𝙁𝘿𝘼 𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙨 𝙍𝙪𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝘽𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙇𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙁𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨
Today, FDA issued a final rule to amend its regulations concerning the use of master files for biological products.
A master file is a submission to FDA that may be used to provide confidential detailed information about facilities, processes, or articles used in the manufacturing, processing, packaging, and storing of one or more human drugs. Information contained in a master file can be used to support a submission to FDA by an applicant or sponsor. Drug master files (DMFs) are master files that contain certain information, such as drug substance, drug substance intermediate, or drug product (DS/DSI/DP) information, that is relevant to applications for drug products regulated under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act).
The rule codifies FDA’s existing practice that applications for a biological product under the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act) may rely on a master file for information other than DS/DSI/DP information. The rule also codifies FDA’s existing practice of permitting investigational new drug applications to incorporate information from a master file, including DS/DSI/DP information.
Under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCI Act), certain drug applications for biological products approved under section 505 of the FD&C Act were deemed to be biological licenses under section 351 of the PHS Act on March 23, 2020. This rule also codifies that such deemed biological license applications (BLAs) that originally referenced DMFs) for DS/DSI/DP information in an approved new drug application can continue to do so after March 23, 2020.
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