The final rule on postmarketing safety reporting (PMSR) requirements for combination products (products composed of two or more different types of medical products, e.g., a drug and device or biologic and a drug, referred to as “constituent parts” of the combination product) clarifies and streamlines the PMSR requirements for drugs, devices, and biologics that apply to combination products. If there is a single “combination product applicant” for the product, the rule requires that applicant only to comply with the PMSR requirements associated with the product’s application type and with those additional PMSR requirements specified in the rule from among those associated with the constituent part(s) of the combination product. The rule also enables these applicants to satisfy multiple PMSR requirements through a single report. If the constituent parts of a combination product are separately distributed under separate applications, there may be a separate “constituent part applicant” for each of these constituent parts (as opposed to a single “combination product applicant” for the whole product). Constituent part applicants must comply only with the PMSR requirements associated with the application types for their respective constituent parts. In addition, they must share with one another the initial information they receive about any serious adverse event associated with the combination product. In these ways, the rule ensures effective reporting for, and responses to, postmarketing safety events for combination products while avoiding unnecessary burden to the application holders for these products.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
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