Prescription Drug User Fee Act VII; Independent Assessment of Communication Through Product Quality Information Requests During Application Review; Final Report; Availability; Request for Comments

Résumé

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a document entitled "Product Quality Information Request Communications Assessment: Final Report." This report fulfills a commitment under the recent reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) to assess communication between FDA and applicants through product quality information requests during application review and to identify best practices and areas of improvement. The assessment of FDA and applicants in communicating through product quality information requests was conducted by an independent contractor, as described in the document entitled "PDUFA Reauthorization Performance Goals and Procedures Fiscal Years 2023 Through 2027." As part of FDA performance commitments described in this document, FDA is publishing the final assessment report and soliciting public comments.