimilar biological product application which has been approved, including a supplement requesting that the Secretary determine that the biosimilar biological product meets the standards for interchangeability described in section 351(k)(4) of the Public Health Service Act.
Authority to assess and use biosimilar biological product fees
Types of fees
Beginning in fiscal year 2013, the Secretary shall assess and collect fees in accordance with this section as follows:
Biosimilar development program fees
Initial biosimilar biological product development fee
In general
Each person that submits to the Secretary a meeting request described under clause (ii) or a clinical protocol for an investigational new drug protocol described under clause (iii) shall pay for the product named in the meeting request or the investigational new drug application the initial biosimilar biological product development fee established under subsection (b)(1)(A).
Meeting request
The meeting request described in this clause is a request for a biosimilar biological product development meeting for a product.
Clinical protocol for IND
A clinical
protocol for an investigational new drug protocol described in this clause is a
clinical protocol consistent with the provisions of section 505(i), including
any regulations promulgated under section 505(i), (referred to in this section
as investigational new drug application
) describing an
investigation that the Secretary determines is intended to support a biosimilar
biological product application for a product.
Due Date
The initial biosimilar biological product development fee shall be due by the earlier of the following:
Not later than 5 days after the Secretary grants a request for a biosimilar biological product development meeting.
The date of submission of an investigational new drug application describing an investigation that the Secretary determines is intended to support a biosimilar biological product application.
Transition rule
Each person that has submitted an investigational new drug application prior to the date of enactment of the Biosimilars User Fee Act of 2012 shall pay the initial biosimilar biological product development fee by the earlier of the following:
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of the Biosimilars User Fee Act of 2012, if the Secretary determines that the investigational new drug application describes an investigation that is intended to support a biosimilar biological product application.
Not later than 5 days after the Secretary grants a request for a biosimilar biological product development meeting.
Annual biosimilar biological product development fee
In general
A person that pays an initial biosimilar biological
product development fee for a product shall pay for such product, beginning in
the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the initial biosimilar
biological product development fee was paid, an annual fee established under
subsection (b)(1)(B) for biosimilar biological product development (referred to
in this section as annual biosimilar biological product development
fee
).
Due date
The annual biosimilar biological product development program fee for each fiscal year will be due on the later of—
the first business day on or after October 1 of each such year; or
the first business day after the enactment of an appropriations Act providing for the collection and obligation of fees for such year under this section.
Exception
The annual biosimilar development program fee for each fiscal year will be due on the date specified in clause (ii), unless the person has—
submitted a marketing application for the biological product that was accepted for filing; or
discontinued participation in the biosimilar biological product development program for the product under subparagraph (C).
Discontinuation of fee obligation
A person may discontinue participation in the biosimilar biological product development program for a product effective October 1 of a fiscal year by, not later than August 1 of the preceding fiscal year—
if no investigational new drug application concerning the product has been submitted, submitting to the Secretary a written declaration that the person has no present intention of further developing the product as a biosimilar biological product; or
if an investigational new drug application concerning the product has been submitted, by withdrawing the investigational new drug application in accordance with part 312 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations).
Reactivation fee
In general
A person that has discontinued participation in the
biosimilar biological product development program for a product under
subparagraph (C) shall pay a fee (referred to in this section as
reactivation fee
) by the earlier of the following:
Not later than 5 days after the Secretary grants a request for a biosimilar biological product development meeting for the product (after the date on which such participation was discontinued).
Upon the date of submission (after the date on which such participation was discontinued) of an investigational new drug application describing an investigation that the Secretary determines is intended to support a biosimilar biological product application for that product.
Application of annual fee
A person that pays a reactivation fee for a product shall pay for such product, beginning in the next fiscal year, the annual biosimilar biological product development fee under subparagraph (B).
Effect of failure to pay biosimilar development program fees
No biosimilar biological product development meetings
If a person has failed to pay an initial or annual biosimilar biological product development fee as required under subparagraph (A) or (B), or a reactivation fee as required under subparagraph (D), the Secretary shall not provide a biosimilar biological product development meeting relating to the product for which fees are owed.
No receipt of investigational new drug applications
Except in extraordinary circumstances, the Secretary shall not consider an investigational new drug application to have been received under section 505(i)(2) if—
the Secretary determines that the investigation is intended to support a biosimilar biological product application; and
the sponsor has failed to pay an initial or annual biosimilar biological product development fee for the product as required under subparagraph (A) or (B), or a reactivation fee as required under subparagraph (D).
Financial hold
Notwithstanding section 505(i)(2), except in extraordinary circumstances, the Secretary shall prohibit the sponsor of a clinical investigation from continuing the investigation if—
the Secretary determines that the investigation is intended to support a biosimilar biological product application; and
the sponsor has failed to pay an initial or annual biosimilar biological product development fee for the product as required under subparagraph (A) or (B), or a reactivation fee for the product as required under subparagraph (D).
No acceptance of biosimilar biological product applications or supplements
If a person has failed to pay an initial or annual biosimilar biological product development fee as required under subparagraph (A) or (B), or a reactivation fee as required under subparagraph (D), any biosimilar biological product application or supplement submitted by that person shall be considered incomplete and shall not be accepted for filing by the Secretary until all such fees owed by such person have been paid.
Limits regarding biosimilar development program fees
No refunds
The Secretary shall not refund any initial or annual biosimilar biological product development fee paid under subparagraph (A) or (B), or any reactivation fee paid under subparagraph (D).
No waivers, exemptions, or reductions
The Secretary shall not grant a waiver, exemption, or reduction of any initial or annual biosimilar biological product development fee due or payable under subparagraph (A) or (B), or any reactivation fee due or payable under subparagraph (D).
Biosimilar biological product application and supplement fee
In general
Each person that submits, on or after October 1, 2012, a biosimilar biological product application or a supplement shall be subject to the following fees:
A fee for a biosimilar biological product application that is equal to—
the amount of the fee established under subsection (b)(1)(D) for a biosimilar biological product application; minus
the cumulative amount of fees paid, if any, under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (D) of paragraph (1) for the product that is the subject of the application.
A fee for a biosimilar biological product application for which clinical data (other than comparative bioavailability studies) with respect to safety or effectiveness are not required, that is equal to—
half of the amount of the fee established under subsection (b)(1)(D) for a biosimilar biological product application; minus
the cumulative amount of fees paid, if any, under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (D) of paragraph (1) for that product.
A fee for a supplement for which clinical data (other than comparative bioavailability studies) with respect to safety or effectiveness are required, that is equal to half of the amount of the fee established under subsection (b)(1)(D) for a biosimilar biological product application.
Reduction in fees
Notwithstanding section 404 of the Biosimilars User Fee Act of 2012, any person who pays a fee under subparagraph (A), (B), or (D) of paragraph (1) for a product before October 1, 2017, but submits a biosimilar biological product application for that product after such date, shall be entitled to the reduction of any biosimilar biological product application fees that may be assessed at the time when such biosimilar biological product application is submitted, by the cumulative amount of fees paid under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (D) of paragraph (1) for that product.
Payment due date
Any fee required by subparagraph (A) shall be due upon submission of the application or supplement for which such fee applies.
Exception for previously filed application or supplement
If a biosimilar biological product application or supplement was submitted by a person that paid the fee for such application or supplement, was accepted for filing, and was not approved or was withdrawn (without a waiver), the submission of a biosimilar biological product application or a supplement for the same product by the same person (or the person’s licensee, assignee, or successor) shall not be subject to a fee under subparagraph (A).
Refund of application fee if application refused for filing or withdrawn before filing
The Secretary shall refund 75 percent of the fee paid under this paragraph for any application or supplement which is refused for filing or withdrawn without a waiver before filing.
Fees for applications previously refused for filing or withdrawn before filing
A biosimilar biological product application or supplement that was submitted but was refused for filing, or was withdrawn before being accepted or refused for filing, shall be subject to the full fee under subparagraph (A) upon being resubmitted or filed over protest, unless the fee is waived under subsection (c).
Biosimilar biological product establishment fee
In general
Except as provided in subparagraph (E), each person that is named as the applicant in a biosimilar biological product application shall be assessed an annual fee established under subsection (b)(1)(E) for each biosimilar biological product establishment that is listed in the approved biosimilar biological product application as an establishment that manufactures the biosimilar biological product named in such application.
Assessment in fiscal years
The establishment fee shall be assessed in each fiscal year for which the biosimilar biological product named in the application is assessed a fee under paragraph (4) unless the biosimilar biological product establishment listed in the application does not engage in the manufacture of the biosimilar biological product during such fiscal year.
Due date
The establishment fee for a fiscal year shall be due on the later of—
the first business day on or after October 1 of such fiscal year; or
the first business day after the enactment of an appropriations Act providing for the collection and obligation of fees for such fiscal year under this section.
Application to establishment
Each biosimilar biological product establishment shall be assessed only one fee per biosimilar biological product establishment, notwithstanding the number of biosimilar biological products manufactured at the establishment, subject to clause (ii).
In the event an establishment is listed in a biosimilar biological product application by more than one applicant, the establishment fee for the fiscal year shall be divided equally and assessed among the applicants whose biosimilar biological products are manufactured by the establishment during the fiscal year and assessed biosimilar biological product fees under paragraph (4).
Exception for new products
If, during the fiscal year, an applicant initiates or causes to be initiated the manufacture of a biosimilar biological product at an establishment listed in its biosimilar biological product application—
that did not manufacture the biosimilar biological product in the previous fiscal year; and
for which the full biosimilar biological product establishment fee has been assessed in the fiscal year at a time before manufacture of the biosimilar biological product was begun,
Biosimilar biological product fee
In general
Each person who is named as the applicant in a biosimilar biological product application shall pay for each such biosimilar biological product the annual fee established under subsection (b)(1)(F).
Due date
The biosimilar biological product fee for a fiscal year shall be due on the later of—
the first business day on or after October 1 of each such year; or
the first business day after the enactment of an appropriations Act providing for the collection and obligation of fees for such year under this section.
One fee per product per year
The biosimilar biological product fee shall be paid only once for each product for each fiscal year.
Fee setting and amounts
In general
Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall, 60 days before the start of each fiscal year that begins after September 30, 2012, establish, for the next fiscal year, the fees under subsection (a). Except as provided in subsection (c), such fees shall be in the following amounts:
Initial biosimilar biological product development fee
The initial biosimilar biological product development fee under subsection (a)(1)(A) for a fiscal year shall be equal to 10 percent of the amount established under section 736(c)(4) for a human drug application described in section 736(a)(1)(A)(i) for that fiscal year.
Annual biosimilar biological product development fee
The annual biosimilar biological product development fee under subsection (a)(1)(B) for a fiscal year shall be equal to 10 percent of the amount established under section 736(c)(4) for a human drug application described in section 736(a)(1)(A)(i) for that fiscal year.
Reactivation fee
The reactivation fee under subsection (a)(1)(D) for a fiscal year shall be equal to 20 percent of the amount of the fee established under section 736(c)(4) for a human drug application described in section 736(a)(1)(A)(i) for that fiscal year.
Biosimilar biological product application fee
The biosimilar biological product application fee under subsection (a)(2) for a fiscal year shall be equal to the amount established under section 736(c)(4) for a human drug application described in section 736(a)(1)(A)(i) for that fiscal year.
Biosimilar biological product establishment fee
The biosimilar biological product establishment fee under subsection (a)(3) for a fiscal year shall be equal to the amount established under section 736(c)(4) for a prescription drug establishment for that fiscal year.
Biosimilar biological product fee
The biosimilar biological product fee under subsection (a)(4) for a fiscal year shall be equal to the amount established under section 736(c)(4) for a prescription drug product for that fiscal year.
Limit
The total amount of fees charged for a fiscal year under this section may not exceed the total amount for such fiscal year of the costs of resources allocated for the process for the review of biosimilar biological product applications.
Application fee waiver for small business
Waiver of application fee
The Secretary shall grant to a person who is named in a biosimilar biological product application a waiver from the application fee assessed to that person under subsection (a)(2)(A) for the first biosimilar biological product application that a small business or its affiliate submits to the Secretary for review. After a small business or its affiliate is granted such a waiver, the small business or its affiliate shall pay—
application fees for all subsequent biosimilar biological product applications submitted to the Secretary for review in the same manner as an entity that is not a small business; and
all supplement fees for all supplements to biosimilar biological product applications submitted to the Secretary for review in the same manner as an entity that is not a small business.
Considerations
In determining whether to grant a waiver of a fee under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider only the circumstances and assets of the applicant involved and any affiliate of the applicant.
Small business defined
In this subsection, the term small business means an entity that has fewer than 500 employees, including employees of affiliates, and does not have a drug product that has been approved under a human drug application (as defined in section 735) or a biosimilar biological product application (as defined in section 744G(4)) and introduced or delivered for introduction into interstate commerce.
Effect of failure To pay fees
A biosimilar biological product application or supplement submitted by a person subject to fees under subsection (a) shall be considered incomplete and shall not be accepted for filing by the Secretary until all fees owed by such person have been paid.
Crediting and availability of fees
In general
Subject to paragraph (2), fees authorized under subsection (a) shall be collected and available for obligation only to the extent and in the amount provided in advance in appropriations Acts. Such fees are authorized to remain available until expended. Such sums as may be necessary may be transferred from the Food and Drug Administration salaries and expenses appropriation account without fiscal year limitation to such appropriation account for salaries and expenses with such fiscal year limitation. The sums transferred shall be available solely for the process for the review of biosimilar biological product applications.
Collections and appropriation acts
In general
Subject to subparagraphs (C) and (D), the fees authorized by this section shall be collected and available in each fiscal year in an amount not to exceed the amount specified in appropriation Acts, or otherwise made available for obligation for such fiscal year.
Use of fees and limitation
The fees authorized by this section shall be available for a fiscal year beginning after fiscal year 2012 to defray the costs of the process for the review of biosimilar biological product applications (including such costs for an additional number of full-time equivalent positions in the Department of Health and Human Services to be engaged in such process), only if the Secretary allocates for such purpose an amount for such fiscal year (excluding amounts from fees collected under this section) no less than $20,000,000, multiplied by the adjustment factor applicable to the fiscal year involved.
Fee collection during first program year
Until the date of enactment of an Act making appropriations through September 30, 2013, for the salaries and expenses account of the Food and Drug Administration, fees authorized by this section for fiscal year 2013 may be collected and shall be credited to such account and remain available until expended.
Provision for early payments in subsequent years
Payment of fees authorized under this section for a fiscal year (after fiscal year 2013), prior to the due date for such fees, may be accepted by the Secretary in accordance with authority provided in advance in a prior year appropriations Act.
Authorization of appropriations
For each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017, there is authorized to be appropriated for fees under this section an amount equivalent to the total amount of fees assessed for such fiscal year under this section.
Collection of unpaid fees
In any case where the Secretary does not receive payment of a fee assessed under subsection (a) within 30 days after it is due, such fee shall be treated as a claim of the United States Government subject to subchapter II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code.
Written requests for waivers and refunds
To qualify for consideration for a waiver under subsection (c), or for a refund of any fee collected in accordance with subsection (a)(2)(A), a person shall submit to the Secretary a written request for such waiver or refund not later than 180 days after such fee is due.
Construction
This section may not be construed to require that the number of full-time equivalent positions in the Department of Health and Human Services, for officers, employers, and advisory committees not engaged in the process of the review of biosimilar biological product applications, be reduced to offset the number of officers, employees, and advisory committees so engaged.
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Reauthorization; reporting requirements
Part 8 of subchapter C of chapter VII, as added by section 402, is further amended by inserting after section 744H the following:
Reauthorization; reporting requirements
Performance report
Beginning with fiscal year 2013, not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year for which fees are collected under this part, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report concerning the progress of the Food and Drug Administration in achieving the goals identified in the letters described in section 401(b) of the Biosimilar User Fee Act of 2012 during such fiscal year and the future plans of the Food and Drug Administration for meeting such goals. The report for a fiscal year shall include information on all previous cohorts for which the Secretary has not given a complete response on all biosimilar biological product applications and supplements in the cohort.
Fiscal report
Not later than 120 days after the end of fiscal year 2013 and each subsequent fiscal year for which fees are collected under this part, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report on the implementation of the authority for such fees during such fiscal year and the use, by the Food and Drug Administration, of the fees collected for such fiscal year.
Public availability
The Secretary shall make the reports required under subsections (a) and (b) available to the public on the Internet Web site of the Food and Drug Administration.
Study
In general
The Secretary shall contract with an independent accounting or consulting firm to study the workload volume and full costs associated with the process for the review of biosimilar biological product applications.
Interim results
Not later than June 1, 2015, the Secretary shall publish, for public comment, interim results of the study described under paragraph (1).
Final results
Not later than September 30, 2016, the Secretary shall publish, for public comment, the final results of the study described under paragraph (1).
Reauthorization
Consultation
In developing recommendations to present to the Congress with respect to the goals described in subsection (a), and plans for meeting the goals, for the process for the review of biosimilar biological product applications for the first 5 fiscal years after fiscal year 2017, and for the reauthorization of this part for such fiscal years, the Secretary shall consult with—
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives;
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate;
scientific and academic experts;
health care professionals;
representatives of patient and consumer advocacy groups; and
the regulated industry.
Public review of recommendations
After negotiations with the regulated industry, the Secretary shall—
present the recommendations developed under paragraph (1) to the congressional committees specified in such paragraph;
publish such recommendations in the Federal Register;
provide for a period of 30 days for the public to provide written comments on such recommendations;
hold a meeting at which the public may present its views on such recommendations; and
after consideration of such public views and comments, revise such recommendations as necessary.
Transmittal of recommendations
Not later than January 15, 2017, the Secretary shall transmit to the Congress the revised recommendations under paragraph (2), a summary of the views and comments received under such paragraph, and any changes made to the recommendations in response to such views and comments.
.
Sunset dates
Authorization
The amendment made by section 402 shall cease to be effective October 1, 2017.
Reporting requirements
The amendment made by section 403 shall cease to be effective January 31, 2018.
Effective date
In general
Except as provided under subsection (b), the amendments made by this title shall take effect on the later of—
October 1, 2012; or
the date of the enactment of this title.
Exception
Fees under part 8 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as added by this title, shall be assessed for all biosimilar biological product applications received on or after October 1, 2012, regardless of the date of the enactment of this title.
Savings clause
Notwithstanding the amendments made by this title, part 2 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this title, shall continue to be in effect with respect to human drug applications and supplements (as defined in such part as of such day) that were accepted by the Food and Drug Administration for filing on or after October 1, 2007, but before October 1, 2012, with respect to assessing and collecting any fee required by such part for a fiscal year prior to fiscal year 2013.
Conforming amendment
Section 735(1)(B)
(21 U.S.C. 379g(1)(B)) is amended by striking or (k)
.
Pediatric drugs and devices
Permanence
Pediatric studies of drugs
Subsection (q) of section 505A (21 U.S.C. 355a) is amended—
in the subsection
heading, by striking Sunset
and inserting
Permanence
;
in paragraph (1),
by striking on or before October 1, 2012,
; and
in paragraph (2),
by striking on or before October 1, 2012,
.
Research into pediatric uses for drugs and biological products
Section 505B (21 U.S.C. 355c) is amended—
by striking subsection (m); and
by redesignating subsection (n) as subsection (m).
