[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 149 (Monday, August 3, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46651-46657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16833]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2020-N-1700]
Prescription Drug User Fee Rates for Fiscal Year 2021
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the rates
for prescription drug user fees for fiscal year (FY) 2021. The Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), as amended by the Prescription
Drug User Fee Amendments of 2017 (PDUFA VI), authorizes FDA to collect
application fees for certain applications for the review of human drug
and biological products, and prescription drug program fees for certain
approved products. This notice establishes the fee rates for FY 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melissa Hurley, Office of Financial
Management, Food and Drug Administration, 4041 Powder Mill Rd., Rm.
61075, Beltsville, MD 20705-4304, 240-402-4585.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Sections 735 and 736 of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 379g and 379h,
respectively) establish two different kinds of user fees. Fees are
assessed as follows: (1) Application fees are assessed on certain types
of applications for the review of human drug and biological products
and (2) prescription drug program fees are assessed on certain approved
products (section 736(a) of the FD&C Act). When specific conditions are
met, FDA may waive or reduce fees (section 736(d) of the FD&C Act) or
exempt certain prescription drug products from fees (section 736(k) of
the FD&C Act).
For FY 2018 through FY 2022, the base revenue amounts for the total
revenues from all PDUFA fees are established by PDUFA VI. The base
revenue amount for FY 2021 is $1,065,707,676. The FY 2021 base revenue
amount is adjusted for inflation and for the resource capacity needs
for the process for the review of human drug applications (the capacity
planning adjustment or CPA). An additional dollar amount specified in
the statute (see section 736(b)(1)(F) of the FD&C Act) is then added to
provide for additional full-time equivalent (FTE) positions to support
PDUFA VI initiatives. The FY 2021 revenue amount may be adjusted
further, if necessary, to provide for sufficient operating reserves of
carryover user fees. Finally, the amount is adjusted to provide for
additional direct costs to fund PDUFA VI initiatives. Fee amounts are
to be established each year so that revenues from application fees
provide 20 percent of the total revenue, and prescription drug program
fees provide 80 percent of the total revenue.
This document provides fee rates for FY 2021 for an application
requiring clinical data ($2,875,842), for an application not requiring
clinical data ($1,437,921), and for the prescription drug program fee
($336,432). These fees are effective on October 1, 2020, and will
remain in effect through September 30, 2021. For applications that are
submitted on or after October 1, 2020, the new fee schedule must be
used.
II. Fee Revenue Amount for FY 2021
The base revenue amount for FY 2021 is $1,065,707,676 prior to
adjustments for inflation, capacity planning, additional FTE, operating
reserve, and additional direct costs (see section 736(b)(1) of the FD&C
Act).
A. FY 2021 Statutory Fee Revenue Adjustments for Inflation
PDUFA VI specifies that the $1,065,707,676 is to be adjusted for
inflation increases for FY 2021 using two separate adjustments--one for
personnel compensation and benefits (PC&B) and one for non-PC&B costs
(see section 736(c)(1) of the FD&C Act).
The component of the inflation adjustment for payroll costs shall
be one plus the average annual percent change in the cost of all PC&B
paid per FTE positions at FDA for the first 3 of the preceding 4 FYs,
multiplied by the proportion of PC&B costs to total FDA costs of the
process for the review of human drug applications for the first 3 of
the preceding 4 FYs (see section 736(c)(1)(A) and (B) of the FD&C Act).
Table 1 summarizes the actual cost and FTE data for the specified
FYs and provides the percent changes from the previous FYs and the
average percent changes over the first 3 of the 4 FYs preceding FY
2021. The 3-year average is 1.2644 percent.
Table 1--FDA Personnel Compensation and Benefits (PC&B) Each Year and Percent Changes
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Fiscal year 2017 2018 2019 3-Year average
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Total PC&B............................. $2,581,551,000 $2,690,678,000 $2,620,052,000
Total FTE.............................. 17,022 17,023 17,144
PC&B per FTE........................... $151,660 $158,061 $152,826
Percent Change From Previous Year...... 2.8845% 4.2206% -3.3120% 1.2644%
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The statute specifies that this 1.2644 percent be multiplied by the
proportion of PC&B costs to the total FDA costs of the process for the
review of human drug applications. Table 2 shows the PC&B and the total
obligations for the process for the review of human drug applications
for the first 3 of the preceding 4 FYs.
