2010-13001. Drometrizole Trisiloxane Eligibility for Potential Inclusion in Sunscreen Monograph; Over-the-Counter Sunscreen Drug Products for Human Use; Request for Safety, Effectiveness, and Environmental Data

AGENCY:

Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION:

Notice of eligibility; request for data and information.

SUMMARY:

As part of our ongoing review of over-the-counter (OTC) drug products, we (Food and Drug Administration, FDA) are announcing a call-for-data for safety, effectiveness, and environmental information for drometrizole trisiloxane, in concentrations up to 15 percent, as a sunscreen single active ingredient and in combination with generally recognized as safe and effective (GRASE) sunscreen active ingredients found in the sunscreen monograph. We reviewed a time and extent application (TEA) for drometrizole trisiloxane and determined that it is eligible to be considered for inclusion in our OTC drug monograph system. We will evaluate the submitted safety and effectiveness data and information to determine whether drometrizole trisiloxane can be GRASE for its proposed OTC use. We also request data and information to assess the projected environmental effects of a potential GRASE determination in order to assist us in complying with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).

DATES:

Submit data, information, and general comments by August 31, 2010.

ADDRESSES:

You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FDA-2003-N-0196, by any of the following methods:

Electronic Submissions

Submit electronic comments in the following way:

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

Written Submissions

Submit written submissions in the following ways:

• FAX: [phone].
• Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for paper, disk, or CD-ROM submissions): Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anita Kumar, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 22, rm. 5445, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301-796-2090.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Eligibility of Drometrizole Trisiloxane

In January 2009, we received a TEA (Ref. 1) requesting that drometrizole trisiloxane be found eligible for review and potential inclusion in our OTC sunscreen drug monograph (part 352 (21 CFR part 352)). After reviewing the TEA, we believe that it includes adequate data demonstrating that drometrizole trisiloxane has been marketed for the prevention of sunburn for a material time and to a material extent as required by § 330.14 (21 CFR 330.14) (Ref. 2). Drometrizole trisiloxane-containing sunscreen products indicated for the prevention of sunburn have been marketed directly to consumers for over 5 continuous years in 40 countries, with over 177 million dosage units marketed in 54 countries. Therefore, we conclude that drometrizole trisiloxane, in concentrations up to 15 percent, is eligible to be considered for potential inclusion in the OTC sunscreen drug monograph as a single active ingredient and in combination with GRASE sunscreen active ingredients found in § 352.10.

II. Request for Data and Information

We invite all interested persons to submit data and information, as described in § 330.14(f), on the safety and effectiveness of drometrizole trisiloxane for use as an active ingredient in OTC sunscreen products. The data should be sufficient so that we can determine whether the ingredient can be GRASE and not misbranded under recommended conditions of OTC use. Interested parties may refer to 21 CFR 330.10(a)(4) regarding the evidence necessary for establishing general recognition of safety and effectiveness.

Because the TEA that we reviewed did not include an official or proposed United States Pharmacopeia-National Formulary (USP-NF) drug monograph for drometrizole trisiloxane, we are asking interested parties to provide such a monograph to us. An active ingredient must be recognized in an official USP-NF drug monograph that sets forth its standards of identity, strength, quality, and purity in order to be included in a final OTC monograph (§ 330.14(i)).

In addition, as stated in 21 CFR 25.1, FDA regulations must comply with NEPA. To comply with NEPA, an environmental assessment (EA) of agency actions is required unless we determine that a categorical exclusion is warranted. Therefore, we also invite all interested persons to either submit data and information that would support a determination that the potential inclusion of drometrizole trisiloxane in the OTC monograph for sunscreen meets the requirements for any categorical exclusion found in 21 CFR 25.31, or to prepare an EA, if necessary. For additional information on the types of information that would support our environmental assessment, please refer to section IV (pages 9 through 27) of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Guidance on Environmental Assessment of Human Drug and Biologic Applications. The guidance document can be viewed at http://www.fda.gov/​downloads/​Drugs/​GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/​Guidances/​ucm070561.pdf.

For all data and information submitted, we request that a submitter segregate any data or information that the submitter believes is protected from disclosure by 5 U.S.C. 552(b), 18 U.S.C. 1905, or 21 U.S.C. 331(j) or 360j(c). If such data or information is included in the submission, we request that the submitter summarize the confidential information, to the extent possible, so that the summary can be publicly disclosed (see 21 CFR 25.50 and 25.51(a); § 330.14(f)).

III. Marketing Policy

Under § 330.14(h), any sunscreen product containing drometrizole trisiloxane may not be marketed as an OTC drug in the United States at this time unless it is the subject of an approved new drug application or abbreviated new drug application.

IV. References

The following references are on display in the Division of Dockets Management (see ADDRESSES) under Docket No. FDA-2003-N-0196 and may be seen by interested persons between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

1. Redacted TEA for drometrizole trisiloxane submitted by L'Oreal USA Products, Inc., dated January 21, 2009.

2. FDA's evaluation of the TEA for drometrizole trisiloxane.

Dated: May 25, 2010.

Leslie Kux,

Acting Assistant Commissioner for Policy.