Written requests
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
Subsection (h) of section 505A (21 U.S.C. 355a) is amended to read as follows:
Relationship to pediatric research requirements
Exclusivity under this section shall only be granted for the completion of a study or studies that are the subject of a written request and for which reports are submitted and accepted in accordance with subsection (d)(3). Written requests under this section may consist of a study or studies required under section 505B.
.
Public Health Service Act
Section 351(m)(1) of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 262(m)(1)) is amended by striking (f), (i), (j), (k), (l),
(p), and (q)
and inserting (f), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (n),
and (p)
.
Communication with Pediatric Review Committee
Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to
in this title as the Secretary
) shall issue internal standard
operating procedures that provide for the review by the internal review
committee established under section 505C of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355d) of any significant modifications to initial
pediatric study plans, agreed initial pediatric study plans, and written
requests under sections 505A and 505B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (21 U.S.C. 355c). Such internal standard operating procedures shall be made
publicly available on the Internet website of the Food and Drug
Administration.
Access to data
Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall make available to the public, including through posting on the Internet website of the Food and Drug Administration, the medical, statistical, and clinical pharmacology reviews of, and corresponding written requests issued to an applicant, sponsor, or holder for, pediatric studies submitted between January 4, 2002 and September 27, 2007 under subsection (b) or (c) of section 505A of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355a) for which 6 months of market exclusivity was granted and that resulted in a labeling change. The Secretary shall make public the information described in the preceding sentence in a manner consistent with how the Secretary releases information under section 505A(k) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355a(k)).
Ensuring the completion of pediatric studies
Extension of deadline for deferred studies
Section 505B (21 U.S.C. 355c) is amended—
in subsection (a)(3)—
by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C);
by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:
Deferral extension
In general
On the initiative of the Secretary or at the request of the applicant, the Secretary may grant an extension of a deferral approved under subparagraph (A) for submission of some or all assessments required under paragraph (1) if—
the Secretary determines that the conditions described in subclause (II) or (III) of subparagraph (A)(i) continue to be met; and
the applicant submits a new timeline under subparagraph (A)(ii)(IV) and any significant updates to the information required under subparagraph (A)(ii).
Timing and information
If the deferral extension under this subparagraph is requested by the applicant, the applicant shall submit the deferral extension request containing the information described in this subparagraph not less than 90 days prior to the date that the deferral would expire. The Secretary shall respond to such request not later than 45 days after the receipt of such letter. If the Secretary grants such an extension, the specified date shall be the extended date. The sponsor of the required assessment under paragraph (1) shall not be issued a letter described in subsection (d) unless the specified or extended date of submission for such required studies has passed or if the request for an extension is pending. For a deferral that has expired prior to the date of enactment of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act or that will expire prior to 270 days after the date of enactment of such Act, a deferral extension shall be requested by an applicant not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of such Act. The Secretary shall respond to any such request as soon as practicable, but not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of such Act. Nothing in this clause shall prevent the Secretary from updating the status of a study or studies publicly if components of such study or studies are late or delayed.
; and
in subparagraph (C), as so redesignated—
in clause (i), by adding at the end the following:
Projected completion date for pediatric studies.
The reason or reasons why a deferral or deferral extension continues to be necessary.
; and
in clause (ii)—
by inserting
, as well as the date of each deferral or deferral extension, as
applicable,
after clause (i)
; and
by inserting
not later than 90 days after submission to the Secretary or with the
next routine quarterly update
after Administration
;
and
in subsection (f)—
in the subsection
heading, by inserting Deferral Extensions,
after
Deferrals,
;
in paragraph (1),
by inserting , deferral extension,
after
deferral
; and
in paragraph (4)—
in
the paragraph heading, by inserting deferral extensions,
after
deferrals,
; and
by
inserting , deferral extensions,
after
deferrals
.
Tracking of extensions; annual information
Section 505B(f)(6)(D) (21 U.S.C. 355c(f)(6)(D)) is amended to read as follows:
aggregated on an annual basis—
the total number of deferrals and deferral extensions requested and granted under this section and, if granted, the reasons for each such deferral or deferral extension;
the timeline for completion of the assessments; and
the number of assessments completed and pending;
.
Action on failure to complete studies
Issuance of letter
Subsection (d) of section 505B (21 U.S.C. 355c) is amended to read as follows:
Submission of assessments
If a person fails to submit a required assessment described in subsection (a)(2), fails to meet the applicable requirements in subsection (a)(3), or fails to submit a request for approval of a pediatric formulation described in subsection (a) or (b), in accordance with applicable provisions of subsections (a) and (b), the following shall apply:
Beginning 270 days after the date of enactment of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, the Secretary shall issue a non-compliance letter to such person informing them of such failure to submit or meet the requirements of the applicable subsection. Such letter shall require the person to respond in writing within 45 calendar days of issuance of such letter. Such response may include the person’s request for a deferral extension if applicable. Such letter and the person’s written response to such letter shall be made publicly available on the Internet Web site of the Food and Drug Administration 45 calendar days after issuance, with redactions for any trade secrets and confidential commercial information. If the Secretary determines that the letter was issued in error, the requirements of this paragraph shall not apply.
The drug or biological product that is the subject of an assessment described in subsection (a)(2), applicable requirements in subsection (a)(3), or request for approval of a pediatric formulation, may be considered misbranded solely because of that failure and subject to relevant enforcement action (except that the drug or biological product shall not be subject to action under section 303), but such failure shall not be the basis for a proceeding—
to withdraw approval for a drug under section 505(e); or
to revoke the license for a biological product under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act.
.
Tracking of letters issued
Subparagraph (D) of section 505B(f)(6) (21 U.S.C. 355c(f)(6)), as amended by subsection (b), is further amended—
in clause (ii),
by striking ; and
and inserting a semicolon;
in clause (iii),
by adding and
at the end; and
by adding at the end the following:
the number of postmarket non-compliance letters issued pursuant to subsection (d), and the recipients of such letters;
.
Pediatric study plans
In general
Subsection (e) of section 505B (21 U.S.C. 355c) is amended to read as follows:
Pediatric study plans
In general
An applicant subject to subsection (a) shall submit to the Secretary an initial pediatric study plan prior to the submission of the assessments described under subsection (a)(2).
Timing; content; meeting
Timing
An applicant shall submit an initial pediatric study plan to the Secretary not later than 60 calendar days after the date of the end of phase II meeting or such other equivalent time agreed upon between the Secretary and the applicant. Nothing in this paragraph shall preclude the Secretary from accepting the submission of an initial pediatric study plan earlier than the date described under the preceding sentence.
Content of initial plan
The initial pediatric study plan shall include—
an outline of the pediatric study or studies that the applicant plans to conduct (including, to the extent practicable study objectives and design, age groups, relevant endpoints, and statistical approach);
any request for a deferral, partial waiver, or waiver under this section, if applicable, along with any supporting information; and
other information specified in the regulations promulgated under paragraph (4).
Meeting
The Secretary—
shall meet with the applicant to discuss the initial pediatric study plan as soon as practicable, but not later than 90 calendar days after the receipt of such plan under subparagraph (A);
may determine that a written response to the initial pediatric study plan is sufficient to communicate comments on the initial pediatric study plan, and that no meeting is necessary; and
if the Secretary determines that no meeting is necessary, shall so notify the applicant and provide written comments of the Secretary as soon as practicable, but not later than 90 calendar days after the receipt of the initial pediatric study plan.
Agreed initial pediatric study plan
Not later than 90 calendar days following
the meeting under paragraph (2)(C)(i) or the receipt of a written response from
the Secretary under paragraph (2)(C)(iii), the applicant shall document
agreement on the initial pediatric study plan in a submission to the Secretary
marked Agreed Initial Pediatric Study Plan
, and the Secretary
shall confirm such agreement to the applicant in writing not later than 30
calendar days of receipt of such agreed initial pediatric study plan.
Deferral and waiver
If the agreed initial pediatric study plan contains a request from the applicant for a deferral, partial waiver, or waiver under this section, the written confirmation under paragraph (3) shall include a recommendation from the Secretary as to whether such request meets the standards under paragraphs (3) or (4) of subsection (a).
Amendments to the plan
At the initiative of the Secretary or the applicant, the agreed initial pediatric study plan may be amended at any time. The requirements of paragraph (2)(C) shall apply to any such proposed amendment in the same manner and to the same extent as such requirements apply to an initial pediatric study plan under paragraph (1). The requirements of paragraphs (3) and (4) shall apply to any agreement resulting from such proposed amendment in the same manner and to the same extent as such requirements apply to an agreed initial pediatric study plan.
Internal committee
The Secretary shall consult the internal committee under section 505C on the review of the initial pediatric study plan, agreed initial pediatric plan, and any significant amendments to such plans.
Required rulemaking
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, the Secretary shall promulgate proposed regulations and issue proposed guidance to implement the provisions of this subsection.
.
Conforming amendments
Section 505B (21 U.S.C. 355c)is amended—
by amending subclause (II) of subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii) to read as follows:
a pediatric study plan as described in subsection (e);
; and
in subsection (f)—
in the subsection
heading, by striking pediatric plans,
and inserting
pediatric study
plans,
;
in paragraph (1),
by striking all pediatric plans
and inserting initial
pediatric study plans, agreed initial pediatric study plans,
;
and
in paragraph (4)—
in
the paragraph heading, by striking pediatric plans,
and inserting
pediatric study
plans,
; and
by striking
pediatric plans
and inserting initial pediatric study
plans, agreed initial pediatric study plans,
.
Effective dates
Pediatric study plans
Subsection (e) of section 505B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (other than paragraph (4) of such subsection), as amended by subsection (a), shall take effect 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, without regard to whether the Secretary has promulgated final regulations under paragraph (4) of such subsection by such date.
Conforming amendments
The amendments made by subsection (b) shall take effect 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
Reauthorizations
Pediatric Advisory Committee
Section
14(d) of the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (42 U.S.C. 284m note) is
amended by striking Notwithstanding section 14 of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, the advisory committee shall continue to operate during the
five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Best
Pharmaceuticals for Children Act of 2007
and inserting Section
14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to the advisory
committee
.
Pediatric Subcommittee of the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee
Section 15(a)(3) of the Best
Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (42 U.S.C. 284m note) is amended by striking
during the five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of
the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act of 2007
and inserting
for the duration of the operation of the Oncologic Drugs Advisory
Committee
.
Humanitarian device exemption extension
Section 520(m)(6)(A)(iv) of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360j(m)(6)(A)(iv)) is amended by
striking 2012
and inserting 2017
.
Demonstration grants to improve pediatric device availability
Section 305(e) of Pediatric Medical Device
Safety and Improvement Act (Public Law 110–85; 42 U.S.C. 282 note)) is amended
by striking $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through
2012
and inserting $4,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2013
through 2017
.
Program for pediatric study of drugs in PHSA
Section 409I(e)(1)(B) of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284m((e)(1)(B)) is amended by striking of the
four succeeding fiscal years
and inserting succeeding fiscal
year
.
Report
In general
Not later than October 31, 2016, and at the end of each subsequent 5-year period, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that evaluates the effectiveness of sections 505A and 505B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355a, 355c) and section 409I of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284m) in ensuring that medicines used by children are tested in pediatric populations and properly labeled for use in children.
Contents
The report under subsection (a) shall include—
the number and importance of drugs and biological products for children for which studies have been requested or required (as of the date of such report) under 505A and 505B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355a, 355c) and section 409I of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284m), including—
the number of labeling changes made to drugs and biological products pursuant to such sections since the date of enactment of this Act; and
the importance of such drugs and biological products in the improvement of the health of children;
the number of required studies under such section 505B that have not met the initial deadline provided under such section, including—
the number of deferrals and deferral extensions granted and the reasons such extensions were granted;
the number of waivers and partial waivers granted; and
the number of letters issued under subsection (d) of such section 505B;
the number of written requests issued, declined, and referred to the National Institutes of Health under such section 505A since the date of enactment of this Act (including the reasons for such declination), and a description and status of referrals made under subsection (n) of such section 505A;
the number of proposed pediatric study plans submitted and agreed to as identified in the marketing application under such section 505B;
any labeling changes recommended by the Pediatric Advisory Committee as a result of the review by such Committee of adverse events reports;
the number and current status of pediatric postmarketing requirements;
the number and importance of drugs and biological products for children that are not being tested for use in pediatric populations, notwithstanding the existence of the programs under such sections 505A and 505B and section 409I of the Public Health Service Act;
the possible reasons for the lack of testing reported under paragraph (7);
the number of drugs and biological products for which testing is being done (as of the date of the report) and for which a labeling change is required under the programs described in paragraph (7), including—
the date labeling changes are made;
which labeling changes required the use of the dispute resolution process; and
for labeling changes that required such dispute resolution process, a description of—
the disputes;
the recommendations of the Pediatric Advisory Committee; and
the outcomes of such process; and
an assessment of the effectiveness in improving information about pediatric uses of drugs and biological products;
the efforts made by the Secretary to increase the number of studies conducted in the neonatal population (including efforts made to encourage the conduct of appropriate studies in neonates by companies with products that have sufficient safety and other information to make the conduct of the studies ethical and safe); and
the results of such efforts;
the number and importance of drugs and biological products for children with cancer that are being tested as a result of the programs described in paragraph (7); and
any recommendations for modifications to such programs that would lead to new and better therapies for children with cancer, including a detailed rationale for each recommendation;
an assessment of progress made in addressing the recommendations and findings of any prior report issued by the Comptroller General, the Institute of Medicine, or the Secretary regarding the topics addressed in the report under this section, including with respect to—
improving public access to information from pediatric studies conducted under such sections 505A and 505B; and
improving the timeliness of pediatric studies and pediatric study planning under such sections 505A and 505B;
any recommendations for modification to the programs that would improve pediatric drug research and increase pediatric labeling of drugs and biological products; and
an assessment of the successes of and limitations to studying drugs for rare diseases under such sections 505A and 505B.
Consultation on recommendations
At least 180 days before the report is due under subsection (a), and no sooner than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall consult with representatives of patient groups, including pediatric patient groups, consumer groups, regulated industry, scientific and medical communities, academia, and other interested parties to obtain any recommendations or information relevant to the effectiveness of the programs described in subsection (b)(7), including suggestions for modifications to such programs.
Technical amendments
Pediatric studies of drugs in FFDCA
Section 505A (21 U.S.C. 355a) is amended—
in subsection
(k)(2), by striking subsection (f)(3)(F)
and inserting
subsection (f)(6)(F)
;
in subsection (n)—
in the subsection
heading, by striking completed
and inserting
submitted
; and
in paragraph (1)—
in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A), by striking have not been completed
and inserting have not been submitted by the date specified in the
written request issued or if the applicant or holder does not agree to the
request
;
in subparagraph (A)—
in the first
sentence, by inserting , or for which a period of exclusivity eligible
for extension under subsection (b)(1) or (c)(1) of this section or under
subsection (m)(2) or (m)(3) of section 351 of the Public Health Service Act has
not ended
after expired
; and
by striking
Prior to
and all that follows through the period at the end;
and
in
subparagraph (B), by striking no listed patents or has 1 or more listed
patents that have expired,
and inserting no unexpired listed
patents and for which no unexpired periods of exclusivity eligible for
extension under subsection (b)(1) or (c)(1) of this section or under subsection
(m)(2) or (m)(3) of section 351 of the Public Health Service Act
apply,
; and
in subsection (o)(2), by amendment subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
a statement of any appropriate pediatric contraindications, warnings, precautions, or other information that the Secretary considers necessary to assure safe use.
.
Research into pediatric uses for drugs and biological projects in FFDCA
Section 505B (21 U.S.C. 355c) is amended—
in subsection (a)—
in paragraph (1)—
in
the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting for a drug
after (or supplement to an application)
;
in subparagraph
(A), by striking for a
and inserting , including, with
respect to a drug, an application (or supplement to an application) for
a
;
in subparagraph (B), by striking for
a
and inserting , including, with respect to a drug, an
application (or supplement to an application) for a
; and
in the matter
following subparagraph (B), by inserting (or supplement)
after
application
; and
in paragraph (4)(C)—
in
the first sentence, by inserting partial
before waiver is
granted
; and
in the second
sentence, by striking either a full or
and inserting such
a
;
in subsection
(b)(1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking After
providing notice
and all that follows through studies),
the
and inserting The
;
in subsection (g)—
in paragraph
(1)(A), by inserting that receives a priority review or 330 days after
the date of the submission of an application or supplement that receives a
standard review
after after the date of the submission of the
application or supplement
; and
in paragraph (2),
by striking the label of such product
and inserting the
labeling of such product
; and
in subsection (h)(1)—
by inserting
an application (or supplement to an application) that contains
after date of submission of
; and
by inserting
, if the application (or supplement) receives a priority review, or not
later than 330 days after the date of submission of an application (or
supplement to an application) that contains a pediatric assessment under this
section, if the application (or supplement) receives a standard review,
after under this section,
.
Internal review committee
The heading of section 505C (21 U.S.C. 355d) is amended
by inserting and deferral
extensions
after deferrals
.
Program for pediatric studies of drugs
Section 409I(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284m(c)) is amended—
in paragraph (1)—
in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting or section 351(m) of this
Act,
after Cosmetic Act,
;
in subparagraph
(A)(i), by inserting or section 351(k) of this Act
after
Cosmetic Act
; and
by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
there remains no patent listed pursuant to section 505(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and every three-year and five-year period referred to in subsection (c)(3)(E)(ii), (c)(3)(E)(iii), (c)(3)(E)(iv), (j)(5)(F)(ii), (j)(5)(F)(iii), or (j)(5)(F)(iv) of section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or applicable twelve-year period referred to in section 351(k)(7) of this Act, and any seven-year period referred to in section 527 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act has ended for at least one form of the drug; and
; and
in paragraph (2)—
in the paragraph
heading, by striking for
drugs lacking exclusivity
; and
by striking
under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
;
and
by striking
505A of such Act
and inserting 505A of the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act or section 351(m) of this Act
.
Pediatric subcommittee of the Oncologic Advisory Committee
Section 15(a) of
the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (Public Law 107–109), as amended by
section 502(e) of the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007
(Public Law 110–85), is amended in paragraph (1)(D), by striking ‘‘section
505B(f)’’ and inserting ‘section 505C’
.
Foundation of national institutes of health
Section 499(c)(1)(C) of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290b(c)(1)(C)) is amended by striking for
which the Secretary issues a certification in the affirmative under section
505A(n)(1)(A) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
.
Application
Notwithstanding any provision of section 505A and 505B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355a, 355c) stating that a provision applies beginning on the date of the enactment of the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act of 2007 or the date of the enactment of the Pediatric Research Equity Act of 2007, any amendment made by this title to such a provision applies beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
Relationship Between Pediatric Labeling and New Clinical Investigation Exclusivity
In general
Section 505 (21 U.S.C. 351) is amended by adding at the end the following:
Relationship Between Pediatric Labeling and New Clinical Investigation Exclusivity
The period of market exclusivity described in clauses (iii) and (iv) of subsection (c)(3)(E) and clauses (iii) and (iv) of subsection (j)(5)(F) shall not apply to a pediatric study conducted under section 505A or 505B that results, pursuant to section 505B(g)(2), in the inclusion in the labeling of the product a determination that the product is not indicated for use in pediatric populations or subpopulations or information indicating that the results of a study were inconclusive or did not demonstrate that the product is safe or effective in pediatric populations or subpopulations.
.