Table 2--PC&B as a Percent of Total Cost of the Process for the Review of Human Drug Applications
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Fiscal year 2017 2018 2019 3-Year average
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Total PC&B............................. $711,016,627 $792,900,647 $872,087,636
Total Costs............................ $1,206,657,269 $1,374,508,527 $1,430,338,888
PC&B Percent........................... 58.9245% 57.6861% 60.9707% 59.1938%
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The payroll adjustment is 1.2644 percent from table 1 multiplied by
59.1938 percent (or 0.7484 percent).
The statute specifies that the portion of the inflation adjustment
for non-payroll costs is the average annual percent change that
occurred in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for urban consumers
(Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV; not seasonally adjusted; all items;
annual index) for the first 3 years of the preceding 4 years of
available data multiplied by the proportion of all costs other than
PC&B costs to total costs of the process for the review of human drug
applications for the first 3 years of the preceding 4 FYs (see section
736(c)(1)(B) of the FD&C Act). As a result of a geographical revision
made by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics in January 2018 \1\, the
``Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV'' index was discontinued and
replaced with two separate indices (i.e., ``Washington-Arlington-
Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV'' and ``Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD''). In
order to continue applying a CPI that best reflects the geographic
region in which FDA is headquartered and that provides the most current
data available, the Washington-Arlington-
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Alexandria index will be used in calculating the relevant adjustment
factors for FY 2020 and subsequent years. Table 3 provides the summary
data for the percent changes in the specified CPI for the Washington-
Arlington-Alexandria area. The data are published by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics and can be found on its website at: https://data.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=dropmap&series_id=CUURS35ASA0,CUUSS35ASA0.
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\1\ For purpose of the capacity planning adjustment, this is
defined as an active commercial IND for which a document has been
received in the past 18 months.
Table 3--Annual and 3-Year Average Percent Change in CPI for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Area
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Year 2017 2018 2019 3-year average
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Annual CPI............................. 256.221 261.445 264.777
Annual Percent Change.................. 1.1045% 2.0389% 1.2745% 1.4726%
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The statute specifies that this 1.4726 percent be multiplied by the
proportion of all costs other than PC&B to total costs of the process
for the review of human drug applications obligated. Because 59.1938
percent was obligated for PC&B (as shown in table 2), 40.8062 percent
is the portion of costs other than PC&B (100 percent minus 59.1938
percent equals 40.8062 percent). The non-payroll adjustment is 1.4726
percent times 40.8062 percent, or 0.6009 percent.
Next, we add the payroll adjustment (0.7484 percent) to the non-
payroll adjustment (0.6009 percent), for a total inflation adjustment
of 1.3493 percent (rounded) for FY 2021.
We then multiply the base revenue amount for FY 2021
($1,065,707,676) by 1.013493, yielding an inflation-adjusted amount of
$1,080,087,270.
B. FY 2021 Statutory Fee Revenue Adjustments for Capacity Planning
The statute specifies that after $1,065,707,676 has been adjusted
for inflation, the inflation-adjusted amount shall be further adjusted
to reflect changes in the resource capacity needs for the process of
human drug application reviews (see section 736(c)(2) of the FD&C Act).
The statute directed FDA to utilize an interim capacity planning
adjustment until a new methodology could be developed and made
effective.
