Draft ``Guidance for Industry: For the Submission of Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls and Establishment Description Information for Human Blood and Blood Components Intended for Transfusion or for Further Manufacture and For the Completion of the FDA Form 356h, Application to Market a New Drug, Biologic or an Antibiotic Drug for Human Use;'' Availability

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of the draft guidance document entitled ``Guidance for Industry: For the Submission of Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls and Establishment Description Information for Human Blood and Blood Components Intended for Transfusion or for Further Manufacture and For the Completion of the FDA Form 356h, Application to Market a New Drug, Biologic or an Antibiotic Drug for Human Use.'' The draft guidance document is intended to assist applicants in the preparation of the content and format of the chemistry, manufacturing, and controls (CMC) section and the establishment description section of a biologics license application (BLA), revised Form FDA 356h, for human blood and blood components intended for transfusion or for further manufacture. In addition, the draft guidance document provides assistance for the completion of the BLA. This action is part of FDA's continuing effort to achieve the objectives of the President's ``Reinventing Government'' initiatives and the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 (Modernization Act), to reduce unnecessary burdens for industry without diminishing public health