Pediatric studies of drugs
Section 505A(m) (21 U.S.C. 355a(m)) is amended—
by striking
(m) Clarification of
Interaction of Market Exclusivity Under This Section and Market Exclusivity
Awarded to An Applicant for Approval of A Drug Under Section
505(j).—If a
and all
that follows through the end of the matter that precedes paragraph (1) and
inserting the following:
Clarification of Interaction of Market Exclusivity Under This Section and Market Exclusivity Awarded to An application or supplement under subsection (c) or (j) of Section 505
180-day exclusivity period
If a 180-day period under section 505(j)(5)(B)(iv) overlaps with a 6-month exclusivity period under this section, so that the applicant for approval of a drug under section 505(j) entitled to the 180-day period under that section loses a portion of the 180-day period to which the applicant is entitled for the drug, the 180-day period shall be extended from—
;
by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B) and moving such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right; and
by adding at the end the following:
3-year exclusivity period
The 3-year period of exclusivity under clauses (iii) and (iv) of subsection 505(c)(3)(E) and clauses (iii) and (iv) of subsection 505(j)(5)(F) are not available for approval of applications or supplements to applications based on reports of pediatric studies conducted under sections 505A or 505B that resulted, pursuant to section 505A(j) or 505B(g)(2), in the inclusion in the labeling of the product a determination that the product is not indicated for use in pediatric populations or subpopulations or information indicating that the results of an assessment were inconclusive or did not demonstrate that the product is safe or effective in pediatric populations or subpopulation.
.
Prompt Approval of Drugs
Section 505A(o) (21 U.S.C. 355a(o)) is amended—
in the heading,
by striking section
505(j)
and inserting subsections (c) and (j) of section
505
;
in paragraph (1),
by striking under section 505(j)
and inserting under
subsection (b)(2), (c), or (j) of section 505
;
in paragraph (2),
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting clauses (iii) and
(iv) of section 505(c)(3)(E) or
after Notwithstanding
;
and
in paragraph (3)—
in subparagraph
(B), by inserting that differ from adult formulations
before the
semicolon at the end; and
in subparagraph (C)—
by
striking under section 505(j)
and inserting under
subsection (c) or (j) of section 505
; and
by inserting
clauses (iii) or (iv) of section 505(c)(3)(E) or
after
exclusivity under
.
Medical device regulatory improvements
Reclassification procedures
Classification changes
In general
Section 513(e)(1) (21 U.S.C. 360c(e)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
Based on new information respecting a device, the Secretary may, upon the initiative of the Secretary or upon petition of an interested person, change the classification of such device, and revoke, on account of the change in classification, any regulation or requirement in effect under section 514 or 515 with respect to such device, by administrative order published in the Federal Register following publication of a proposed reclassification order in the Federal Register, a meeting of a device classification panel described in subsection (b), and consideration of comments to a public docket, notwithstanding subchapter II of Chapter 5 of title 5 of the United States Code. An order under this subsection changing the classification of a device from class III to class II may provide that such classification shall not take effect until the effective date of a performance standard established under section 514 for such device.
Authority to issue such administrative order shall not be delegated below the Commissioner. The Commissioner shall issue such an order as proposed by the Director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health unless the Commissioner, in consultation with the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, concludes that the order exceeds the legal authority of the Food and Drug Administration or that the order would be lawful, but unlikely to advance the public health.
.
Technical and conforming amendments
Section 513(e)(2)
(21 U.S.C. 360c(e)(2)) is amended by striking regulation
promulgated
and inserting an order issued
.
Section 514(a)(1)
(21 U.S.C. 360d(a)(1)) is amended by striking under a regulation under
section 513(e) but such regulation
and inserting under an
administrative order under section 513(e) (or a regulation promulgated under
such section prior to the date of enactment of the
Food and Drug Administration Safety and
Innovation Act) but such order (or regulation)
;
Section 517(a)(1)
(21 U.S.C. 360g(a)(1)) is amended by striking or changing the
classification of a device to class I
and inserting , an
administrative order changing the classification of a device to class
I,
.
Devices reclassified prior to the date of enactment of this Act
In general
The amendments made by this subsection shall have no effect on a regulation promulgated with respect to the classification of a device under section 513(e) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
Applicability of other provisions
In the case of a device reclassified under section 513(e) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act by regulation prior to the date of enactment of this Act, section 517(a)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360g(a)(1)) shall apply to such regulation promulgated under section 513(e) of such Act with respect to such device in the same manner such section 517(a)(1) applies to an administrative order issued with respect to a device reclassified after the date of enactment of this Act.
Devices marketed before May 28, 1976
Premarket approval
Section 515 (21 U.S.C. 360e) is amended—
in subsection
(a), by striking regulation promulgated under subsection (b)
and
inserting an order issued under subsection (b) (or a regulation
promulgated under such subsection prior to the date of enactment of the
Food and Drug Administration Safety and
Innovation Act)
;
in subsection (b)—
in paragraph (1)—
in the heading,
by striking Regulation
and inserting Order
;
and
in the matter following subparagraph (B)—
by striking
by regulation, promulgated in accordance with this subsection
and inserting by administrative order following publication of a
proposed order in the Federal Register, a meeting of a device classification
panel described in section 513(b), and consideration of comments from all
affected stakeholders, including patients, payors, and providers,
notwithstanding subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United States
Code
; and
by adding at the end the following:
Authority to issue such administrative order shall not be delegated below the Commissioner. Before publishing such administrative order, the Commissioner shall consult with the Office of the Secretary. The Commissioner shall issue such an order as proposed by the Director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health unless the Commissioner, in consultation with the Office of the Secretary, concludes that the order exceeds the legal authority of the Food and Drug Administration or that the order would be lawful, but unlikely to advance the public health.;
in paragraph (2)—
by striking subparagraph (B); and
in subparagraph (A)—
by striking
(2)(A) A proceeding for the promulgation of a regulation under paragraph
(1) respecting a device shall be initiated by the publication in the Federal
Register of a notice of proposed rulemaking. Such notice shall contain—
and inserting (2) A proposed order required under paragraph (1) shall
contain—
;
by redesignating clauses (i) through (iv) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively;
in subparagraph
(A), as so redesignated, by striking regulation
and inserting
order
; and
in subparagraph
(C), as so redesignated, by striking regulation
and inserting
order
;
in paragraph (3)—
by striking
proposed regulation
each place such term appears and inserting
proposed order
;
by striking
paragraph (2) and after
and inserting paragraph
(2),
;
by inserting
and a meeting of a device classification panel described in section
513(b),
after such proposed regulation and
findings,
;
by striking
(A) promulgate such regulation
and inserting (A) issue an
administrative order under paragraph (1)
;
by striking
paragraph (2)(A)(ii)
and inserting paragraph
(2)(B)
; and
by striking
promulgation of the regulation
and inserting issuance of
the administrative order
; and
by striking paragraph (4); and
in subsection (i)—
in paragraph (2)—
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—
by striking
December 1, 1995
and inserting the date that is 2 years
after the date of enactment of the Food and
Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act
; and
by striking
publish a regulation in the Federal Register
and inserting
issue an administrative order following publication of a proposed order
in the Federal Register, a meeting of a device classification panel described
in section 513(b), and consideration of comments from all affected
stakeholders, including patients, payors, and providers, notwithstanding
subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code,
;
in subparagraph
(B), by striking final regulation has been promulgated under section
515(b)
and inserting administrative order has been issued under
subsection (b) (or no regulation has been promulgated under such subsection
prior to the date of enactment of the Food
and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation
Act)
;
in the matter
following subparagraph (B), by striking regulation requires
and
inserting administrative order issued under this paragraph
requires
; and
by striking the third and fourth sentences; and
in paragraph (3)—
by striking
regulation requiring
each place such term appears and inserting
order requiring
; and
by striking
promulgation of a section 515(b) regulation
and inserting
issuance of an administrative order under subsection (b)
.
Technical and conforming amendments
Section 501(f) (21 U.S.C. 351(f)) is amended—
in subparagraph (1)(A)—
in subclause (i),
by striking a regulation promulgated
and inserting an
order issued
; and
in subclause
(ii), by striking promulgation of such regulation
and inserting
issuance of such order
;
in subparagraph (2)(B)—
by striking
a regulation promulgated
and inserting an order
issued
; and
by striking
promulgation of such regulation
and inserting issuance of
such order
; and
by adding at the end the following:
In the case of a device with respect to which a regulation was promulgated under section 515(b) prior to the date of enactment of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, a reference in this subsection to an order issued under section 515(b) shall be deemed to include such regulation.
.
Approval by regulation prior to the date of enactment of this Act
The amendments made by this subsection shall have no effect on a regulation that was promulgated prior to the date of enactment of this Act requiring that a device have an approval under section 515 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360e) of an application for premarket approval.
Reporting
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall annually post on the Internet web site of the Food and Drug Administration—
the number and type of class I and class II devices reclassified as class II or class III in the previous calendar year under section 513(e)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360c(e)(1));
the number and type of class II and class III devices reclassified as class I or class II in the previous calendar year under such section 513(e)(1); and
the number and type of devices reclassified in the previous calendar year under section 515 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360e).
Condition of approval studies
Section 515(d)(1)(B)(ii) (21 U.S.C. 360e(d)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended—
by striking (ii)
and
inserting (ii)(I)
; and
by adding at the end the following:
An order approving an application for a device may require as a condition to such approval that the applicant conduct a postmarket study regarding the device.
.
Postmarket surveillance
Section 522 (21 U.S.C. 360l) is amended—
in subsection
(a)(1)(A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting , at the
time of approval or clearance of a device or at any time thereafter,
after by order
; and
in subsection
(b)(1), by inserting The manufacturer shall commence surveillance under
this section not later than 15 months after the day on which the Secretary
issues an order under this section.
after the second sentence.
Sentinel
Section 519 (21 U.S.C. 360i) is amended by adding at the end the following:
Inclusion of devices in the postmarket risk identification and analysis system
In general
Application to devices
The Secretary shall amend the procedures established and maintained under clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (v) of section 505(k)(3)(C) in order to expand the postmarket risk identification and analysis system established under such section to include and apply to devices.
Exception
Subclause (II) of clause (i) of section 505(k)(3)(C) shall not apply to devices.
Clarification
With respect to devices, the private sector health-related electronic data provided under section 505(k)(3)(C)(i)(III)(bb) may include medical device utilization data, health insurance claims data, and procedure and device registries.
Data
In expanding the system as described in paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary shall use relevant data with respect to devices cleared under section 510(k) or approved under section 515, including claims data, patient survey data, and any other data deemed appropriate by the Secretary.
Stakeholder input
To help ensure effective implementation of the system described in paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary shall engage outside stakeholders in development of the system through a public hearing, advisory committee meeting, public docket, or other like public measures, as appropriate.
Voluntary surveys
Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, shall not apply to the collection of voluntary information from health care providers, such as voluntary surveys or questionnaires, initiated by the Secretary for purposes of postmarket risk identification for devices.
.
Recalls
Assessment of device recall information
In general
Assessment program
The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to
in this section as the Secretary
) shall enhance the Food and
Drug Administration's recall program to routinely and systematically
assess—
information submitted to the Secretary pursuant to a device recall order under section 518(e) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360h(e)); and
information required to be reported to the Secretary regarding a correction or removal of a device under section 519(g) of such Act (21 U.S.C. 360i(g)).
Use
The Secretary shall use the assessment of information described under subparagraph (A) to proactively identify strategies for mitigating health risks presented by defective or unsafe devices.
Design
The program under paragraph (1) shall, at a minimum, identify—
trends in the numbers and types of device recalls;
the types of devices in each device class that are most frequently recalled;
the causes of device recalls; and
any other information as the Secretary determines appropriate.
Audit check procedures
The Secretary shall clarify procedures for conducting device recall audit checks to improve the ability of investigators to perform these checks in a consistent manner.
Assessment criteria
The Secretary shall develop explicit criteria for assessing whether a person subject to a recall order under section 518(e) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360h(e)) or to a requirement under section 519(g) of such Act (21 U.S.C. 360i(g)) has performed an effective recall under such section 518(e) or an effective correction or removal action under such section 519(g), respectively.
Termination of recalls
The Secretary shall document the basis for the termination by the Food and Drug Administration of—
an individual device recall ordered under section 518(e) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360h(e)); and
any correction or removal action for which a report is required to be submitted to the Secretary under section 519(g) of such Act (21 U.S.C. 360i(g)).
Clinical holds on investigational device exemptions
Section 520(g) (21 U.S.C. 360j(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
At any time, the
Secretary may prohibit the sponsor of an investigation from conducting the
investigation (referred to in this paragraph as a clinical hold
)
if the Secretary makes a determination described in subparagraph (B). The
Secretary shall specify the basis for the clinical hold, including the specific
information available to the Secretary which served as the basis for such
clinical hold, and confirm such determination in writing.
For purposes of subparagraph (A), a determination described in this subparagraph with respect to a clinical hold is a determination that—
the device involved represents an unreasonable risk to the safety of the persons who are the subjects of the clinical investigation, taking into account the qualifications of the clinical investigators, information about the device, the design of the clinical investigation, the condition for which the device is to be investigated, and the health status of the subjects involved; or
the clinical hold should be issued for such other reasons as the Secretary may by regulation establish.
Any written request to the Secretary from the sponsor of an investigation that a clinical hold be removed shall receive a decision, in writing and specifying the reasons therefor, within 30 days after receipt of such request. Any such request shall include sufficient information to support the removal of such clinical hold.
.
Unique device identifier
Section 519(f) (21 U.S.C. 360i(f)) is amended—
by striking The Secretary shall
promulgate
and inserting Not later than December 31, 2012, the
Secretary shall issue proposed
; and
by adding at the end the following:
The Secretary shall finalize the proposed regulations not later than 6
months after the close of the comment period and shall implement the final
regulations with respect to devices that are implantable, life-saving, and life
sustaining not later than 2 years after the regulations are
finalized.
.
Clarification of least burdensome standard
Premarket approval
Section 513(a)(3)(D) (21 U.S.C. 360c(a)(3)(D)) is amended—
by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (v); and
by inserting after clause (ii) the following:
For purposes of clause (ii), the term necessary means the minimum required information that would support a determination by the Secretary that an application provides reasonable assurance of the effectiveness of the device.
Nothing in this subparagraph shall alter the criteria for evaluating an application for premarket approval of a device.
.
Premarket notification under section 510(k)
Section 513(i)(1)(D) (21 U.S.C. 360c(i)(1)(D)) is amended—
by striking
(D) Whenever
and inserting (D)(i) Whenever
;
and
by adding at the end the following:
For purposes of clause (i), the term
necessary
means the minimum required information that would
support a determination of substantial equivalence between a new device and a
predicate device.
Nothing in this subparagraph shall alter the standard for determining substantial equivalence between a new device and a predicate device.
.
Custom devices
Section 520(b) (21 U.S.C. 360j(b)) is amended to read as follows:
Custom devices
In general
The requirements of sections 514 and 515 shall not apply to a device that—
is created or modified in order to comply with the order of an individual physician or dentist (or any other specially qualified person designated under regulations promulgated by the Secretary after an opportunity for an oral hearing);
in order to comply with an order described in subparagraph (A), necessarily deviates from an otherwise applicable performance standard under section 514 or requirement under section 515;
is not generally available in the United States in finished form through labeling or advertising by the manufacturer, importer, or distributor for commercial distribution;
is designed to treat a unique pathology or physiological condition that no other device is domestically available to treat;
is intended to meet the special needs of such physician or dentist (or other specially qualified person so designated) in the course of the professional practice of such physician or dentist (or other specially qualified person so designated); or
is intended for use by an individual patient named in such order of such physician or dentist (or other specially qualified person so designated);
is assembled from components or manufactured and finished on a case-by-case basis to accommodate the unique needs described in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (E); and
may have common, standardized design characteristics, chemical and material compositions, and manufacturing processes as commercially distributed devices.
Limitations
Paragraph (1) shall apply to a device only if—
such device is for the purpose of treating a sufficiently rare condition, such that conducting clinical investigations on such device would be impractical; and
production of such device under paragraph (1) is limited to no more than 5 units per year of a particular device type, provided that such replication otherwise complies with this section.
Exception
Paragraph (1) shall not apply to oral facial devices.
Guidance
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall issue final guidance on replication of multiple devices described in paragraph (2)(B).
Notification to the Secretary
The manufacturer of a device created or modified as described in paragraph (1) shall notify the Secretary, in a manner prescribed by the Secretary, of the manufacture of such device.
.
Agency documentation and review of certain decisions regarding devices
Chapter V (21 U.S.C. 351 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 517 the following:
Agency documentation and review of certain decisions regarding devices
Documentation of rationale for denial
If the Secretary renders a final decision to deny clearance of a premarket notification under section 510(k) or approval of a premarket application under section 515, or when the Secretary disapproves an application for an investigational exemption under 520(g), the written correspondence to the applicant communicating that decision shall provide a substantive summary of the scientific and regulatory rationale for the decision.
Review of denial
In general
A person who has submitted a report under section 510(k), an application under section 515, or an application for an exemption under section 520(g) and for whom clearance of the report or approval of the application is denied may request a supervisory review of the decision to deny such clearance or approval. Such review shall be conducted by an individual at the organizational level above the organization level at which the decision to deny the clearance of the report or approval of the application is made.
Submission of request
A person requesting a supervisory review under paragraph (1) shall submit such request to the Secretary not later than 30 days after such denial and shall indicate in the request whether such person seeks an in-person meeting or a teleconference review.
Timeframe
In general
Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall schedule an in-person or teleconference review, if so requested, not later than 30 days after such request is made. The Secretary shall issue a decision to the person requesting a review under this subsection not later than 45 days after the request is made under paragraph (1), or, in the case of a person who requests an in-person meeting or teleconference, 30 days after such meeting or teleconference.
Exception
Subparagraph (A) shall not apply in cases that involve consultation with experts outside of the Food and Drug Administration, or in cases in which the sponsor seeks to introduce evidence not already in the administrative record at the time the denial decision was made.
.
Good guidance practices relating to devices
Subparagraph (C) of section 701(h)(1) (21 U.S.C. 371(h)(1)) is amended—
by striking
(C) For guidance documents
and inserting (C)(i) For
guidance documents
; and
by adding at the end the following:
With respect to devices, if a notice to industry guidance letter, a notice to industry advisory letter, or any similar notice sets forth initial interpretations of a regulation or policy or sets forth changes in interpretation or policy, such notice shall be treated as a guidance document for purposes of this subparagraph.
.
Modification of de novo application process
In general
Section 513(f)(2) (21 U.S.C. 360c(f)(2)) is amended—
by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively;
by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
In the case of a type of device that has not previously been classified under this Act, a person may do one of the following:
Submit a report under section 510(k), and, if the device is classified into class III under paragraph (1), such person may request, not later than 30 days after receiving written notice of such a classification, the Secretary to classify the device under the criteria set forth in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of subsection (a)(1). The person may, in the request, recommend to the Secretary a classification for the device. Any such request shall describe the device and provide detailed information and reasons for the recommended classification.
Submit a request for initial classification of the device under this subparagraph, if the person declares that there is no legally marketed device upon which to base a substantial equivalence determination as that term is defined in subsection (i). Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall classify the device under the criteria set forth in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of subsection (a)(1). The person submitting the request for classification under this subparagraph may recommend to the Secretary a classification for the device and shall, if recommending classification in class II, include in the request an initial draft proposal for applicable special controls, as described in subsection (a)(1)(B), that are necessary, in conjunction with general controls, to provide reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness and a description of how the special controls provide such assurance. Requests under this clause shall be subject to the electronic copy requirements of section 745A(b).