As a first step toward the new methodology, FDA committed to
establish modernized time reporting and a resource capacity planning
capability. Modernized time reporting was implemented in the Center for
Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) in 2018 and in the Center for
Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) in 2019. A resource capacity
planning capability was established in both CDER and CBER in 2020. In
the statute, FDA was directed to commission an independent report
evaluating options and recommendations for a new methodology to
accurately assess changes in the resource and capacity needs of the
process for the review of human drug applications, informed by
personnel time reporting data as an input, and to publish the report
for public comment. The evaluation was conducted by Booz Allen Hamilton
and published on the FDA website in April 2020.\2\ A docket was then
opened to receive public comment.\3\ After having reviewed the
evaluation and the public comment, FDA is establishing and implementing
the new CPA methodology for the setting of FY 2021 fee amounts.
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\2\ See: https://www.fda.gov/media/136606/download.
\3\ See: https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=FDA-2020-N-0989.
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The new CPA methodology is intended to resolve issues with the
previous interim methodology.\4\ First, the interim methodology was a
lagging indicator as it utilized changes in average workload volumes
during prior years--specifically, the adjustment was based on the
change in the 3-year average ending in the most recent year for which
data is available over the 3-year average for the previous year. The
new methodology replaces the comparison of prior 3-year averages with
predictive models to forecast future workload volumes, where feasible.
Second, the interim CPA methodology did not convert the volume of
workload into resource demands; its adjustments simply reflected
changes in average number of workload units. The new methodology
translates the expected workload volumes into forecasted staffing needs
in terms of FTEs, facilitating a more straightforward calculation of
both future resource and funding needs.
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\4\ Under the interim methodology, the capacity planning
adjustment for a fiscal year was based on the product of the annual
base revenue for the year, as adjusted for inflation, and an
adjustment percentage. The adjustment percentage was a weighted
change in the 3-year average ending in the most recent year for
which data are available, over the 3-year average in the previous
year, for: (1) The total number of human drug applications, efficacy
supplements, and manufacturing supplements submitted to FDA; (2) the
total number of active commercial investigational new drug
applications; and (3) the total number of formal meetings scheduled
by FDA and written responses issued by the Agency in lieu of such
formal meetings, as set forth in section 1.H. of the PDUFA
commitment letter.
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The new CPA methodology includes four steps:
(1) Forecast workload volumes: Predictive models estimate the
volume of workload for the upcoming fiscal year. Workload categories in
the CPA for PDUFA include original new drug applications (NDAs)/
biologics license applications (BLAs), commercial investigational new
drug applications (INDs) with activity, supplements (efficacy, labeling
and manufacturing), and formal industry meetings scheduled (Type A-C
meetings ,\5\ including written-response only (WRO) meetings)
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\5\ The PDUFA VI commitment letter defines these meeting types
in section 1.H.: https://www.fda.gov/downloads/forindustry/userfees/prescriptiondruguserfee/ucm511438.pdf.
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(2) Forecast the resource needs: Forecast algorithms are generated
utilizing time reporting data. These algorithms estimate the required
demand in FTEs for direct review-related effort. This is then compared
to current available resources for the direct review workload.
(3) Assess the resource forecast in the context of additional
internal factors: Program leadership examines operational, financial,
and resourcing data to assess whether FDA will be able to utilize
additional funds during the fiscal year, and the funds are required to
support additional review capacity. FTE amounts are adjusted, if
needed.
(4) Convert the FTE need to dollars: Utilizing the FDA's fully
loaded FTE cost model, the final feasible FTEs are converted to an
equivalent dollar amount.
Further, FDA is adopting an iterative, continuous improvement
approach as part of its new CPA methodology. For FY 2021, FDA is
applying the new methodology to core review activities, for which
significant data collection and analysis has been completed. Going
forward, the Agency intends to refine its
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data and estimates for the core review activities to improve their
accuracy, and also, as feasible, to apply the new methodology to all
major activities that impact the resource needs of the process for the
review of human drug applications under PDUFA, potentially including,
for example, postmarket safety activities and some subsets of policy
and guidance development. This iterative, continuous improvement
approach to the CPA methodology was recommended by the independent
evaluation and in the public comments. FDA believes that its estimates
will be continuously improved over time as more robust data becomes
available to more fully account for total PDUFA program resource needs,
and that this new methodology represents a significant improvement over
the previous CPA methodology.
