FDA regulations require the reporting to FDA of important adverse drug experience information associated with the use of unapproved-marketed prescription drug product. This information is used by FDA to determine at the earliest possible time whether to request a manufacturer, packer, or distributor to recall a product from the market or to recommend a seizure or injunction action to halt the marketing of the product and to remove it from the market. Such action, initiated promptly, may avert further adverse effects that may be associated with the use of the product.
The primary purpose of FDA's adverse drug experience reporting system is to signal potentially serious safety problems, focusing especially on newly marketed drugs. Although premarket testing discloses a general safety profile of a new drug's comparatively common adverse effects, the larger and more diverse patient population exposed to the marketed drug provides, for the first time, the opportunity to collect information on rare, latent, and long-term effects. Signals are obtained from a variety of sources, including reports from patients, treating physicians, foreign regulatory agencies, and clinical investigators. Information derived from the adverse drug experience reporting system contributes directly to increased public health protection because such information enables FDA to make important changes to the product's labeling (such as adding a new warning) and, when necessary, to initiate removal of a new drug from the market.
US Code:
21 USC 310.305
Name of Law: Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
US Code:
21 USC 314.80
Name of Law: Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
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;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
SUPPORTING STATEMENT FINAL 0230 6-26-2015.doc
Adverse Drug Experience Reporting -- 310.305(c)(5)