;
by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:
The Secretary may decline to undertake a classification request submitted under clause (2)(A)(ii) if the Secretary identifies a legally marketed device that could provide a reasonable basis for review of substantial equivalence under paragraph (1), or when the Secretary determines that the device submitted is not of low-moderate risk or that general controls would be inadequate to control the risks and special controls to mitigate the risks cannot be developed.
; and
in subparagraph (C), as so redesignated—
in clause (i), by
striking Not later than 60 days after the date of the submission of the
request under subparagraph (A),
and inserting Not later than 120
days after the date of the submission of the request under subparagraph (A)(i)
or 150 days after the date of the submission of the request under subparagraph
(A)(ii),
; and
in clause (ii),
by inserting or is classified in
after remains
in
.
GAO report
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall complete a study and submit to Congress a report on the effectiveness of the review pathway under section 513(f)(2)(A) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended by this Act.
Conforming amendment
Section 513(f)(1)(B) (21 U.S.C. 360c(f)(1)(B)) is
amended by inserting a request under paragraph (2) or
after
response to
.
Humanitarian device exemptions
In general
Section 520(m) (21 U.S.C. 360j(m)) is amended—
in paragraph (6)—
in subparagraph (A)—
in
the matter preceding clause (i), by striking subparagraph (D)
and inserting subparagraph (C)
;
by striking clause (i) and inserting the following:
The device with respect to which the exemption is granted—
is intended for the treatment or diagnosis of a disease or condition that occurs in pediatric patients or in a pediatric subpopulation, and such device is labeled for use in pediatric patients or in a pediatric subpopulation in which the disease or condition occurs; or
is intended for the treatment or diagnosis of a disease or condition that does not occur in pediatric patients or that occurs in pediatric patients in such numbers that the development of the device for such patients is impossible, highly impracticable, or unsafe.
; and
by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following:
During any calendar year, the number of such devices distributed during that year under each exemption granted under this subsection does not exceed the number of such devices needed to treat, diagnose, or cure a population of 4,000 individuals in the United States (referred to in this paragraph as the annual distribution number).
;
by striking subparagraph (C);
by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and
in subparagraph
(C), as so redesignated, by striking and modified under subparagraph
(C), if applicable,
;
in paragraph (7),
by striking regarding a device
and inserting regarding a
device described in paragraph (6)(A)(i)(I)
; and
in paragraph (8),
by striking of all devices described in paragraph (6)
and
inserting of all devices described in paragraph
(6)(A)(i)(I)
.
Applicability to existing devices
A sponsor of a device for which an exemption was approved under paragraph (2) of section 520(m) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360j(m)) before the date of enactment of this Act may seek a determination under subclause (I) or (II) of section 520(m)(6)(A)(i) (as amended by subsection (a)). If the Secretary determines that such subclause (I) or (II) applies with respect to a device, clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv) of subparagraph (A) and subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) of paragraph (6) of such section 520(m) shall apply to such device.
Report
Not later than January 1, 2017, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report that evaluates and describes—
the effectiveness of the amendments made by subsection (a) in stimulating innovation with respect to medical devices, including any favorable or adverse impact on pediatric device development;
the impact of such amendments on pediatric device approvals for devices that received a humanitarian use designation under section 520(m) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360j(m)) prior to the date of enactment of this Act;
the status of public and private insurance coverage of devices granted an exemption under paragraph (2) of such section 520(m) (as amended by subsection (a)) and costs to patients of such devices;
the impact that paragraph (4) of such section 520(m) has had on access to and insurance coverage of devices granted an exemption under paragraph (2) of such section 520(m); and
the effect of the amendments made by subsection (a) on patients described in such section 520(m).
Reauthorization of third-party review and inspections
Third party review
Section 523(c) (21
U.S.C. 360m(c)) is amended by striking 2012
and inserting
2017
.
Third party inspections
Section 704(g)(11) (21 U.S.C. 374(g)(11)) is amended
by striking 2012
and inserting 2017
.
510(k) device modifications
Having
acknowledged to Congress potential unintended consequences that may result from
the implementation of the Food and Drug Administration guidance entitled
Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff—510(k) Device Modifications:
Deciding When to Submit a 510(k) for a Change to an Existing Device
,
the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall withdraw such guidance
promptly and ensure that, before any future guidance document on this issue is
made final, affected stakeholders are provided with an opportunity to
comment.
Drug supply chain
Registration of domestic drug establishments
Section 510 (21 U.S.C. 360) is amended—
in subsection (b)—
in paragraph (1),
by striking On or before
and all that follows through the period
at the end and inserting the following: “During the period beginning on October
1 and ending on December 31 of each year, every person who owns or operates any
establishment in any State engaged in the manufacture, preparation,
propagation, compounding, or processing of a drug or drugs shall register with
the Secretary—
the name of such person, places of business of such person, all such establishments, the unique facility identifier of each such establishment, and a point of contact e-mail address; and
the name and place of business of each drug importer that takes physical possession of a drug (other than an excipient), with which the person conducts business, including all establishments of each such drug importer, the unique facility identifier of each such establishment, and a point of contact e-mail address for each such drug importer.
; and
by adding at the end the following:
The Secretary may specify the unique facility identifier system that shall be used by registrants under paragraph (1).
; and
in subsection
(c), by striking with the Secretary his name, place of business, and
such establishment
and inserting “with the Secretary—
with respect to drugs, the information described under subsection (b)(1); and
with respect to devices, the information described under subsection (b)(2).
.
Registration of foreign establishments
Enforcement of registration of foreign establishments
Section 502(o) (21 U.S.C.
352(o)) is amended by striking in any State
.
Registration of foreign drug establishments
Section 510(i) (U.S.C. 360(i)) is amended—
in paragraph (1)—
by amending the
matter preceding subparagraph (A) to read as follows: Every person who
owns or operates any establishment within any foreign country engaged in the
manufacture, preparation, propagation, compounding, or processing of a drug or
device that is imported or offered for import into the United States shall,
through electronic means in accordance with the criteria of the
Secretary—
;
by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
upon first engaging in any such activity, immediately submit a registration to the Secretary that includes—
with respect to drugs, the name and place of business of such person, all such establishments, the unique facility identifier of each such establishment, a point of contact e-mail address, the name of the United States agent of each such establishment, the name and place of business of each drug importer with which such person conducts business, including all establishments of each such drug importer, the unique facility identifier of each such establishment, and a point of contact e-mail address for each such drug importer; and
with respect to devices, the name and place of business of the establishment, the name of the United States agent for the establishment, the name of each importer of such device in the United States that is known to the establishment, and the name of each person who imports or offers for import such device to the United States for purposes of importation; and
; and
by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
each establishment subject to the requirements of subparagraph (A) shall thereafter register with the Secretary during the period beginning on October 1 and ending on December 31 of each year.
; and
by adding at the end the following:
The Secretary may specify the unique facility identifier system that shall be used by registrants under paragraph (1) with respect to drugs.
.
Identification of drug excipient information with product listing
Section 510(j)(1) (21 U.S.C. 360(j)(1)) is amended—
in subparagraph (C), by striking ;
and
and inserting a semicolon;
in subparagraph
(D), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and
;
and
by adding at the end the following:
in the case of a drug contained in the applicable list and subject to section 505 or 512, the name and place of business of each manufacturer of an excipient of the listed drug with which the person listing the drug conducts business, including all establishments used in the production of such excipient, the unique facility identifier of each such establishment, and a point of contact e-mail address for each such excipient manufacturer.
.
Electronic system for registration and listing
Section 510(p) (21 U.S.C. 360(p)) is amended—
by striking
(p) Registrations and listings
and inserting the
following:
Electronic registration and listing
In general
Registration and listing
; and
by adding at the end the following:
Electronic database
Not later than 2 years after the Secretary specifies a unique facility identifier system under subsections (b) and (i), the Secretary shall maintain an electronic database, which shall not be subject to inspection under subsection (f), populated with the information submitted as described under paragraph (1) that—
enables personnel of the Food and Drug Administration to search the database by any field of information submitted in a registration described under paragraph (1), or combination of such fields; and
uses the unique facility identifier system to link with other relevant databases within the Food and Drug Administration, including the database for submission of information under section 801(r).
Risk-based information and coordination
The Secretary shall ensure the accuracy and coordination of relevant Food and Drug Administration databases in order to identify and inform risk-based inspections under section 510(h).
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Risk-based inspection frequency
Section 510(h) (21 U.S.C. 360(h)) is amended to read as follows:
Inspections
In general
Every establishment that is required to be registered with the Secretary under this section shall be subject to inspection pursuant to section 704.
Biennial inspections for devices
Every establishment described in paragraph (1) that is engaged in the manufacture, propagation, compounding, or processing of a device or devices classified in class II or III shall be so inspected by one or more officers or employees duly designated by the Secretary, or by persons accredited to conduct inspections under section 704(g), at least once in the 2-year period beginning with the date of registration of such establishment pursuant to this section and at least once in every successive 2-year period thereafter.
Risk-based schedule for drugs
The Secretary, acting through one or more
officers or employees duly designated by the Secretary, shall inspect
establishments described in paragraph (1) that are engaged in the manufacture,
preparation, propagation, compounding, or processing of a drug or drugs
(referred to in this subsection as drug establishments
) in
accordance with a risk-based schedule established by the Secretary.
Risk factors
In establishing the risk-based scheduled under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall inspect establishments according to the known safety risks of such establishments, which shall be based on the following factors:
The compliance history of the establishment.
The record, history, and nature of recalls linked to the establishment.
The inherent risk of the drug manufactured, prepared, propagated, compounded, or processed at the establishment.
The certifications described under sections 801(r) and 809 for the establishment.
Whether the establishment has been inspected in the preceding 4-year period.
Any other criteria deemed necessary and appropriate by the Secretary for purposes of allocating inspection resources.
Effect of status
In determining the risk associated with an establishment for purposes of establishing a risk-based schedule under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall not consider whether the drugs manufactured, prepared, propagated, compounded, or processed by such establishment are drugs described in section 503(b).
Annual report on inspections of establishments
Not later than February 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress regarding—
the number of domestic and foreign establishments registered pursuant to this section in the previous fiscal year; and
the number of such domestic establishments and the number of such foreign establishments that the Secretary inspected in the previous fiscal year;
with respect to establishments that manufacture, prepare, propagate, compound, or process an active ingredient of a drug, a finished drug product, or an excipient of a drug, the number of each such type of establishment; and
the percentage of the budget of the Food and Drug Administration used to fund the inspections described under subparagraph (A).
Public availability of annual reports
The Secretary shall make the report required under paragraph (6) available to the public on the Internet Web site of the Food and Drug Administration.
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Records for inspection
Section 704(a) (21 U.S.C. 374(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
Any records or other information that the Secretary is entitled to request under this section from a person that owns or operates an establishment that is engaged in the manufacture, preparation, propagation, compounding, or processing of a drug shall, upon the request of the Secretary, be provided to the Secretary by such person within a reasonable time frame, within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner, and in electronic form, at the expense of such person. The Secretary’s request shall include a clear description of the records requested.
Upon receipt of the records requested under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall provide to the person confirmation of the receipt of such records.
Nothing in this paragraph supplants the authority of the Secretary to conduct inspections otherwise permitted under this Act in order to ensure compliance by an establishment with this Act.
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Failure to allow foreign inspection
Section 801(a) (21 U.S.C. 381(a)) is amended
by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding any other provision
of this subsection, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, upon request from
the Secretary of Health and Human Services refuse to admit into the United
States any article if the article was manufactured, prepared, propagated,
compounded, processed, or held at an establishment that has refused to permit
the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter or inspect the
establishment in the same manner and to the same extent as the Secretary may
inspect establishments under section 704.
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Exchange of information
Section 708 (21 U.S.C. 379) is amended—
by striking
Confidential
information
and all that follows through The
Secretary
and inserting “Confidential information.
Contractors
The Secretary
; and
by adding at the end the following:
Ability to receive and protect confidential information
The Secretary shall not be required to disclose under section 552 of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of law, any information relating to drugs obtained from a Federal, State or local government agency, or from a foreign government agency, if the agency has requested that the information be kept confidential, except pursuant to an order of a court of the United States. For purposes of section 552 of title 5, United States Code, this subsection shall be considered a statute described in section 552(b)(3)(B).
Authority to enter into memoranda of understanding for purposes of information exchange
The Secretary may enter into written agreements regarding the exchange of information referenced in section 301(j) subject to the following criteria:
Certification
The Secretary may only enter into written agreements under this subsection with foreign governments that the Secretary has certified as having the authority and demonstrated ability to protect trade secret information from disclosure. Responsibility for this certification shall not be delegated to any officer or employee other than the Commissioner.
Written agreement
The written agreement under this subsection shall include a commitment by the foreign government to protect information exchanged under this subsection from disclosure unless and until the sponsor gives written permission for disclosure or the Secretary makes a declaration of a public health emergency pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act that is relevant to the information.
Information exchange
The Secretary may provide to a foreign government that has been certified under paragraph (1) and that has executed a written agreement under paragraph (2) information referenced in section 301(j) in the following circumstances:
Information concerning the inspection of a facility may be provided if—
the Secretary reasonably believes, or that the written agreement described in paragraph (2) establishes, that the government has authority to otherwise obtain such information; and
the written agreement executed under paragraph (2) limits the recipient’s use of the information to the recipient’s civil regulatory purposes.
Information not described in subparagraph (A) may be provided as part of an investigation, or to alert the foreign government to the potential need for an investigation, if the Secretary has reasonable grounds to believe that a drug has a reasonable probability of causing serious adverse health consequences or death to humans or animals.
Effect of subsection
Nothing in this subsection affects the ability of the Secretary to enter into any written agreement authorized by other provisions of law to share confidential information.
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Enhancing the safety and quality of the drug supply
Section 501 (21 U.S.C. 351) is amended by adding at the end the following flush text:
For purposes of subsection (a)(2)(B), the term current good manufacturing practice includes the implementation of oversight and controls over the manufacture of drugs to ensure quality, including managing the risk of and establishing the safety of raw materials, materials used in the manufacturing of drugs, and finished drug products.
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Accreditation of third-party auditors for drug establishments
In General
Chapter VIII (21 U.S.C. 381 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
Accreditation of third-party auditors for drug establishments
Definitions
In this section:
Accreditation body
The term accreditation body means an authority that performs accreditation of third-party auditors.
Accredited third-party auditor
The term accredited third-party auditor means a third-party auditor (which may be an individual) accredited by an accreditation body to conduct drug safety and quality audits.
Audit agent
The term audit agent means an individual who is an employee or agent of an accredited third-party auditor and, although not individually accredited, is qualified to conduct drug safety and quality audits on behalf of an accredited third-party auditor.
Consultative audit
The term consultative audit means an audit of an eligible entity intended for internal purposes only to determine whether an establishment is in compliance with the provisions of this Act and applicable industry practices, or any other such service.
Drug safety and quality audit
The term drug safety and quality audit—
means an audit of an eligible entity to certify that the eligible entity meets the requirements of this Act applicable to drugs, including the requirements of section 501 with respect to drugs; and
is not a consultative audit.
Eligible entity
The term eligible entity means an entity, including a foreign drug establishment registered under section 510(c), in the drug supply chain that chooses to be audited by an accredited third-party auditor or the audit agent of such accredited third-party auditor.
Third-party auditor
The term third-party auditor means a foreign government, agency of a foreign government or any other third party (which may be an individual), as the Secretary determines appropriate in accordance with the criteria described in subsection (c)(1), that is eligible to be considered for accreditation to conduct drug safety and quality audits.
Accreditation system
Recognition of accreditation bodies
In general
Not later than 2 years after date of enactment of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, the Secretary shall establish a system for the recognition of accreditation bodies that accredit third-party auditors to conduct drug safety and quality audits.
Direct accreditation
In general
If, by the date that is 2 years after the date of establishment of the system described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary has not identified and recognized an accreditation body to meet the requirements of this section, the Secretary may directly accredit third-party auditors.
Certain direct accreditations
Notwithstanding subparagraph (A) or clause (i), the Secretary may directly accredit any foreign government or any agency of a foreign government as a third-party auditor at any time after the date of enactment of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act.
Notification
Each accreditation body recognized by the Secretary shall submit to the Secretary—
a list of all accredited third-party auditors accredited by such body (including the name, contact information, and scope and duration of accreditation for each such auditor), and the audit agents of such auditors; and
updated lists as needed to ensure the list held by the Secretary is accurate.
Revocation of recognition as an accreditation body
The Secretary shall promptly revoke, after the opportunity for an informal hearing, the recognition of any accreditation body found not to be in compliance with the requirements of this section.
Reinstatement
The Secretary shall establish procedures to reinstate recognition of an accreditation body if the Secretary determines, based on evidence presented by such accreditation body, that revocation was inappropriate or that the body meets the requirements for recognition under this section.
Model accreditation standards
In general
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, the Secretary shall develop model standards, including standards for drug safety and quality audit results, reports, and certifications, and each recognized accreditation body shall ensure that third-party auditors and audit agents of such auditors meet such standards in order to qualify such third-party auditors as accredited third-party auditors under this section.
Content
The standards developed under subparagraph (A) may—
include a description of required standards relating to the training procedures, competency, management responsibilities, quality control, and conflict of interest requirements of accredited third-party auditors; and
set forth procedures for the periodic renewal of the accreditation of accredited third-party auditors.
Requirement to provide results and reports to the Secretary
An accreditation body (or, in the case of direct accreditation under subsection (b)(1)(B), the Secretary) may not accredit a third-party auditor unless such third-party auditor agrees to provide to the Secretary, upon request, the results and reports of any drug safety and quality audit conducted pursuant to the accreditation provided under this section.
Disclosure
The Secretary shall maintain on the Internet Web site of the Food and Drug Administration a list of recognized accreditation bodies and accredited third-party auditors under this section.
Accredited third-party auditors
Requirements for accreditation as a third-party auditor
Foreign governments
Prior to accrediting a foreign government or an agency of a foreign government as an accredited third-party auditor, the accreditation body (or, in the case of direct accreditation under subsection (b)(1)(B), the Secretary) shall perform such reviews and audits of drug safety programs, systems, and standards of the government or agency of the government as the Secretary deems necessary, including requirements under the standards developed under subsection (b)(5), to determine that the foreign government or agency of the foreign government is capable of adequately ensuring that eligible entities or drugs certified by such government or agency meet the requirements of this Act.
Other third parties
Prior to accrediting any other third party to be an accredited third-party auditor, the accreditation body (or, in the case of direct accreditation under subsection (b)(1)(B), the Secretary) shall perform such reviews and audits of the training and qualifications of audit agents used by that party and conduct such reviews of internal systems and such other investigation of the party as the Secretary deems necessary, including requirements under the standards developed under subsection (b)(5), to determine that the third-party auditor is capable of adequately ensuring that an eligible entity or drug certified by such third-party auditor meets the requirements of this Act.
Use of audit agents
An accredited third-party auditor may conduct drug safety and quality audits and may employ or use audit agents to conduct drug safety and quality audits, but must ensure that such audit agents comply with all requirements the Secretary deems necessary, including requirements under paragraph (1) and subsection (b)(5).