To determine the FY 2021 capacity planning adjustment, FDA
calculated a PDUFA CPA for CDER and CBER individually. The final
Center-level results were then combined to determine the total FY 2021
PDUFA CPA. The following section outlines the major components of each
Center's FY 2021 PDUFA CPA.
Table 4 summarizes the forecasted workload volumes for CDER in FY
2021 based on predictive models, as well as historical actuals from FY
2019 for comparison.
Table 4--CDER Actual FY 2019 Workload Volumes and Predicted FY 2021
Workload Volumes
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FY 2019 FY 2021
Workload category actuals predictions
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Efficacy Supplements.................... 287 322
Labeling Supplements.................... 1,320 1,584
Manufacturing Supplements............... 2,024 2,187
NDA/BLA Original........................ 156 171
PDUFA Industry Meetings Scheduled and 3,186 3,249
WROs...................................
Active Commercial INDs \1\.............. 8,233 8,565
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\1\ The Bureau of Labor Statistics' announcement of the geographical
revision can be viewed at https://www.bls.gov/cpi/additional-resources/geographic-revision-2018.htm.
\1\ For purpose of the capacity planning adjustment, this is
defined as an active commercial IND for which a document has been
received in the past 18 months.
Utilizing the resource forecast algorithms, the forecasted workload
volumes for FY 2021 were then converted into estimated FTE needs for
CDER's PDUFA direct review-related work. The resulting expected FY 2021
FTE need for CDER was compared to current onboard capacity for direct
review related work to determine the FY 2021 resource delta, as
summarized in table 5.
Table 5--CDER FY21 PDUFA Resource Delta
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Current FY 2021
Center resource resource Predicted FY
capacity forecast 2021 FTE delta
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CDER......................................................... 1,594.1 1,859.7 265.6
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The projected 265.6 FTE delta was then assessed by FDA in the
context of additional operational and internal factors to ensure that a
fee adjustment is only made for resources that can be utilized in the
fiscal year and for which funds are required to support additional
review capacity. After accounting for the range of recent years
historical net FTE gains within CDER and subtracting previously funded
PDUFA vacancies, a range of 6 to 59 FTEs was established as a realistic
adjustment for FY 2021. CDER adjusted to the lower portion of this
range until the pace of net gains increases and is sustained. CDER also
recognized that some resources may be required to sustain increases in
PDUFA workload resulting from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. In
summary, after accounting for these internal factors, FDA determined
that an adjustment for $3,922,113 to fund an equivalent of 13 FTEs in
FY 2021 was needed and realistic.
Table 6--CDER FY 2021 PDUFA CPA
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Additional FTEs Cost for each CDER FY21 PDUFA
Center for FY 2021 additional FTE CPA
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CDER......................................................... 13 $301,701 $3,922,113
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To calculate the FY 2021 PDUFA CPA for CBER, FDA followed the same
approach outlined above. Table 7 summarizes the forecasted workload
volumes for CBER in FY 2021 as well as the corresponding historical
actuals from FY 2019 for comparison.
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Table 7--CBER Actual FY 2019 Workload Volumes and Predicted FY 2021
Workload Volumes
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FY 2019 FY 2021
Workload category Actuals predictions
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Efficacy Supplements.................... 12 15
Labeling Supplements.................... 66 64
Manufacturing Supplements............... 541 576
NDA/BLA Original........................ 7 7
PDUFA Industry Meetings Scheduled and 541 738
WROs...................................
Active Commercial INDs\1\............... 1,361 1,571
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The forecasted CBER PDUFA workload for FY 2021 was then converted
into expected FTE resources and compared to current onboard capacity
for PDUFA direct review work, as summarized in table 8.
