Establishment of Prescription Drug User Fee Rates for Fiscal Year 1999

概要

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the rates for prescription drug user fees for fiscal year (FY) 1999. The Prescription Drug User Fee Act of 1992 (the PDUFA), as amended by the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 (the FDAMA), authorizes FDA to collect user fees for certain applications for approval of drug and biological products, on establishments where the products are made, and on such products. Fees for applications for FY 1999 were set by the FDAMA, subject to adjustment for inflation. Total application fee revenues fluctuate with the number of fee-paying applications FDA receives. Fees for establishments and products are calculated so that total revenues from each category will approximate FDA's estimate of the revenues to be derived from applications.