Revocation of accreditation
In general
The Secretary shall promptly revoke, after the opportunity for an informal hearing, the accreditation of an accredited third-party auditor—
if, following an evaluation, the Secretary finds that the accredited third-party auditor is not in compliance with the requirements of this section; or
following a refusal to allow United States officials to conduct such audits and investigations as may be necessary to determine compliance with the requirements set forth in this section.
Additional basis for revocation of accreditation
The Secretary may revoke accreditation from an accredited third-party auditor in the case that such third-party auditor is accredited by an accreditation body for which recognition as an accreditation body under subsection (b)(3) is revoked, if the Secretary determines that there is good cause for the revocation of accreditation.
Reaccreditation
The Secretary shall establish procedures to reinstate the accreditation of a third-party auditor for which accreditation has been revoked under paragraph (3)—
if the Secretary determines, based on evidence presented, that—
the third-party auditor satisfies the requirements of this section; and
adequate grounds for revocation no longer exist; and
in the case of a third-party auditor accredited by an accreditation body for which recognition as an accreditation body is revoked under subsection (b)(3)—
if the third-party auditor becomes accredited not later than 1 year after revocation of accreditation under paragraph (3), through direct accreditation under subsection (b)(1)(B), or by an accreditation body in good standing; or
under such other conditions as the Secretary may require.
Requirement to issue certification of eligible entities for compliance with current good manufacturing practice
In general
An accreditation body (or, in the case of direct accreditation under subsection (b)(1)(B), the Secretary) may not accredit a third-party auditor unless such third-party auditor agrees to issue a written and, as appropriate, electronic, document or certification, as the Secretary may require under this Act, regarding compliance with section 501. The Secretary may consider any such document or certification to satisfy requirements under section 801(r) and to target inspection resources under section 510(h).
Requirements for issuing certification
In general
An accredited third-party auditor shall issue a drug certification described in subparagraph (A) only after conducting a drug safety and quality audit and such other activities that may be necessary to establish compliance with the provisions of section 501.
Provision of certification
Only an accredited third-party auditor or the Secretary may provide a drug certification described in subparagraph (A).
Records
Following any accreditation of a third-party auditor, the Secretary may, at any time, require the accredited third-party auditor or any audit agent of such auditor to submit to the Secretary a drug safety and quality audit report and such other reports or documents required as part of the drug safety and quality audit process, for any eligible entity for which the accredited third-party auditor or audit agent of such auditor performed a drug safety and quality audit. The Secretary may require documentation that the eligible entity is in compliance with any applicable registration requirements.
Limitation
The requirement under subparagraph (C) shall not include any report or other documents resulting from a consultative audit, except that the Secretary may access the results of a consultative audit in accordance with section 704.
Declaration of audit type
Before an accredited third-party auditor begins any audit or provides any consultative service to an eligible entity, both the accredited third-party auditor and eligible entity shall establish in writing whether the audit is intended to be a drug safety and quality audit. Any audit, inspection, or consultative service of any type provided by an accredited third-party auditor on behalf of an eligible entity shall be presumed to be a drug safety and quality audit in the absence of such a written agreement. Once a drug safety and quality audit is initiated, it shall be subject to the requirements of this section, and no person may withhold from the Secretary any document subject to subparagraph (C) on the grounds that the audit was a consultative audit or otherwise not a drug safety and quality audit.
Rule of Construction
Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary under section 704.
Requirements regarding serious risks to the public health
If, at any time during a drug safety and quality audit, an accredited third-party auditor or an audit agent of such auditor discovers a condition that could cause or contribute to a serious risk to the public health, such auditor shall immediately notify the Secretary of—
the identity and location of the eligible entity subject to the drug safety and quality audit; and
such condition.
Limitations
In general
An audit agent of an accredited third-party auditor may not perform a drug safety and quality audit of an eligible entity if such audit agent has performed a drug safety and quality audit or consultative audit of such eligible entity during the previous 13-month period.
Waiver
The Secretary may waive the application of subparagraph (A) if the Secretary determines that there is insufficient access to accredited third-party auditors in a country or region or that the use of the same audit agent or accredited third-party auditor is otherwise necessary.
Conflicts of interest
Accreditation bodies
A recognized accreditation body shall—
not be owned, managed, or controlled by any person that owns or operates a third-party auditor to be accredited by such body;
in carrying out accreditation of third-party auditors under this section, have procedures to ensure against the use of any officer or employee of such body that has a financial conflict of interest regarding a third-party auditor to be accredited by such body; and
annually make available to the Secretary disclosures of the extent to which such body and the officers and employees of such body have maintained compliance with clauses (i) and (ii) relating to financial conflicts of interest.
Accredited third-party auditors
An accredited third-party auditor shall—
not be owned, managed, or controlled by any person that owns or operates an eligible entity to be certified by such auditor;
in carrying out drug safety and quality audits of eligible entities under this section, have procedures to ensure against the use of any officer or employee of such auditor that has a financial conflict of interest regarding an eligible entity to be certified by such auditor; and
annually make available to the Secretary disclosures of the extent to which such auditor and the officers and employees of such auditor have maintained compliance with clauses (i) and (ii) relating to financial conflicts of interest.
Audit agents
An audit agent shall—
not own or operate an eligible entity to be audited by such agent;
in carrying out audits of eligible entities under this section, have procedures to ensure that such agent does not have a financial conflict of interest regarding an eligible entity to be audited by such agent; and
annually make available to the Secretary disclosures of the extent to which such agent has maintained compliance with clauses (i) and (ii) relating to financial conflicts of interest.
False statements
Any statement or representation made—
by an employee or agent of an eligible entity to an accredited third-party auditor or audit agent; or
by an accreditation body, accredited third-party auditor, or audit agent of such auditor to the Secretary, shall be subject to section 1001 of title 18, United States Code.
Monitoring
To ensure compliance with the requirements of this section, the Secretary—
shall periodically, or at least once every 4 years, reevaluate the accreditation bodies described in subsection (b)(1);
shall periodically, or at least once every 4 years, evaluate the performance of each accredited third-party auditor, through the review of regulatory audit reports by such auditors, the compliance history as available of eligible entities certified by such auditors, and any other measures deemed necessary by the Secretary;
may at any time, conduct an onsite audit of any eligible entity certified by an accredited third-party auditor, with or without the auditor present; and
shall take any other measures deemed necessary by the Secretary.
Effect of Audit
The results of a drug safety and quality audit by an accredited third-party auditor under this section—
may be used by the eligible entity—
as documentation of compliance with section 501(a)(2)(B) or section 801(r); and
for other purposes as determined appropriate by the Secretary; and
shall be used by the Secretary in establishing the risk-based inspection schedules under section 510(h).
Costs
Authorized fees of Secretary
The Secretary may assess fees on accreditation bodies and accredited third-party auditors in such an amount necessary to establish and administer the recognition and accreditation program under this section. The Secretary may require accredited third-party auditors and audit agents to reimburse the Food and Drug Administration for the work performed to carry out this section. The Secretary shall not generate surplus revenue from such a reimbursement mechanism. Fees authorized under this paragraph shall be collected and available for obligation only to the extent and in the amount provided in advance in appropriation Acts. Such fees are authorized to remain available until expended.
Authorized fees for recognized accreditation bodies
An accreditation body recognized by the Secretary under subsection (b) may assess a reasonable fee to accredit third-party auditors.
Limitations
No effect on Section 704 inspections
The drug safety and quality audits performed under this section shall not be considered inspections under section 704.
No effect on inspection authority
Nothing in this section affects the authority of the Secretary to inspect any eligible entity pursuant to this Act.
Regulations
In general
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, the Secretary shall adopt final regulations implementing this section.
Procedure
In promulgating the regulations implementing this section, the Secretary shall—
issue a notice of proposed rulemaking that includes the proposed regulation;
provide a period of not less than 60 days for comments on the proposed regulation; and
publish the final regulation not less than 30 days before the effective date of the regulation.
Content
Such regulations shall include—
requirements that, to the extent practicable, drug safety and quality audits performed under this section be unannounced;
a structure to decrease the potential for conflicts of interest, including timing and public disclosure, for fees paid by eligible entities to accredited third-party auditors; and
appropriate limits on financial affiliations between an accredited third-party auditor or audit agents of such auditor and any person that owns or operates an eligible entity to be audited by such auditor, as described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).
Restrictions
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations implementing this section only as described in paragraph (2).
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Report on accredited third-party auditors
Not later than January 20, 2017, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report that addresses the following, with respect to the period beginning on the date of implementation of section 809 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (as added by subsection (a)) and ending on the date of such report:
The extent to
which drug safety and quality audits completed by accredited third-party
auditors under such section 809 are being used by the Secretary of Health and
Human Services (referred to in this subsection as the Secretary
)
in establishing or applying the risk-based inspection schedules under section
510(h) of such Act (as amended by section 705).
The extent to which drug safety and quality audits completed by accredited third-party auditors or agents are assisting the Food and Drug Administration in evaluating compliance with sections 501(a)(2)(B) of such Act (21 U.S.C. 351(a)(2)(B)) and 801(r) of such Act (as added by section 711).
Whether the Secretary has been able to access drug safety and quality audit reports completed by accredited third-party auditors under such section 809.
Whether accredited third-party auditors accredited under such section 809 have adhered to the conflict of interest provisions set forth in such section.
The extent to which the Secretary has audited recognized accreditation bodies or accredited third-party auditors to ensure compliance with the requirements of such section 809.
The number of waivers under subsection (c)(7)(B) of such section 809 issued during the most recent 12-month period and the official justification by the Secretary for each determination that there was insufficient access to an accredited third-party auditor.
The number of times a manufacturer has used the same accredited third-party auditor for 2 or more consecutive drug safety and quality audits under such section 809.
Recommendations to Congress regarding the accreditation program under such section 809, including whether Congress should continue, modify, or terminate the program.
Standards for admission of imported drugs
Section 801 (21 U.S.C. 381) is amended—
in subsection
(o), by striking drug or
; and
by adding at the end the following:
The Secretary may require, as a condition of granting admission to a drug imported or offered for import into the United States, that the importer electronically submit information demonstrating that the drug complies with applicable requirements of this Act.
The information described under paragraph (1) may include—
information demonstrating the regulatory status of the drug, such as the new drug application, abbreviated new drug application, or investigational new drug or drug master file number;
facility information, such as proof of registration and the unique facility identifier;
indication of compliance with current good manufacturing practice, testing results, certifications relating to satisfactory inspections, and compliance with the country of export regulations; and
any other information deemed necessary and appropriate by the Secretary to assess compliance of the article being offered for import.
Information requirements referred to in paragraph (2)(C) may, at the discretion of the Secretary, be satisfied—
by certifications from accredited third parties, as described under section 809;
through representation by a foreign government, if such inspection is conducted using standards and practices as agreed to by the Secretary; or
other appropriate documentation or evidence as described by the Secretary.
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, the Secretary shall adopt final regulations implementing this subsection. Such requirements shall be appropriate for the type of import, such as whether the drug is for import into the United States for use in preclinical research or in a clinical investigation under an investigational new drug exemption under 505(i).
In promulgating the regulations implementing this subsection, the Secretary shall—
issue a notice of proposed rulemaking that includes the proposed regulation;
provide a period of not less than 60 days for comments on the proposed regulation; and
publish the final regulation not less than 30 days before the effective date of the regulation.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations implementing this subsection only as described in subparagraph (B).
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Notification
Prohibited acts
Section 301 (21 U.S.C. 331) is amended by adding at the end the following:
The failure to notify the Secretary in violation of section 568.
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Notification
In general
Subchapter E of chapter V (21 U.S.C. 360bbb et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
Notification
Notification to Secretary
With respect to a drug, the Secretary may require notification to the Secretary by a covered person if the covered person knows—
of a substantial loss or theft of such drug; or
that such drug—
has been or is being counterfeited; and
is the counterfeit product in commerce in the United States; or
is offered for import into the United States.
Manner of notification
Notification under this section shall be made in a reasonable time, in such reasonable manner, and by such reasonable means as the Secretary may require by regulation or specify in guidance.
Definition
In this section, the term covered person means—
a person who is required to register under section 510 with respect to an establishment engaged in the manufacture, preparation, propagation, compounding, or processing of a drug; or
a person engaged in the wholesale distribution (as defined in section 503(e)(3)(B)) of a drug.
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Applicability
Notifications under section 568 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (as added by paragraph (1)) apply to losses, thefts, or counterfeiting, as described in subsection (a) of such section 568, that occur on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
Protection against intentional adulteration
Section 303(b) (21 U.S.C. 333(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), any person that knowingly and intentionally adulterates a drug such that the drug is adulterated under subsection (a)(1), (b), (c), or (d) of section 501 and has a reasonable probability of causing serious adverse health consequences or death to humans or animals shall be imprisoned for not more than 20 years or fined not more than $1,000,000, or both.
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Enhanced criminal penalty for counterfeiting drugs
Section 303(b) (21 U.S.C. 333(b)), as amended by section 713, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), any person who knowingly and intentionally violates section 301(i) shall be imprisoned for not more than 20 years or fined not more than $4,000,000 or both.
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Extraterritorial jurisdiction
Chapter III (21 U.S.C. 331 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
Extraterritorial jurisdiction
There is extraterritorial jurisdiction over any violation of this Act relating to any article regulated under this Act if such article was intended for import into the United States or if any act in furtherance of the violation was committed in the United States.
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Compliance with international agreements
The provisions of this title (and the amendments made by this title) shall be applied in a manner that the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the United States Trade Representative, considers necessary to comply with the obligations of the United States under international agreements.
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Extension of exclusivity period for drugs
In general
Chapter V (21 U.S.C. 351 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 505D the following:
Extension of exclusivity period for new qualified infectious disease products
Extension
If the Secretary approves an application pursuant to section 505 for a drug that has been designated as a qualified infectious disease product under subsection (d), the 4- and 5-year periods described in subsections (c)(3)(E)(ii) and (j)(5)(F)(ii) of section 505, the 3-year periods described in clauses (iii) and (iv) of subsection (c)(3)(E) and clauses (iii) and (iv) of subsection (j)(5)(F) of section 505, or the 7-year period described in section 527, as applicable, shall be extended by 5 years.
Relation to pediatric exclusivity
Any extension under subsection (a) of a period shall be in addition to any extension of the period under section 505A with respect to the drug.
Limitations
Subsection (a) does not apply to the approval of—
a supplement to an application under section 505(b) for any qualified infectious disease product for which an extension described in subsection (a) is in effect or has expired;
a subsequent application filed with respect to a product approved under section 505 for a change that results in a new indication, route of administration, dosing schedule, dosage form, delivery system, delivery device, or strength; or
an application for a product that is not approved for the use for which it received a designation under subsection (d).
Designation
In general
The manufacturer or sponsor of a drug may request the Secretary to designate a drug as a qualified infectious disease product at any time before the submission of an application under section 505(b) for such drug. The Secretary shall, not later than 60 days after the submission of such a request, determine whether the drug is a qualified infectious disease product.
Limitation
Except as provided in paragraph (3), a designation under this subsection shall not be withdrawn for any reason, including modifications to the list of qualifying pathogens under subsection (f)(2)(C).
Revocation of designation
The Secretary may revoke a designation of a drug as a qualified infectious disease product if the Secretary finds that the request for such designation contained an untrue statement of material fact.
Regulations
In general
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, the Secretary shall adopt final regulations implementing this section.
Procedure
In promulgating a regulation implementing this section, the Secretary shall—
issue a notice of proposed rulemaking that includes the proposed regulation;
provide a period of not less than 60 days for comments on the proposed regulation; and
publish the final regulation not less than 30 days before the effective date of the regulation.
Restrictions
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations implementing this section only as described in paragraph (2), except that the Secretary may issue interim guidance for sponsors seeking designation under subsection (d) prior to the promulgation of such regulations.
Designation prior to regulations
The Secretary may designate drugs as qualified infectious disease products under subsection (d) prior to the promulgation of regulations under this subsection.
Qualifying pathogen
Definition
In this section, the term qualifying pathogen means a pathogen identified and listed by the Secretary under paragraph (2) that has the potential to pose a serious threat to public health, such as—
resistant gram positive pathogens, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus;
multi-drug resistant gram negative bacteria, including Acinetobacter, Klebsiella, Pseudomonas, and E. coli species;
multi-drug resistant tuberculosis; and
Clostridium difficile.
List of qualifying pathogens
In general
The Secretary shall establish and maintain a list of qualifying pathogens, and shall make public the methodology for developing such list.
Considerations
In establishing and maintaining the list of pathogens described under this section the Secretary shall—
consider—
the impact on the public health due to drug-resistant organisms in humans;
the rate of growth of drug-resistant organisms in humans;
the increase in resistance rates in humans; and
the morbidity and mortality in humans; and
consult with experts in infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, medical professionals, and the clinical research community.
Review
Every 5 years, or more often as needed, the Secretary shall review, provide modifications to, and publish the list of qualifying pathogens under subparagraph (A) and shall by regulation revise the list as necessary, in accordance with subsection (e).
Qualified infectious disease product
The term qualified infectious disease product means an antibacterial or antifungal drug for human use intended to treat serious or life-threatening infections, including those caused by—
an antibacterial or antifungal resistant pathogen, including novel or emerging infectious pathogens; or
qualifying pathogens listed by the Secretary under subsection (f).
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Application
Section 505E of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as added by subsection (a), applies only with respect to a drug that is first approved under section 505(c) of such Act (21 U.S.C. 355(c)) on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Priority review
Amendment
Chapter V (21 U.S.C. 351 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 524 the following:
Priority review for qualified infectious disease products
If the Secretary designates a drug under section 505E(d) as a qualified infectious disease product, then the Secretary shall give priority review to any application submitted for approval for such drug under section 505(b).
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Application
Section 524A of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as added by subsection (a), applies only with respect to an application that is submitted under section 505(b) of such Act (21 U.S.C. 355(b)) on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Fast track product
Section 506(a)(1) (21
U.S.C. 356(a)(1)), as amended by section 901(b), is amended by inserting
, or if the Secretary designates the drug as a qualified infectious
disease product under section 505E(d)
before the period at the end of
the first sentence.
GAO study
In general
The Comptroller General of the United States shall—
conduct a study—
on the need for, and public health impact of, incentives to encourage the research, development, and marketing of qualified infectious disease biological products and antifungal products; and
consistent with trade and confidentiality data protections, assessing, for all antibacterial and antifungal drugs, including biological products, the average or aggregate—
costs of all clinical trials for each phase;
percentage of success or failure at each phase of clinical trials; and
public versus private funding levels of the trials for each phase; and
not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, submit a report to Congress on the results of such study, including any recommendations of the Comptroller General on appropriate incentives for addressing such need.
Contents
The part of the study described in subsection (a)(1)(A) shall include—
an assessment of any underlying regulatory issues related to qualified infectious disease products, including qualified infectious disease biological products;
an assessment of the management by the Food and Drug Administration of the review of qualified infectious disease products, including qualified infectious disease biological products and the regulatory certainty of related regulatory pathways for such products;
a description of any regulatory impediments to the clinical development of new qualified infectious disease products, including qualified infectious disease biological products, and the efforts of the Food and Drug Administration to address such impediments; and
recommendations with respect to—
improving the review and predictability of regulatory pathways for such products; and
overcoming any regulatory impediments identified in paragraph (3).
Definitions
In this section:
The term biological product has the meaning given to such term in section 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262).