Table 8--CBER FY 2021 PDUFA Resource Delta
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Current FY 2021
Center resource resource Predicted FY
capacity forecast 2021 FTE delta
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CBER......................................................... 322.7 385.1 62.4
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The projected 62.4 FTE delta for CBER was also assessed in the
context of other operational and financial factors that may impact the
need and/or feasibility of obtaining the additional resources. After
accounting for historical net FTE gains within CBER and subtracting
previously funded PDUFA vacancies, an adjustment of 29 additional FTEs
within CBER for FY 2021 was determined to be both needed and realistic
to support significant growth in some PDUFA products and PDUFA workload
stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. The FY 2021 PDUFA CPA for CBER is
therefore $8,641,681, as summarized in table 9.
Table 9--CBER FY 2021 PDUFA CPA
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Additional FTEs Cost for each CBER FY 2021
Center for FY 2021 additional FTE PDUFA CPA
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CBER......................................................... 29 $297,989 $8,641,681
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The CDER and CBER CPA amounts were then added together to determine
the PDUFA CPA for FY 2021 of $12,563,794, as outlined in table 10.
Table 10--FY 2021 PDUFA CPA
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FY 2021 PDUFA
Center CPA
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CDER.................................................... $3,922,113
CBER.................................................... $8,641,681
Total................................................... $12,563,794
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Table 11 shows the calculation of the inflation and capacity
planning adjusted amount for FY 2021. The FY 2021 base revenue amount,
$1,065,707,676, shown on line 1 is multiplied by the inflation
adjustment factor of 1.013493, resulting in the inflation-adjusted
amount of $1,080,087,270 shown on line 3. The FY 2021 CPA of
$12,563,794 is then added on line 4, resulting in the inflation and
capacity planning adjusted amount of $1,092,651,064 shown on line 5.
Table 11.--PDUFA Inflation and Capacity Planning Adjusted Amount for FY
2021, Summary Calculation
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FY 2021 Revenue Amount.......... $1,065,707,676 Line 1
Inflation Adjustment Factor for 1.013493 Line 2
FY 2021 (1 plus 1.3493 percent).
Inflation-Adjusted Amount....... $1,080,087,270 Line 3
Capacity Planning Adjustment for $12,563,794 Line 4
FY 2021.
Inflation and Capacity Planning $1,092,651,064 Line 5
Adjusted Amount.
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Per the commitments made in PDUFA VI, this increase in the revenue
amount will be allocated to and used by organizational review
components engaged in direct review work to enhance resources and
expand staff capacity and capability (see II.A.4 on p. 37 of the PDUFA
VI commitment letter \6\).
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C. FY 2021 Statutory Fee Revenue Adjustments for Additional Dollar
Amounts
PDUFA VI provides an additional dollar amount for each of the 5
fiscal years covered by PDUFA VI for additional FTE to support PDUFA VI
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enhancements outlined in the PDUFA VI commitment letter. The amount for
FY 2021 is $5,426,896 (see section 736(b)(1)(F) of the FD&C Act).
Adding this amount to the inflation and capacity planning adjusted
revenue amount, $1,092,651,064, equals $1,098,077,960.
D. FY 2021 Statutory Fee Revenue Adjustments for Operating Reserve
PDUFA VI provides for an operating reserve adjustment to allow FDA
to increase the fee revenue and fees for any given fiscal year during
PDUFA VI to maintain up to 14 weeks of operating reserve of carryover
user fees. If the carryover balance exceeds 14 weeks of operating
reserves, FDA is required to decrease fees to provide for not more than
14 weeks of operating reserves of carryover user fees.
To determine the 14-week operating reserve amount, the FY 2021
annual base revenue adjusted for inflation, capacity planning, and
additional dollar amounts, $1,098,077,960 is divided by 52, and then
multiplied by 14. The 14-week operating reserve amount for FY 2021 is
$295,636,374.
To determine the end of year operating reserve amount, the Agency
must assess actual operating reserve at the end of the third quarter of
FY 2020 and forecast collections and obligations in the fourth quarter
of FY 2020. The estimated end of year FY 2020 operating reserve is
$217,070,092.
