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 information collection reflects both program changes and adjustments. For efficiency of agency operations we have revised the ICR to include and account for burden we attribute to reporting and recordkeeping discussed in agency guidance documents and previously approved in separate ICRs; and we have adjusted estimates to reflect fewer reports for nonprescription drug products. We also removed costs reflected in burden summary as we include in these in 12b of our supporting statement
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.