The term qualified infectious disease biological product means a biological product intended to treat a serious or life-threatening infection described in section 505E(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as added by section 801.
The term qualified infectious disease product has the meaning given such term in section 505E(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as added by section 801.
Clinical trials
Review and revision of guidance documents
In general
The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to
in this section as the Secretary
) shall review and, as
appropriate, revise not fewer than 3 guidance documents per year, which shall
include—
reviewing the guidance documents of the Food and Drug Administration for the conduct of clinical trials with respect to antibacterial and antifungal drugs; and
as appropriate, revising such guidance documents to reflect developments in scientific and medical information and technology and to ensure clarity regarding the procedures and requirements for approval of antibacterial and antifungal drugs under chapter V of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 351 et seq.).
Issues for review
At a minimum, the review under paragraph (1) shall address the appropriate animal models of infection, in vitro techniques, valid micro-biological surrogate markers, the use of non-inferiority versus superiority trials, trial enrollment, data requirements, and appropriate delta values for non-inferiority trials.
Rule of construction
Except to the extent to which the Secretary makes revisions under paragraph (1)(B), nothing in this section shall be construed to repeal or otherwise effect the guidance documents of the Food and Drug Administration.
Recommendations for investigations
Request
The sponsor of a drug intended to be designated as a qualified infectious disease product may request that the Secretary provide written recommendations for nonclinical and clinical investigations which the Secretary believes may be necessary to be conducted with the drug before such drug may be approved under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355) for use in treating, detecting, preventing, or identifying a qualifying pathogen, as defined in section 505E of such Act.
Recommendations
If the Secretary has reason to believe that a drug for which a request is made under this subsection is a qualified infectious disease product, the Secretary shall provide the person making the request written recommendations for the nonclinical and clinical investigations which the Secretary believes, on the basis of information available to the Secretary at the time of the request, would be necessary for approval under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355) of such drug for the use described in paragraph (1).
GAO study
Not later than January 1, 2016, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report—
regarding the review and revision of the clinical trial guidance documents required under subsection (a) and the impact such review and revision has had on the review and approval of qualified infectious disease products;
assessing—
the effectiveness of the results-oriented metrics managers employ to ensure that reviewers of such products are familiar with, and consistently applying, clinical trial guidance documents; and
the predictability of related regulatory pathways and review;
identifying any outstanding regulatory impediments to the clinical development of qualified infectious disease products;
reporting on the progress the Food and Drug Administration has made in addressing the impediments identified under paragraph (3); and
containing recommendations regarding how to improve the review of, and regulatory pathway for, such products.
Qualified infectious disease product
For purposes of this section, the term qualified infectious disease product has the meaning given such term in section 505E(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as added by section 801.
Regulatory certainty and predictability
Initial strategy and implementation plan
Not later than 1 year after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(referred to in this section as the Secretary
) shall submit to
Congress a strategy and implementation plan with respect to the requirements of
this Act. The strategy and implementation plan shall include—
a description of the regulatory challenges to clinical development, approval, and licensure of qualified infectious disease products;
the regulatory and scientific priorities of the Secretary with respect to such challenges; and
the steps the Secretary will take to ensure regulatory certainty and predictability with respect to qualified infectious disease products, including steps the Secretary will take to ensure managers and reviewers are familiar with related regulatory pathways, requirements of the Food and Drug Administration, guidance documents related to such products, and applying such requirements consistently.
Subsequent report
Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on—
the progress made toward the priorities identified under subsection (a)(2);
the number of qualified infectious disease products that have been submitted for approval or licensure on or after the date of enactment of this Act;
a list of qualified infectious disease products with information on the types of exclusivity granted for each product, consistent with the information published under section 505(j)(7)(A)(iii) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355(j)(7)(A)(iii));
the number of such qualified infectious disease products and that have been approved or licensed on or after the date of enactment of this Act; and
the number of calendar days it took for the approval or licensure of the qualified infectious disease products approved or licensed on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
Qualified infectious disease product
For purposes of this section, the term qualified infectious disease product has the meaning given such term in section 505E(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as added by section 801.
Drug approval and patient access
Enhancement of accelerated patient access to new medical treatments
Findings; Sense of Congress
Findings
Congress finds as follows:
The Food and Drug
Administration (referred to in this section as the FDA
) serves a
critical role in helping to assure that new medicines are safe and effective.
Regulatory innovation is 1 element of the Nation’s strategy to address serious
and life-threatening diseases or conditions by promoting investment in and
development of innovative treatments for unmet medical needs.
During the 2 decades following the establishment of the accelerated approval mechanism, advances in medical sciences, including genomics, molecular biology, and bioinformatics, have provided an unprecedented understanding of the underlying biological mechanism and pathogenesis of disease. A new generation of modern, targeted medicines is under development to treat serious and life-threatening diseases, some applying drug development strategies based on biomarkers or pharmacogenomics, predictive toxicology, clinical trial enrichment techniques, and novel clinical trial designs, such as adaptive clinical trials.
As a result of these remarkable scientific and medical advances, the FDA should be encouraged to implement more broadly effective processes for the expedited development and review of innovative new medicines intended to address unmet medical needs for serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions, including those for rare diseases or conditions, using a broad range of surrogate or clinical endpoints and modern scientific tools earlier in the drug development cycle when appropriate. This may result in fewer, smaller, or shorter clinical trials for the intended patient population or targeted subpopulation without compromising or altering the high standards of the FDA for the approval of drugs.
Patients benefit from expedited access to safe and effective innovative therapies to treat unmet medical needs for serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions.
For these reasons, the statutory authority in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act governing expedited approval of drugs for serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions should be amended in order to enhance the authority of the FDA to consider appropriate scientific data, methods, and tools, and to expedite development and access to novel treatments for patients with a broad range of serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions.
Sense of Congress
It is the sense of Congress that the Food and Drug Administration should apply the accelerated approval and fast track provisions set forth in section 506 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 356), as amended by this section, to help expedite the development and availability to patients of treatments for serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions while maintaining safety and effectiveness standards for such treatments.
Expedited approval of drugs for serious or life-Threatening diseases or conditions
Section 506 (21 U.S.C. 356) is amended to read as follows:
Expedited approval of drugs for serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions
Designation of drug as fast track product
In general
The Secretary shall,
at the request of the sponsor of a new drug, facilitate the development and
expedite the review of such drug if it is intended, whether alone or in
combination with one or more other drugs, for the treatment of a serious or
life-threatening disease or condition, and it demonstrates the potential to
address unmet medical needs for such a disease or condition. (In this section,
such a drug is referred to as a fast track product
.)
Request for designation
The sponsor of a new drug may request the Secretary to designate the drug as a fast track product. A request for the designation may be made concurrently with, or at any time after, submission of an application for the investigation of the drug under section 505(i) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health Service Act.
Designation
Within 60 calendar days after the receipt of a request under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall determine whether the drug that is the subject of the request meets the criteria described in paragraph (1). If the Secretary finds that the drug meets the criteria, the Secretary shall designate the drug as a fast track product and shall take such actions as are appropriate to expedite the development and review of the application for approval of such product.
Accelerated approval of a drug for a serious or life-Threatening disease or condition, including a fast track product
In general
Accelerated approval
The Secretary may approve an application for approval of
a product for a serious or life-threatening disease or condition, including a
fast track product, under section 505(c) or section 351(a) of the Public Health
Service Act upon a determination that the product has an effect on a surrogate
endpoint that is reasonably likely to predict clinical benefit, or on a
clinical endpoint that can be measured earlier than irreversible morbidity or
mortality, that is reasonably likely to predict an effect on irreversible
morbidity or mortality or other clinical benefit, taking into account the
severity, rarity, or prevalence of the condition and the availability or lack
of alternative treatments. The approval described in the preceding sentence is
referred to in this section as accelerated approval
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Evidence
The evidence to support that an endpoint is reasonably likely to predict clinical benefit under subparagraph (A) may include epidemiological, pathophysiological, therapeutic, pharmacologic, or other evidence developed using biomarkers, for example, or other scientific methods or tools.
Limitation
Approval of a product under this subsection may be subject to 1 or both of the following requirements:
That the sponsor conduct appropriate post-approval studies to verify and describe the predicted effect on irreversible morbidity or mortality or other clinical benefit.
That the sponsor submit copies of all promotional materials related to the product during the preapproval review period and, following approval and for such period thereafter as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, at least 30 days prior to dissemination of the materials.
Expedited withdrawal of approval
The Secretary may withdraw approval of a product approved under accelerated approval using expedited procedures (as prescribed by the Secretary in regulations which shall include an opportunity for an informal hearing) if—
the sponsor fails to conduct any required post-approval study of the drug with due diligence;
a study required to verify and describe the predicted effect on irreversible morbidity or mortality or other clinical benefit of the product fails to verify and describe such effect or benefit;
other evidence demonstrates that the product is not safe or effective under the conditions of use; or
the sponsor disseminates false or misleading promotional materials with respect to the product.
Review of incomplete applications for approval of a fast track product
In general
If the Secretary determines, after preliminary evaluation of clinical data submitted by the sponsor, that a fast track product may be effective, the Secretary shall evaluate for filing, and may commence review of portions of, an application for the approval of the product before the sponsor submits a complete application. The Secretary shall commence such review only if the applicant—
provides a schedule for submission of information necessary to make the application complete; and
pays any fee that may be required under section 736.
Exception
Any time period for review of human drug applications that has been agreed to by the Secretary and that has been set forth in goals identified in letters of the Secretary (relating to the use of fees collected under section 736 to expedite the drug development process and the review of human drug applications) shall not apply to an application submitted under paragraph (1) until the date on which the application is complete.
Awareness efforts
The Secretary shall—
develop and disseminate to physicians, patient organizations, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and other appropriate persons a description of the provisions of this section applicable to accelerated approval and fast track products; and
establish a program to encourage the development of surrogate and clinical endpoints, including biomarkers, and other scientific methods and tools that can assist the Secretary in determining whether the evidence submitted in an application is reasonably likely to predict clinical benefit for serious or life-threatening conditions for which significant unmet medical needs exist.
Construction
Purpose
The amendments made by the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act to this section are intended to encourage the Secretary to utilize innovative and flexible approaches to the assessment of products under accelerated approval for treatments for patients with serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions and unmet medical needs.
Construction
Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter the standards of evidence under subsection (c) or (d) of section 505 (including the substantial evidence standard in section 505(d)) of this Act or under section 351(a) of the Public Health Service Act. Such sections and standards of evidence apply to the review and approval of products under this section, including whether a product is safe and effective. Nothing in this section alters the ability of the Secretary to rely on evidence that does not come from adequate and well-controlled investigations for the purpose of determining whether an endpoint is reasonably likely to predict clinical benefit as described in subsection (b)(1)(B).
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Guidance; amended regulations
Draft guidance
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this
section as the Secretary
) shall issue draft guidance to
implement the amendments made by this section. In developing such guidance, the
Secretary shall specifically consider issues arising under the accelerated
approval and fast track processes under section 506 of the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act, as amended by subsection (b), for drugs designated for a rare
disease or condition under section 526 of such Act (21 U.S.C. 360bb) and shall
also consider any unique issues associated with very rare diseases.
Final guidance
Not later than 1 year after the issuance of draft guidance under paragraph (1), and after an opportunity for public comment, the Secretary shall issue final guidance.
Conforming changes
The Secretary shall issue, as necessary, conforming amendments to the applicable regulations under title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, governing accelerated approval.
No effect of inaction on requests
If the Secretary fails to issue final guidance or amended regulations as required by this subsection, such failure shall not preclude the review of, or action on, a request for designation or an application for approval submitted pursuant to section 506 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended by subsection (b).
Independent review
The Secretary may, in conjunction with other planned reviews, contract with an independent entity with expertise in assessing the quality and efficiency of biopharmaceutical development and regulatory review programs to evaluate the Food and Drug Administration’s application of the processes described in section 506 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended by subsection (b), and the impact of such processes on the development and timely availability of innovative treatments for patients suffering from serious or life-threatening conditions. Any such evaluation shall include consultation with regulated industries, patient advocacy and disease research foundations, and relevant academic medical centers.
Breakthrough therapies
In general
Section 506 (21 U.S.C. 356), as amended by section 901, is further amended—
by redesignating subsections (a) through (c) as subsections (b) through (d), respectively;
by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (f);
by inserting before subsection (b), as so redesignated, the following:
Designation of a drug as a breakthrough therapy
In general
The Secretary shall, at the request of the sponsor of a drug, expedite the development and review of such drug if the drug is intended, alone or in combination with 1 or more other drugs, to treat a serious or life-threatening disease or condition and preliminary clinical evidence indicates that the drug may demonstrate substantial improvement over existing therapies on 1 or more clinically significant endpoints, such as substantial treatment effects observed early in clinical development. (In this section, such a drug is referred to as a breakthrough therapy.)
Request for designation
The sponsor of a drug may request the Secretary to designate the drug as a breakthrough therapy. A request for the designation may be made concurrently with, or at any time after, the submission of an application for the investigation of the drug under section 505(i) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health Service Act.
Designation
In general
Not later than 60 calendar days after the receipt of a request under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall determine whether the drug that is the subject of the request meets the criteria described in paragraph (1). If the Secretary finds that the drug meets the criteria, the Secretary shall designate the drug as a breakthrough therapy and shall take such actions as are appropriate to expedite the development and review of the application for approval of such drug.
Actions
The actions to expedite the development and review of an application under subparagraph (A) may include, as appropriate—
holding meetings with the sponsor and the review team throughout the development of the drug;
providing timely advice to, and interactive communication with, the sponsor regarding the development of the drug to ensure that the development program to gather the non-clinical and clinical data necessary for approval is as efficient as practicable;
involving senior managers and experienced review staff, as appropriate, in a collaborative, cross-disciplinary review;
assigning a cross-disciplinary project lead for the Food and Drug Administration review team to facilitate an efficient review of the development program and to serve as a scientific liaison between the review team and the sponsor; and
taking steps to ensure that the design of the clinical trials is as efficient as practicable, when scientifically appropriate, such as by minimizing the number of patients exposed to a potentially less efficacious treatment.
;
in subsection
(f)(1), as so redesignated, by striking applicable to accelerated
approval
and inserting applicable to breakthrough therapies,
accelerated approval, and
; and
by adding at the end the following:
Report
Beginning in fiscal year 2013, the Secretary shall annually prepare and submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and make publicly available, with respect to this section for the previous fiscal year—
the number of drugs for which a sponsor requested designation as a breakthrough therapy;
the number of products designated as a breakthrough therapy; and
for each product designated as a breakthrough therapy, a summary of the actions taken under subsection (a)(3).
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Guidance; amended regulations
In general
Guidance
Not
later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the
Secretary
) shall issue draft guidance on implementing the
requirements with respect to breakthrough therapies, as set forth in section
506(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 356(a)), as
amended by this section. The Secretary shall issue final guidance not later
than 1 year after the close of the comment period for the draft
guidance.
Amended regulations
In general
If the Secretary determines that it is necessary to amend the regulations under title 21, Code of Federal Regulations in order to implement the amendments made by this section to section 506(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Secretary shall amend such regulations not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
Procedure
In amending regulations under clause (i), the Secretary shall—
issue a notice of proposed rulemaking that includes the proposed regulation;
provide a period of not less than 60 days for comments on the proposed regulation; and
publish the final regulation not less than 30 days before the effective date of the regulation.
Restrictions
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations implementing the amendments made by section only as described in clause (ii).
Requirements
Guidance issued under this section shall—
specify the process and criteria by which the Secretary makes a designation under section 506(a)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; and
specify the actions the Secretary shall take to expedite the development and review of a breakthrough therapy pursuant to such designation under such section 506(a)(3), including updating good review management practices to reflect breakthrough therapies.
Independent review
Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States, in consultation with appropriate experts, shall assess the manner by which the Food and Drug Administration has applied the processes described in section 506(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended by this section, and the impact of such processes on the development and timely availability of innovative treatments for patients affected by serious or life-threatening conditions. Such assessment shall be made publicly available upon completion.
Conforming amendments
Section 506B(e) (21 U.S.C. 356b) is amended by
striking section 506(b)(2)(A)
each place such term appears and
inserting section 506(c)(2)(A)
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Consultation with external experts on rare diseases, targeted therapies, and genetic targeting of treatments
Subchapter E of chapter V (21 U.S.C. 360bbb et seq.), as amended by section 712, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
Consultation with external experts on rare diseases, targeted therapies, and genetic targeting of treatments
In general
For the purpose of promoting the efficiency of and informing the review by the Food and Drug Administration of new drugs and biological products for rare diseases and drugs and biological products that are genetically targeted, the following shall apply:
Consultation with stakeholders
Consistent with sections X.C and IX.E.4 of the PDUFA Reauthorization Performance Goals and Procedures Fiscal Years 2013 through 2017, as referenced in the letters described in section 101(b) of the Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2012, the Secretary shall ensure that opportunities exist, at a time the Secretary determines appropriate, for consultations with stakeholders on the topics described in subsection (c).
Consultation with external experts
The Secretary shall develop and maintain a list of external experts who, because of their special expertise, are qualified to provide advice on rare disease issues, including topics described in subsection (c). The Secretary may, when appropriate to address a specific regulatory question, consult such external experts on issues related to the review of new drugs and biological products for rare diseases and drugs and biological products that are genetically targeted, including the topics described in subsection (c), when such consultation is necessary because the Secretary lacks specific scientific, medical, or technical expertise necessary for the performance of its regulatory responsibilities and the necessary expertise can be provided by the external experts.
External experts
For purposes of subsection (a)(2), external experts are those who possess scientific or medical training that the Secretary lacks with respect to one or more rare diseases.
Topics for consultation
Topics for consultation pursuant to this section may include—
rare diseases;
the severity of rare diseases;
the unmet medical need associated with rare diseases;
the willingness and ability of individuals with a rare disease to participate in clinical trials;
an assessment of the benefits and risks of therapies to treat rare diseases;
the general design of clinical trials for rare disease populations and subpopulations; and
demographics and the clinical description of patient populations.
Classification as special government employees
The external experts who are consulted under this section may be considered special government employees, as defined under section 202 of title 18, United States Code.
Protection of proprietary information
Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter the protections offered by laws, regulations, and policies governing disclosure of confidential commercial or trade secret information, and any other information exempt from disclosure pursuant to section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code, as such provisions would be applied to consultation with individuals and organizations prior to the date of enactment of this section.
Other consultation
Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the ability of the Secretary to consult with individuals and organizations as authorized prior to the date of enactment of this section.
No right or obligation
Nothing in this section shall be construed to create a legal right for a consultation on any matter or require the Secretary to meet with any particular expert or stakeholder. Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter agreed upon goals and procedures identified in the letters described in section 101(b) of the Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2012. Nothing in this section is intended to increase the number of review cycles as in effect before the date of enactment of this section.
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Accessibility of information on prescription drug container labels by visually-impaired and blind consumers
Establishment of Working Group
In general
The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance
Board (referred to in this section as the Access Board
) shall
convene a stakeholder working group (referred to in this section as the
working group
) to develop best practices on access to
information on prescription drug container labels for individuals who are blind
or visually impaired.
Members
The working group shall be comprised of representatives of national organizations representing blind and visually-impaired individuals, national organizations representing the elderly, and industry groups representing stakeholders, including retail, mail order, and independent community pharmacies, who would be impacted by such best practices. Representation within the working group shall be divided equally between consumer and industry advocates.