Because the estimated end of year FY 2021 PDUFA operating reserve
does not exceed the 14-week operating reserve for FY 2021, FDA will not
reduce the FY 2021 PDUFA fee revenue in FY 2021.
E. FY 2021 Statutory Fee Revenue Adjustments for Additional Direct Cost
PDUFA VI specifies that $8,730,000, adjusted for inflation, be
added in addition to the operating reserve adjustment to account for
additional direct costs in FY 2021. This additional direct cost
adjustment is adjusted for inflation by multiplying $8,730,000 by the
Consumer Price Index for urban consumers (Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-
VA-WV; Not Seasonally Adjusted; All Items; Annual Index) for the most
recent year of available data, divided by such index for 2016 (see
section 736(c)(4)(B) of the FD&C Act). Because of the geographical
revision made by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, the Washington-
Arlington-Alexandria index will be used in calculating the direct cost
adjustment inflation factor for FY 2020 and subsequent years. The
annual index for 2019, 264.777, divided by such index for 2016,
253.422, results in an adjustment factor of 1.044807, making the
additional direct cost adjustment equal to $9,121,165.
The final FY 2021 PDUFA target revenue is $1,107,199,000 (rounded
to the nearest thousand dollars).
III. Application Fee Calculations
A. Application Fee Revenues and Application Fees
Application fees will be set to generate 20 percent of the total
target revenue amount, or $221,439,800 in FY 2021.
B. Estimate of the Number of Fee-Paying Applications and Setting the
Application Fees
FDA will estimate the total number of fee-paying full application
equivalents (FAEs) it expects to receive during the next FY by
averaging the number of fee-paying FAEs received in the 3 most recently
completed FYs. Prior year FAE totals are updated annually to reflect
refunds and waivers processed after the close of the FY.
In estimating the number of fee-paying FAEs, a full application
requiring clinical data counts as one FAE. An application not requiring
clinical data counts as one-half of an FAE. An application that is
withdrawn before filing, or refused for filing, counts as one-fourth of
an FAE if the applicant initially paid a full application fee, or one-
eighth of an FAE if the applicant initially paid one-half of the full
application fee amount. Prior to PDUFA VI, the FAE amount also included
supplements; supplements have been removed from the FAE calculation as
the supplement fee has been discontinued in PDUFA VI.
As table 12 shows, the average number of fee-paying FAEs received
annually in the most recent 3-year period is 77 FAEs. FDA will set fees
for FY 2021 based on this estimate as the number of full application
equivalents that will pay fees.
Table 12--Fee-Paying FAEs
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FY 2017 2018 2019 3-year average
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Fee-Paying FAEs............................. 79.75 68.87 82.38 77.00
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Note: Prior year FAE totals are updated annually to reflect refunds and waivers processed after the close of the
FY.
The FY 2021 application fee is estimated by dividing the average
number of full applications that paid fees over the latest 3 years, 77,
into the fee revenue amount to be derived from application fees in FY
2021, $221,439,800. The result is a fee of $2,875,842 per full
application requiring clinical data, and $1,437,921 per application not
requiring clinical data.
IV. Fee Calculations for Prescription Drug Program Fees
PDUFA VI assesses prescription drug program fees for certain
prescription drug products; in addition, an applicant will not be
assessed more than five program fees for a fiscal year for prescription
drug products identified in a single approved NDA or BLA (see section
736(a)(2)(C) of the FD&C Act). Applicants are assessed a program fee
for a fiscal year only for user fee eligible prescription drug products
identified in a human drug application approved as of October 1 of such
fiscal year.
FDA estimates 2,793 program fees will be invoiced in FY 2021 before
factoring in waivers, refunds, and exemptions. FDA approximates that
there will be 124 waivers and refunds granted. In addition, FDA
approximates that another 36.2 program fees will be exempted in FY 2021
based on the orphan drug exemption in section 736(k) of the FD&C Act.