Best practices
In general
The working group shall develop, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, best practices for pharmacies to ensure that blind and visually-impaired individuals have safe, consistent, reliable, and independent access to the information on prescription drug container labels.
Public availability
The best practices developed under subparagraph (A) may be made publicly available, including through the Internet Web sites of the working group participant organizations, and through other means, in a manner that provides access to interested individuals, including individuals with disabilities.
Limitations
The best practices developed under subparagraph (A) shall not be construed as accessibility guidelines or standards of the Access Board, and shall not confer any rights or impose any obligations on working group participants or other persons. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or condition any right, obligation, or remedy available under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) or any other Federal or State law requiring effective communication, barrier removal, or nondiscrimination on the basis of disability.
Considerations
In developing and issuing the best practices under paragraph (3)(A), the working group shall consider—
the use of—
Braille;
auditory means, such as—
talking
bottles
that provide audible container label information;
digital voice recorders attached to the prescription drug container; and
radio frequency identification tags;
enhanced visual means, such as—
large font labels
or large font duplicate
labels that are affixed or matched to a
prescription drug container;
high-contrast printing; and
sans-serf font; and
other relevant alternatives as determined by the working group;
whether there are technical, financial, manpower, or other factors unique to pharmacies with 20 or fewer retail locations which may pose significant challenges to the adoption of the best practices; and
such other factors as the working group determines to be appropriate.
Information campaign
Upon completion of development of the best practices under subsection (a)(3), the National Council on Disability, in consultation with the working group, shall conduct an informational and educational campaign designed to inform individuals with disabilities, pharmacists, and the public about such best practices.
FACA waiver
The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the working group.
GAO Study
In general
Beginning 18 months after the completion of the development of best practices under subsection (a)(3)(A), the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a review of the extent to which pharmacies are utilizing such best practices, and the extent to which barriers to accessible information on prescription drug container labels for blind and visually-impaired individuals continue.
Report
Not later than September 30, 2016, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the review conducted under paragraph (1). Such report shall include recommendations about how best to reduce the barriers experienced by blind and visually-impaired individuals to independently accessing information on prescription drug container labels.
Definitions
In this section—
the term pharmacy includes a pharmacy that receives prescriptions and dispenses prescription drugs through an Internet Web site or by mail;
the term prescription drug means a drug subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)); and
the term prescription drug container label means the label with the directions for use that is affixed to the prescription drug container by the pharmacist and dispensed to the consumer.
Risk-benefit framework
Section 505(d) (21
U.S.C. 355(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following: The
Secretary shall implement a structured risk-benefit assessment framework in the
new drug approval process to facilitate the balanced consideration of benefits
and risks, a consistent and systematic approach to the discussion and
regulatory decisionmaking, and the communication of the benefits and risks of
new drugs. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall alter the criteria for
evaluating an application for premarket approval of a drug.
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Independent study on medical innovation inducement model
In general
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall enter into an agreement with the National Academies to provide expert consultation and conduct a study that evaluates the feasibility and possible consequences of the use of innovation inducement prizes to reward successful medical innovations. Under the agreement, the National Academies shall submit to the Secretary a report on such study not later than 15 months after the date of enactment of this Act.
Requirements
In general
The study conducted under subsection (a) shall model at least 3 separate segments on the medical technologies market as candidate targets for the new incentive system and consider different medical innovation inducement prize design issues, including the challenges presented in the implementation of prizes for end products, open source dividend prizes, and prizes for upstream research.
Market segments
The segments on the medical technologies market that shall be considered under paragraph (1) include—
all pharmaceutical and biologic drugs and vaccines;
drugs and vaccines used solely for the treatment of HIV/AIDS; and
antibiotics.
Elements
The study conducted under subsection (a) shall include consideration of each of the following:
Whether a system of large innovation inducement prizes could work as a replacement for the existing product monopoly/patent-based system, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
How large the innovation prize funds would have to be in order to induce at least as much research and development investment in innovation as is induced under the current system of time-limited market exclusivity, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
Whether a system of large innovation inducement prizes would be more or less expensive than the current system of time-limited market exclusivity, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, calculated over different time periods.
Whether a system of large innovation inducement prizes would expand access to new products and improve health outcomes.
The type of information and decisionmaking skills that would be necessary to manage end product prizes.
Whether there would there be major advantages in rewarding the incremental impact of innovations, as benchmarked against existing products.
How open-source dividend prizes could be managed, and whether such prizes would increase access to knowledge, materials, data and technologies.
Whether a system of competitive intermediaries for interim research prizes would provide an acceptable solution to the valuation challenges for interim prizes.
Drug shortages
Drug shortages
In general
Section 506C (21 U.S.C. 356c) is amended to read as follows:
Discontinuance or interruption in the production of life-saving drugs
In general
A manufacturer of a drug—
that is—
life-supporting;
life-sustaining;
intended for use in the prevention of a debilitating disease or condition;
a sterile injectable product; or
used in emergency medical care or during surgery; and
that is not a radio pharmaceutical drug product, a human tissue replaced by a recombinant product, a product derived from human plasma protein, or any other product as designated by the Secretary,
Timing
A notice required under subsection (a) shall be submitted to the Secretary—
at least 6 months prior to the date of the discontinuance or interruption; or
if compliance with paragraph (1) is not possible, as soon as practicable.
Expedited inspections and reviews
If, based on notifications described in subsection (a) or any other relevant information, the Secretary concludes that there is, or is likely to be, a drug shortage of a drug described in subsection (a), the Secretary may—
expedite the review of a supplement to a new drug application submitted under section 505(b), an abbreviated new drug application submitted under section 505(j), or a supplement to such an application submitted under section 505(j) that could help mitigate or prevent such shortage; or
expedite an inspection or reinspection of an establishment that could help mitigate or prevent such drug shortage.
Coordination
Task force and strategic plan
In general
Task Force
As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, the Secretary shall establish a Task Force to develop and implement a strategic plan for enhancing the Secretary’s response to preventing and mitigating drug shortages.
Strategic plan
The strategic plan described in clause (i) shall include—
plans for enhanced interagency and intraagency coordination, communication, and decisionmaking;
plans for ensuring that drug shortages are considered when the Secretary initiates a regulatory action that could precipitate a drug shortage or exacerbate an existing drug shortage;
plans for effective communication with outside stakeholders, including who the Secretary should alert about potential or actual drug shortages, how the communication should occur, and what types of information should be shared; and
plans for considering the impact of drug shortages on research and clinical trials.
Consultation
In carrying out this subparagraph, the Task Force shall ensure consultation with the appropriate offices within the Food and Drug Administration, including the Office of the Commissioner, the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, the Office of Regulatory Affairs, and employees within the Department of Health and Human Services with expertise regarding drug shortages. The Secretary shall engage external stakeholders and experts as appropriate.
Timing
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, the Task Force shall—
publish the strategic plan described in subparagraph (A); and
submit such plan to Congress.
Communication
The Secretary shall ensure that, prior to any enforcement action or issuance of a warning letter that the Secretary determines could reasonably be anticipated to lead to a meaningful disruption in the supply in the United States of a drug described under subsection (a), there is communication with the appropriate office of the Food and Drug Administration with expertise regarding drug shortages regarding whether the action or letter could cause, or exacerbate, a shortage of the drug.
Action
If the Secretary determines, after the communication described in paragraph (2), that an enforcement action or a warning letter could reasonably cause or exacerbate a shortage of a drug described under subsection (a), then the Secretary shall evaluate the risks associated with the impact of such shortage upon patients and those risks associated with the violation involved before taking such action or issuing such letter, unless there is imminent risk of serious adverse health consequences or death to humans.
Reporting by other entities
The Secretary shall identify or establish a mechanism by which healthcare providers and other third-party organizations may report to the Secretary evidence of a drug shortage.
Review and construction
No determination, finding, action, or omission of the Secretary under this subsection shall—
be subject to judicial review; or
be construed to establish a defense to an enforcement action by the Secretary.
Recordkeeping and reporting
Recordkeeping
The Secretary shall maintain records related to drug shortages, including with respect to each of the following:
The number of manufacturers that submitted a notification to the Secretary under subsection (a) in each calendar year.
The number of drug shortages that occurred in each calendar year and a list of drug names, drug types, and classes that were the subject of such shortages.
A list of the known factors contributing to the drug shortages described in subparagraph (B).
A list of major actions taken by the Secretary to prevent or mitigate the drug shortages described in subparagraph (B).
The Secretary shall include in the list under clause (i) the following:
The number of applications for which the Secretary expedited review under subsection (c)(1) in each calendar year.
The number of establishment inspections or reinspections that the Secretary expedited under subsection (c)(2) in each calendar year.
The number of notifications submitted to the Secretary under subsection (a) in each calendar year.
The names of manufacturers that the Secretary has learned did not comply with the notification requirement under subsection (a) in each calendar year.
The number of times in each calendar year that the Secretary determined under subsection (d)(3) that an enforcement action or a warning letter could reasonably cause or exacerbate a shortage of a drug described under subsection (a), but did not evaluate the risks associated with the impact of such shortage upon patients and those risks associated with the violation involved before taking such action or issuing such letter on the grounds that there was imminent risk of serious adverse health consequences or death to humans, and a summary of the determinations.
A summary of the communications made and actions taken under subsection (d) in each calendar year.
Any other information the Secretary deems appropriate to better prevent and mitigate drug shortages.
Trend analysis
The Secretary is authorized to retain a third party to conduct a study, if the Secretary believes such a study would help clarify the causes, trends, or solutions related to drug shortages.
Annual summary
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report summarizing, with respect to the 1-year period preceding such report, the information described in paragraph (1). Such report shall not include any information that is exempt from disclosure under subsection (a) of section 552 of title 5, United States Code, by reason of subsection (b)(4) of such section.
Definitions
For purposes of this section—
the term drug—
means a drug (as defined in section 201(g)) that is intended for human use; and
does not include biological products (as defined in section 351 of the Public Health Service Act), unless otherwise provided by the Secretary in the regulations promulgated under subsection (h);
the term drug shortage or shortage, with respect to a drug, means a period of time when the demand or projected demand for the drug within the United States exceeds the supply of the drug; and
the term meaningful disruption—
means a change in production that is reasonably likely to lead to a reduction in the supply of a drug by a manufacturer that is more than negligible and impacts the ability of the manufacturer to fill orders or meet expected demand for its product; and
does not include interruptions in manufacturing due to matters such as routine maintenance or insignificant changes in manufacturing so long as the manufacturer expects to resume operations in a short period of time.
Distribution
To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary may distribute information on drug shortages and on the permanent discontinuation of the drugs described in this section to appropriate provider and patient organizations, except that any such distribution shall not include any information that is exempt from disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States Code, by reason of subsection (b)(4) of such section.
Regulations
In general
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, the Secretary shall adopt a final regulation implementing this section.
Inclusion of biological products
In general
The Secretary may by regulation apply this section to biological products (as defined in section 351 of the Public Health Service Act) if the Secretary determines such inclusion would benefit the public health.
Rule for vaccines
If the Secretary applies this section to vaccines pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall—
consider whether the notification requirement under subsection (a) may be satisfied by submitting a notification to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under the vaccine shortage notification program of such Centers; and
explain the determination made by the Secretary under clause (i) in the regulation.
Procedure
In promulgating a regulation implementing this section, the Secretary shall—
issue a notice of proposed rulemaking that includes the proposed regulation;
provide a period of not less than 60 days for comments on the proposed regulation; and
publish the final regulation not less than 30 days before the regulation’s effective date.
Restrictions
Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law, in implementing this section, the Secretary shall only promulgate regulations as described in paragraph (3).
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Effect of notification
The submission of a notification to the Secretary of
Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the
Secretary
) for purposes of complying with the requirement in
section 506C(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (as amended by
subsection (a)) shall not be construed—
as an admission that any product that is the subject of such notification violates any provision of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.); or
as evidence of an intention to promote or market the product for an indication or use for which the product has not been approved by the Secretary.
Internal review
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall—
analyze and review the regulations promulgated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), the guidances or policies issued under such Act related to drugs intended for human use, and the practices of the Food and Drug Administration regarding enforcing such Act related to manufacturing of such drugs, to identify any such regulations, guidances, policies, or practices that cause, exacerbate, prevent, or mitigate drug shortages (as defined in section 506C of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (as amended by subsection (a)); and
determine how regulations, guidances, policies, or practices identified under paragraph (1) should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or discontinued in order to reduce or prevent such drug shortages, taking into consideration the effect of any changes on the public health.
Study on Market Factors Contributing to Drug Shortages and Stockpiling
In general
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States, in consultation with the Secretary, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General, the Attorney General, and Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, shall publish a report reviewing any findings that drug shortages (as so defined) have led market participants to stockpile affected drugs or sell them at significantly increased prices, the impact of such activities on Federal revenue, and any economic factors that have exacerbated or created a market for such actions.
Content
The report under paragraph (1) shall include—
an analysis of the incidence of any of the activities described in paragraph (1) and the effect of such activities on the public health;
an evaluation of whether in such cases there is a correlation between drugs in shortage and—
the number of manufacturers producing such drugs;
the pricing structure, including Federal reimbursements, for such drugs before such drugs were in shortage, and to the extent possible, revenue received by each such manufacturer of such drugs;
pricing structure and revenue, to the extent possible, for the same drugs when sold under the conditions described in paragraph (1); and
the impact of contracting practices by market participants (including manufacturers, distributors, group purchasing organizations, and providers) on competition, access to drugs, and pricing of drugs;
whether the activities described in paragraph (1) are consistent with applicable law; and
recommendations to Congress on what, if any, additional reporting or enforcement actions are necessary.
Trade Secret and Confidential information
Nothing in this subsection alters or amends section 1905 of title 18, United States Code, or section 552(b)(4) of title 5, United States Code.
Guidance regarding repackaging
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue guidance that clarifies the policy of the Food and Drug Administration regarding hospital pharmacies repackaging and safely transferring repackaged drugs among hospitals within a common health system during a drug shortage, as identified by the Secretary.
Other provisions
Reauthorizations
Reauthorization of provision relating to exclusivity of certain drugs containing single enantiomers
Section 505(u)(4)
(21 U.S.C. 355(u)(4)) is amended by striking 2012
and inserting
2017
.
Reauthorization of the Critical Path Public-Private Partnerships
Section 566(f) (21 U.S.C. 360bbb–5(f)) is
amended by striking 2012
and inserting
2017
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Medical gas product regulation
Regulation of medical gas products
Regulation
Chapter V (21 U.S.C. 351 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
Medical gas products
Definitions
In this subchapter:
The term designated medical gas product means any of the following:
Oxygen, that meets the standards set forth in an official compendium.
Nitrogen, that meets the standards set forth in an official compendium.
Nitrous oxide, that meets the standards set forth in an official compendium.
Carbon dioxide, that meets the standards set forth in an official compendium.
Helium, that meets the standards set forth in an official compendium.
Carbon monoxide, that meets the standards set forth in an official compendium.
Medical air, that meets the standards set forth in an official compendium.
Any other medical gas product deemed appropriate by the Secretary, unless any period of exclusivity under section 505(c)(3)(E)(ii) or 505(j)(5)(F)(ii), or the extension of any such period under section 505A, applicable to such medical gas product has not expired.
The term medical gas product means a drug that—
is manufactured or stored in a liquefied, nonliquefied, or cryogenic state; and
is administered as a gas.
Regulation of medical gas products
Certification of designated medical gas products
Submission
In general
Beginning on the date of enactment of this section, any person may file with the Secretary a request for a certification of a designated medical gas product.
Content
A request under subparagraph (A) shall contain—
a description of the medical gas product;
the name and address of the sponsor;
the name and address of the facility or facilities where the gas product is or will be manufactured; and
any other information deemed appropriate by the Secretary to determine whether the medical gas product is a designated medical gas product.
Grant of certification
A certification described under paragraph (1)(A) shall be determined to have been granted unless, not later than 60 days after the filing of a request under paragraph (1), the Secretary finds that—
the medical gas product subject to the certification is not a designated medical gas product;
the request does not contain the information required under paragraph (1) or otherwise lacks sufficient information to permit the Secretary to determine that the gas product is a designated medical gas product; or
granting the request would be contrary to public health.
Effect of certification
In general
Approved uses
A designated medical gas product for which a certification is granted under paragraph (2) is deemed, alone or in combination with another designated gas product or products as medically appropriate, to have in effect an approved application under section 505 or 512, subject to all applicable postapproval requirements, for the following indications for use:
Oxygen for the treatment or prevention of hypoxemia or hypoxia.
Nitrogen for use in hypoxic challenge testing.
Nitrous oxide for analgesia.
Carbon dioxide for use in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy or respiratory stimulation.
Helium for the treatment of upper airway obstruction or increased airway resistance.
Medical air to reduce the risk of hyperoxia.
Carbon monoxide for use in lung diffusion testing.
Any other indication for use for a designated medical gas product or combination of designated medical gas products deemed appropriate by the Secretary, unless any period of exclusivity under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 505(c)(3)(E), under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 505(j)(5)(F), or under section 527, or the extension of any such period under section 505A, applicable to such indication for use for such gas product or combination of products has not expired.
Labeling
The requirements established in sections 503(b)(4) and 502(f) shall be deemed to have been met for a designated medical gas product if the labeling on final use containers of such gas product bears the information required by section 503(b)(4) and a warning statement concerning the use of the gas product, as determined by the Secretary by regulation, as well as appropriate directions and warnings concerning storage and handling.
Inapplicability of exclusivity provisions
Effect on ineligibility
No designated medical gas product deemed under paragraph (3)(A)(i) to have in effect an approved application shall be eligible for any periods of exclusivity under sections 505(c), 505(j), or 527, or the extension of any such period under section 505A, on the basis of such deemed approval.
Effect on certification
No period of exclusivity under sections 505(c), 505(j), or section 527, or the extension of any such period under section 505A, with respect to an application for a drug shall prohibit, limit, or otherwise affect the submission, grant, or effect of a certification under this section, except as provided in paragraph (3)(A)(i)(VIII).
Withdrawal, suspension, or revocation of approval
In general
Nothing in this subchapter limits the authority of the Secretary to withdraw or suspend approval of a drug, including a designated medical gas product deemed under this section to have in effect an approved application, under section 505 or section 512.
Revocation
The Secretary may revoke the grant of a certification under this section if the Secretary determines that the request for certification contains any material omission or falsification.
Prescription requirement
In general
A designated medical gas product shall be subject to section 503(b)(1) unless the Secretary exercises the authority provided in section 503(b)(3) to remove such gas product from the requirements of section 503(b)(1) or the use in question is authorized pursuant to another provision of this Act relating to use of medical products in emergencies.
Exception for oxygen
In general
Notwithstanding paragraph (1), oxygen may be provided without a prescription for the following uses:
The use in the event of depressurization or other environmental oxygen deficiency.
The use in the event of oxygen deficiency or use in emergency resuscitation, when administered by properly trained personnel.
Labeling
For oxygen provided pursuant to subparagraph (A), the requirements established in section 503(b)(4) shall be deemed to have been met if the labeling of the oxygen bears a warning that the medical gas product can be used for emergency use only and for all other medical applications a prescription is required.
Inapplicability of drugs fees to designated medical gas products
A designated medical gas product deemed under this section to have in effect an approved application shall not be assessed fees under section 736(a) on the basis of such deemed approval.