FDA estimates 2,632.8 program fees in FY 2021, after allowing for an
estimated 160.2 waivers and reductions, including the orphan drug
exemptions. The FY 2021 prescription drug program fee rate is
calculated by dividing the adjusted total revenue from program fees
($885,759,200) by the estimated 2,632.8 program fees, for a FY 2021
program fee of $336,432 (rounded to the nearest dollar).
V. Fee Schedule for FY 2021
The fee rates for FY 2021 are displayed in table 13.
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Table 13--Fee Schedule for FY 2021
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Fee rates for
Fee Category FY 2021
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Application:
Requiring clinical data................................. $2,875,842
Not requiring clinical data............................. $1,437,921
Program................................................. $336,432
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VI. Fee Payment Options and Procedures
A. Application Fees
The appropriate application fee established in the new fee schedule
must be paid for any application subject to fees under PDUFA that is
submitted on or after October 1, 2020. Payment must be made in U.S.
currency by electronic check, check, bank draft, wire transfer, or U.S.
postal money order payable to the order of the Food and Drug
Administration. The preferred payment method is online using electronic
check (Automated Clearing House (ACH) also known as eCheck) or credit
card (Discover, VISA, MasterCard, American Express).
FDA has partnered with the U.S. Department of the Treasury to use
Pay.gov, a web-based payment application, for online electronic
payment. The Pay.gov feature is available on the FDA website after
completing the Prescription Drug User Fee Cover Sheet and generating
the user fee ID number. Secure electronic payments can be submitted
using the User Fees Payment Portal at https://userfees.fda.gov/pay
(Note: only full payments are accepted. No partial payments can be made
online). Once an invoice is located, ``Pay Now'' should be selected to
be redirected to Pay.gov. Electronic payment options are based on the
balance due. Payment by credit card is available for balances that are
less than $25,000. If the balance exceeds this amount, only the ACH
option is available. Payments must be made using U.S bank accounts as
well as U.S. credit cards.
If a check, bank draft, or postal money order is submitted, make it
payable to the order of the Food and Drug Administration and include
the user fee ID number to ensure that the payment is applied to the
correct fee(s). Payments can be mailed to: Food and Drug
Administration, P.O. Box 979107, St. Louis, MO 63197-9000. If a check,
bank draft, or money order is to be sent by a courier that requests a
street address, the courier should deliver your payment to: U.S. Bank,
Attention: Government Lockbox 979107, 1005 Convention Plaza, St. Louis,
MO 63101. (Note: This U.S. Bank address is for courier delivery only.
If you have any questions concerning courier delivery, contact the U.S.
Bank at 314-418-4013. This telephone number is only for questions about
courier delivery). Please make sure that the FDA post office box number
(P.O. Box 979107) is written on the check, bank draft, or postal money
order.
For payments made by wire transfer, include the unique user fee ID
number to ensure that the payment is applied to the correct fee(s).
Without the unique user fee ID number, the payment may not be applied,
which could result in FDA not filing an application and other
penalties. The originating financial institution may charge a wire
transfer fee. Applicable wire transfer fees must be included with
payment to ensure fees are fully paid. Questions about wire transfer
fees should be addressed to the financial institution. The account
information for wire transfers is as follows: U.S. Department of the
Treasury, TREAS NYC, 33 Liberty St., New York, NY 10045, Acct. No.:
75060099, Routing No.: 021030004, SWIFT: FRNYUS33. If needed, FDA's tax
identification number is 53-0196965.
B. Prescription Drug Program Fees
FDA will issue invoices and payment instructions for FY 2021
program fees under the new fee schedule in August 2020. Payment will be
due on October 1, 2020. FDA will issue invoices in December 2020 for FY
2021 program fees that qualify for fee assessments after the August
2020 billing.
Dated: July 29, 2020.
Lauren K. Roth,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2020-16833 Filed 7-29-20; 4:15 pm]
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