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Regulations
Review of regulations
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this
section as the Secretary
) shall, after obtaining input from
medical gas product manufacturers, and any other interested members of the
public, submit a report to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of
Representatives regarding any changes to the Federal drug regulations in title
21, Code of Federal Regulations that the Secretary determines to be
necessary.
Amended regulations
If the Secretary determines that changes to the Federal drug regulations in title 21, Code of Federal Regulations are necessary under subsection (a), the Secretary shall issue final regulations implementing such changes not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
Applicability
Nothing in this subtitle or the amendments made by this subtitle shall apply to—
a drug that is covered by an application under section 505 or 512 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355, 360b) approved prior to May 1, 2012; or
any of the gases listed in subparagraphs (A) through (G) of section 575(1) of such Act (as added by section 1111), or any mixture of any such gases, for an indication that—
is not included in, or is different from, those specified in subclauses (I) through (VII) of section 576(a)(3)(i) of such Act (as added by section 1111); and
is approved on or after May 1, 2012, pursuant to an application submitted under section 505 or 512 of such Act.
Miscellaneous provisions
Advisory committee conflicts of interest
Section 712 (21 U.S.C. 379d–1) is amended—
in subsection (b)—
by striking paragraph (2); and
in paragraph (1)—
by redesignating subparagraph (B) as paragraph (2) and moving such paragraph, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the left;
in subparagraph (A), by redesignating clauses (i) through (iii) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, and moving such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the left;
in subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, by
inserting , including strategies to increase the number of special
Government employees across medical and scientific specialties in areas where
the Secretary would benefit from specific scientific, medical, or technical
expertise necessary for the performance of its regulatory
responsibilities
before the semicolon at the end;
by striking (1)
Recruitment.—
and inserting (1)
Recruitment in
general.—The Secretary shall—
;
by
striking (A) In
general.—The Secretary shall—
;
by redesignating clauses (i) through (iii) of paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, and moving such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the left;
in paragraph
(2) (as so redesignated), in the matter before subparagraph (A) (as so
redesignated), by striking subparagraph (A)
and inserting
paragraph (1)
; and
by adding at the end the following:
Recruitment through referrals
In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall, in order to further the goal of including in advisory committees the most qualified and specialized experts in the specific diseases to be considered by such advisory committees, at least every 180 days, request referrals from a variety of stakeholders, including the Institute of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health, product developers, patient groups, disease advocacy organizations, professional societies, medical societies, including the American Academy of Medical Colleges, and other governmental organizations.
;
by amending subsection (c)(2)(C) to read as follows:
Consideration by Secretary
The Secretary shall ensure that each determination made under subparagraph (B) considers the type, nature, and magnitude of the financial interests at issue and the public health interest in having the expertise of the member with respect to the particular matter before the advisory committee.
;
in subsection
(e), by inserting , and shall make publicly available,
after
House of Representatives
; and
by adding at the end the following:
Guidance on reported financial interest or involvement
The Secretary shall issue guidance that describes how the Secretary reviews the financial interests and involvement of advisory committee members that are reported under subsection (c)(1) but that the Secretary determines not to meet the definition of a disqualifying interest under section 208 of title 18, United States Code for the purposes of participating in a particular matter.
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Guidance document regarding product promotion using the Internet
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall issue guidance that describes Food and Drug Administration policy regarding the promotion, using the Internet (including social media), of medical products that are regulated by such Administration.
Electronic submission of applications
Subchapter D of chapter VII (21 U.S.C. 379k et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 745 the following:
Electronic format for submissions
Drugs and biologics
In general
Beginning no earlier than 24 months after the issuance of a final guidance issued after public notice and opportunity for comment, submissions under subsection (b), (i), or (j) of section 505 of this Act or subsection (a) or (k) of section 351 of the Public Health Service Act shall be submitted in such electronic format as specified by the Secretary in such guidance.
Guidance contents
In the guidance under paragraph (1), the Secretary may—
provide a timetable for establishment by the Secretary of further standards for electronic submission as required by such paragraph; and
set forth criteria for waivers of and exemptions from the requirements of this subsection.
Exception
This subsection shall not apply to submissions described in section 561.
Devices
In general
Beginning after the issuance of final guidance implementing this paragraph, pre-submissions and submissions for devices under section 510(k), 513(f)(2)(A), 515(c), 515(d), 515(f), 520(g), 520(m), or 564 of this Act or section 351 of the Public Health Service Act, and any supplements to such pre-submissions or submissions, shall include an electronic copy of such pre-submissions or submissions.
Guidance contents
In the guidance under paragraph (1), the Secretary may—
provide standards for the electronic copy required under such paragraph; and
set forth criteria for waivers of and exemptions from the requirements of this subsection.
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Combating prescription drug abuse
In general
To combat the significant rise in prescription drug abuse
and the consequences of such abuse, the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(referred to in this section as the Secretary
), acting through
the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (referred to in this section as the
Commissioner
) and in coordination with other Federal agencies,
as appropriate, shall review current Federal initiatives and identify gaps and
opportunities with respect to ensuring the safe use of prescription drugs with
the potential for abuse.
Report
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue a report to Congress on the findings of the review under subsection (a). Such report shall include recommendations on—
how best to leverage and build upon existing Federal and federally funded data sources, such as prescription drug monitoring program data and the sentinel initiative of the Food and Drug Administration under section 505(k)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 351(k)(3)), as it relates to collection of information relevant to adverse events, patient safety, and patient outcomes, to create a centralized data clearinghouse and early warning tool;
how best to develop and disseminate widely best practices models and suggested standard requirements to States for achieving greater interoperability and effectiveness of prescription drug monitoring programs, especially with respect to producing standardized data on adverse events, patient safety, and patient outcomes; and
how best to develop provider and patient education tools and a strategy to widely disseminate such tools and assess the efficacy of such tools.
Guidance on tamper-deterrent products
Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall promulgate guidance on the development of tamper-deterrent drug products.
Tanning bed labeling
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall determine whether to amend the warning label requirements for sunlamp products to include specific requirements to more clearly and effectively convey the risks that such products pose for the development of irreversible damage to the eyes and skin, including skin cancer.
Optimizing global clinical trials
Subchapter E of chapter V (21 U.S.C. 360bbb et seq.), as amended by section 903, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
Optimizing global clinical trials
In general
The Secretary shall—
work with other regulatory authorities of similar standing, medical research companies, and international organizations to foster and encourage uniform, scientifically-driven clinical trial standards with respect to medical products around the world; and
enhance the commitment to provide consistent parallel scientific advice to manufacturers seeking simultaneous global development of new medical products in order to—
enhance medical product development;
facilitate the use of foreign data; and
minimize the need to conduct duplicative clinical studies, preclinical studies, or non-clinical studies.
Medical product
In this section, the term medical product means a drug, as defined in subsection (g) of section 201, a device, as defined in subsection (h) of such section, or a biological product, as defined in section 351(i) of the Public Health Service Act.
Savings clause
Nothing in this section shall alter the criteria for evaluating the safety or effectiveness of a medical product under this Act.
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Advancing regulatory science to promote public health innovation
In general
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as
the Secretary
) shall develop a strategy and implementation plan
for advancing regulatory science for medical products in order to promote the
public health and advance innovation in regulatory decisionmaking.
Requirements
The strategy and implementation plan developed under subsection (a) shall be consistent with the user fee performance goals in the Prescription Drug User Fee Agreement commitment letter, the Generic Drug User Fee Agreement commitment letter, and the Biosimilar User Fee Agreement commitment letter transmitted by the Secretary to Congress on January 13, 2012, and the Medical Device User Fee Agreement commitment letter transmitted by the Secretary to Congress on April 20, 2012, and shall—
identify a clear vision of the fundamental role of efficient, consistent, and predictable, science-based decisions throughout regulatory decisionmaking of the Food and Drug Administration with respect to medical products;
identify the regulatory science priorities of the Food and Drug Administration directly related to fulfilling the mission of the agency with respect to decisionmaking concerning medical products and allocation of resources towards such regulatory science priorities;
identify regulatory and scientific gaps that impede the timely development and review of, and regulatory certainty with respect to, the approval, licensure, or clearance of medical products, including with respect to companion products and new technologies, and facilitating the timely introduction and adoption of new technologies and methodologies in a safe and effective manner;
identify clear, measurable metrics by which progress on the priorities identified under paragraph (2) and gaps identified under paragraph (3) will be measured by the Food and Drug Administration, including metrics specific to the integration and adoption of advances in regulatory science described in paragraph (5) and improving medical product decisionmaking, in a predictable and science-based manner; and
set forth how the Food and Drug Administration will ensure that advances in regulatory science for medical products are adopted, as appropriate, on an ongoing basis and in an manner integrated across centers, divisions, and branches of the Food and Drug Administration, including by senior managers and reviewers, including through the—
development, updating, and consistent application of guidance documents that support medical product decisionmaking; and
the adoption of the tools, methods, and processes under section 566 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360bbb–5).
Annual performance reports
As part of the annual performance reports submitted to Congress under sections 736B(a) (as amended by section 104), 738A(a) (as amended by section 204), 744C(a) (as added by section 303), and 744I(a) (as added by section 403) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017, the Secretary shall annually report on the progress made with respect to—
advancing the regulatory science priorities identified under paragraph (2) of subsection (b) and resolving the gaps identified under paragraph (3) of such subsection, including reporting on specific metrics identified under paragraph (4) of such subsection;
the integration and adoption of advances in regulatory science as set forth in paragraph (5) of such subsection; and
the progress made in advancing the regulatory science goals outlined in the Prescription Drug User Fee Agreement commitment letter, the Generic Drug User Fee Agreement commitment letter, and the Biosimilar User Fee Agreement commitment letter transmitted by the Secretary to Congress on January 13, 2012, and the Medical Device User Fee Agreement transmitted by the Secretary to Congress on April 20, 2012.
Independent assessment
Not later than January 1, 2016, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report—
detailing the progress made by the Food and Drug Administration in meeting the priorities and addressing the gaps identified in subsection (b), including any outstanding gaps; and
containing recommendations, as appropriate, on how regulatory science initiatives for medical products can be strengthened and improved to promote the public health and advance innovation in regulatory decisionmaking.
Medical product
In this section, the term medical product means a drug, as defined in subsection (g) of section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321), a device, as defined in subsection (h) of such section, or a biological product, as defined in section 351(i) of the Public Health Service Act.
Information technology
HHS report
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall—
report to Congress on—
the milestones and a completion date for developing and implementing a comprehensive information technology strategic plan to align the information technology systems modernization projects with the strategic goals of the Food and Drug Administration, including results-oriented goals, strategies, milestones, performance measures;
efforts to finalize and approve a comprehensive inventory of the information technology systems of the Food and Drug Administration that includes information describing each system, such as costs, system function or purpose, and status information, and incorporate use of the system portfolio into the information investment management process of the Food and Drug Administration;
the ways in which the Food and Drug Administration uses the plan described in subparagraph (A) to guide and coordinate the modernization projects and activities of the Food and Drug Administration, including the interdependencies among projects and activities; and
the extent to which the Food and Drug Administration has fulfilled or is implementing recommendations of the Government Accountability Office with respect to the Food and Drug Administration and information technology; and
develop—
a documented enterprise architecture program management plan that includes the tasks, activities, and timeframes associated with developing and using the architecture and addresses how the enterprise architecture program management will be performed in coordination with other management disciplines, such as organizational strategic planning, capital planning and investment control, and performance management; and
a skills inventory, needs assessment, gap analysis, and initiatives to address skills gaps as part of a strategic approach to information technology human capital planning.
GAO report
Not later than January 1, 2016, the Comptroller General of the United States shall issue a report regarding the strategic plan described in subsection (a)(1)(A) and related actions carried out by the Food and Drug Administration. Such report shall assess the progress the Food and Drug Administration has made on—
the development and implementation of a comprehensive information technology strategic plan, including the results-oriented goals, strategies, milestones, and performance measures identified in subsection (a)(1)(A);
the effectiveness of the comprehensive information technology strategic plan described in subsection (a)(1)(A), including the results-oriented goals and performance measures; and
the extent to which the Food and Drug Administration has fulfilled recommendations of the Government Accountability Office with respect to such agency and information technology.
Reporting requirements
Subchapter A of chapter VII (21 U.S.C. 371 et seq.), as amended by section 208, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
Reporting requirements
New drugs
Beginning with fiscal year 2013 and ending with fiscal year 2017, not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year for which fees are collected under part 2 of subchapter C, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Health Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report concerning, for all applications for approval of a new drug under section 505(b) of this Act or a new biological product under section 351(a) of the Public Health Service Act filed in the previous fiscal year—
the number of such applications that met the goals identified for purposes of part 2 of subchapter C in the letters from the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, as set forth in the Congressional Record;
the percentage of such applications that were approved;
the percentage of such applications that were issued complete response letters;
the percentage of such applications that were subject to a refuse-to-file action;
the percentage of such applications that were withdrawn; and
the average total time to decision by the Secretary for all applications for approval of a new drug under section 505(b) of this Act or a new biological product under section 351(a) of the Public Health Service Act filed in the previous fiscal year, including the number of calendar days spent during the review by the Food and Drug Administration and the number of calendar days spent by the sponsor responding to a complete response letter or relevant legal, scientific, or medical questions raised by the Secretary.
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Generic drugs
Beginning with fiscal year 2013 and ending after fiscal year 2017, not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year for which fees are collected under part 7 of subchapter C, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Health Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report concerning, for all applications for approval of a generic drug under section 505(j), amendments to such applications, and prior approval supplements with respect to such applications filed in the previous fiscal year—
the number of such applications that met the goals identified for purposes of part 7 of subchapter C, in the letters from the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, as set forth in the Congressional Record;
the average total time to decision by the Secretary for applications for approval of a generic drug under section 505(j), amendments to such applications, and prior approval supplements with respect to such applications filed in the previous fiscal year, including the number of calendar days spent during the review by the Food and Drug Administration and the number of calendar days spent by the sponsor responding to a complete response letter or relevant legal, scientific, or medical questions raised by the Secretary;
the total number of applications under section 505(j), amendments to such applications, and prior approval supplements with respect to such applications that were pending with the Secretary for more than 10 months on the date of enactment of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act; and
the number of applications described in paragraph (3) on which the Food and Drug Administration took final regulatory action in the previous fiscal year.
Biosimilar biological products
In general
Beginning with fiscal year 2014, not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year for which fees are collected under part 8 of subchapter C, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Health Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report concerning—
the number of applications for approval filed under section 351(k) of the Public Health Service Act; and
the percentage of applications described in subparagraph (A) that were approved by the Secretary.
Additional information
As part of the performance report described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include an explanation of how the Food and Drug Administration is managing the biological product review program to ensure that the user fees collected under part 2 are not used to review an application under section 351(k) of the Public Health Service Act.
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Strategic integrated management plan
Strategic integrated management plan
Not later than 1 year after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred
to in this section as the Secretary
) shall submit to Congress a
strategic integrated management plan for the Center for Drug Evaluation and
Research, the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, and the Center for
Devices and Radiological Health. Such strategic management plan shall—
identify strategic institutional goals and priorities for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, and the Center for Devices and Radiological Health;
describe the actions the Secretary will take to recruit, retain, train, and continue to develop the workforce at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, and the Center for Devices and Radiological Health to fulfill the public health mission of the Food and Drug Administration; and
identify results-oriented, outcome-based measures that the Secretary will use to measure the progress of achieving the strategic goals and priorities identified under paragraph (1) and the effectiveness of the actions identified under paragraph (2), including metrics to ensure that managers and reviewers of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, and the Center for Devices and Radiological Health are familiar with and appropriately and consistently apply the requirements under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), including new requirements under parts 2, 3, 7, and 8 of subchapter C of title VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379f et seq.).
Report
Not later than January 1, 2016, the Comptroller General of the United States shall issue a report regarding the strategic management plan described in subsection (a) and related actions carried out by the Food and Drug Administration. Such report shall—
assess the effectiveness of the actions described in subsection (a)(2) in recruiting, retaining, training, and developing the workforce at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, and the Center for Devices and Radiological Health in fulfilling the public health mission of the Food and Drug Administration;
assess the effectiveness of the measures identified under subsection (a)(3) in gauging progress against the strategic goals and priorities identified under subsection (a)(1);
assess the extent to which the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, and the Center for Devices and Radiological Health are using the identified results-oriented set of performance measures in tracking their workload by strategic goals and the effectiveness of such measures;
assess the extent to which performance information is collected, analyzed, and acted on by managers; and
make recommendations, as appropriate, regarding how the strategic management plan and related actions of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, and the Center for Devices and Radiological Health could be improved to fulfill the public health mission of the Food and Drug Administration in as efficient and effective manner as possible.
Drug development and bioequivalence testing
In general
Section 505–1 (21 U.S.C. 355–1) is amended by adding at the end the following:
Drug development and bioequivalence testing
In general
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a drug is a covered drug, no elements to ensure safe use shall prohibit, or be construed or applied to prohibit, supply of such drug to any eligible drug developer for the purpose of developing, or conducting bioequivalence testing necessary to support, an application under subsection (b)(2) or (j) of section 505 of this Act or section 351(k) of the Public Health Service Act, if the Secretary has issued a written notice described in paragraph (2), and the eligible drug developer has agreed to comply with the terms of the notice.
Written notice
For purposes of this subsection, the Secretary shall issue a written notice to an eligible drug developer and the holder of an application for a covered drug authorizing the supply of a drug to such eligible drug developer for purposes of bioequivalence testing if—
the eligible drug developer has agreed to comply with any conditions the Secretary considers necessary; and
the eligible drug developer has submitted and the Secretary has approved a protocol for bioequivalence testing that includes protections that the Secretary finds will provide assurance of safety comparable to the assurance of safety provided by the elements to ensure safe use in the risk evaluation and mitigation strategy for the covered drug.
Additional required element
The Secretary shall require as an element of each risk evaluation and mitigation strategy approved by the Secretary that the holder of an application for a covered drug shall not restrict the resale of the covered drug to an eligible drug developer that receives a written notice from the Secretary under paragraph (2).
Penalties
For purposes of subsection (f)(8) and sections 301, 303(f)(4), 502(y), and 505(p), it shall be a violation of the risk evaluation and mitigation strategy for the holder of the application for a covered drug to restrict the sale of the drug to an eligible drug developer. The Secretary shall provide written notice to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives of any penalty assessed under this subsection within 7 days of such assessment.
Liability
The holder of an application for a covered drug shall not be liable for any claim arising out of the eligible drug developer’s provision or testing of a drug obtained under this subsection, including a claim arising out of failure of the eligible drug developer to follow adequate safeguards to ensure safe use of the drug.
Definitions
Covered drug
Notwithstanding subsection (b)(2), for purposes of this subsection, the term covered drug means a drug subject to a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy with elements to ensure safe use under subsection (f), or that is deemed under section 909(b) of the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 to be a drug, including a biological product licensed under section 351(a) of the Public Health Service Act, subject to a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy with elements to ensure safe use.
Eligible drug developer
For purposes of this subsection, the term eligible drug developer means a sponsor seeking to develop an application for submission under subsection (b)(2) or (j) of section 505 of this Act or section 351(k) of the Public Health Service Act.
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Technical and conforming amendment
Section 505–1(c)(2) (21 U.S.C. 355–1(c)(2))
is amended by striking (e) and (f)
and inserting (e),
(f), and (k)(3)
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May 7, 2012
Read twice and placed on the calendar