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`SUPPLEMENT APPROVAL
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` Attention: Linda Mota
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` Associate Director
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` Global Regulatory Affairs
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`Dear Ms. Mota:
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`Please refer to your Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) dated and received
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`March 31, 2016, and your amendments, submitted under section 505(b) of the Federal Food,
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`Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) for GATTEX (teduglutide [rDNA origin]) for injection, for
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`This “Changes Being Effected” supplemental new drug application proposes modifications to the
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`approved GATTEX risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS).
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`REQUIRED PEDIATRIC ASSESSMENTS
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`Under the Pediatric Research Equity Act (PREA) (21 U.S.C. 355c), all applications for new
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`active ingredients, new indications, new dosage forms, new dosing regimens, or new routes of
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`administration are required to contain an assessment of the safety and effectiveness of the
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`product for the claimed indication(s) in pediatric patients unless this requirement is waived,
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`deferred, or inapplicable.
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`Because none of these criteria apply to your application, you are exempt from this requirement.
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`RISK EVALUATION AND MITIGATION STRATEGY REQUIREMENTS
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`The REMS for GATTEX was originally approved on December 21, 2012, and the most recent
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`modification was approved on June 26, 2014. The REMS consists of a communication plan,
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`elements to assure safe use, and a timetable for submission of assessments of the REMS. Your
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`proposed modification to the REMS consists of changes to sponsor contact information from
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`NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to Shire and changes to the REMS appended materials, including
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`updates to a process change in adverse event reporting and the signatory for the Dear Healthcare
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`Provider and Dear Professional Society letters.
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`DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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` NDA 203441/S-008
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`Reference ID: 3937975
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` NDA 203441/S-008
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`Your proposed modified REMS, submitted on March 31, 2016, amended on May 11, 2016,
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` May 28, and May 20, 2016, and appended to this letter, is approved.
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`The timetable for submission of assessments of the REMS remains the same as that approved on
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`December 21, 2012.
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`There are no changes to the REMS assessment plan described in our May 20, 2015 letter.
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`We remind you that in addition to the REMS assessments submitted according to the timetable in
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`the approved REMS, you must include an adequate rationale to support a proposed REMS
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`modification for the addition, modification, or removal of any of goal or element of the REMS,
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`as described in section 505-1(g)(4) of the FDCA.
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`We also remind you that you must submit a REMS assessment when you submit a supplemental
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`application for a new indication for use as described in section 505-1(g)(2)(A) of the FDCA.
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`This assessment should include:
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`a) An evaluation of how the benefit-risk profile will or will not change with the new
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`indication;
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`b) A determination of the implications of a change in the benefit-risk profile for the current
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`REMS;
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`c) If the new indication for use introduces unexpected risks: A description of those risks
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`and an evaluation of whether those risks can be appropriately managed with the currently
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`approved REMS.
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`d) If a REMS assessment was submitted in the 18 months prior to submission of the
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`supplemental application for a new indication for use: A statement about whether the
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`REMS was meeting its goals at the time of that the last assessment and if any
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`modifications of the REMS have been proposed since that assessment.
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`e) If a REMS assessment has not been submitted in the 18 months prior to submission of the
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`supplemental application for a new indication for use: Provision of as many of the
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`currently listed assessment plan items as is feasible.
`f) If you propose a REMS modification based on a change in the benefit-risk profile or
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`because of the new indication of use, submit an adequate rationale to support the
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`modification is necessary, the potential effect on the serious risk(s) for which the REMS
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`was required, on patient access to the drug, and/or on the burden on the health care
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`Additionally, include any changes to the assessment plan necessary to assess the
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`rationale for why the REMS does not need to be modified.
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`If the assessment instruments and methodology for your REMS assessments are not included in
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`the REMS supporting document, or if you propose changes to the submitted assessment
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`instruments or methodology, you should update the REMS supporting document to include
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`specific assessment instruments and methodology information at least 90 days before the
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`assessments will be conducted. Updates to the REMS supporting document may be included in a
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`Reference ID: 3937975
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` NDA 203441/S-008
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` new document that references previous REMS supporting document submission(s) for
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` unchanged portions. Alternatively, updates may be made by modifying the complete previous
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` REMS supporting document, with all changes marked and highlighted. Prominently identify the
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` submission containing the assessment instruments and methodology with the following wording
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` in bold capital letters at the top of the first page of the submission:
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`NDA 203441 REMS CORRESPONDENCE
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`(insert concise description of content in bold capital letters, e.g.,
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`UPDATE TO REMS SUPPORTING DOCUMENT - ASSESSMENT
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`METHODOLOGY
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`An authorized generic drug under this NDA must have an approved REMS prior to marketing.
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`Should you decide to market, sell, or distribute an authorized generic drug under this NDA,
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`contact us to discuss what will be required in the authorized generic drug REMS submission.
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`We remind you that section 505-1(f)(8) of FDCA prohibits holders of an approved covered
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`application with elements to assure safe use from using any element to block or delay approval
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`result in enforcement action.
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`Prominently identify any submission containing the REMS assessments or proposed
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`modifications of the REMS with the following wording in bold capital letters at the top of the
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`first page of the submission as appropriate:
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`NDA 203441 REMS ASSESSMENT
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`NEW SUPPLEMENT FOR NDA 203441/S-000
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`CHANGES BEING EFFECTED IN 30 DAYS
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`PROPOSED MINOR REMS MODIFICATION
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`NEW SUPPLEMENT FOR NDA 203441/S-000
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`PRIOR APPROVAL SUPPLEMENT
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`PROPOSED MAJOR REMS MODIFICATION
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`or
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`NEW SUPPLEMENT FOR NDA 203441/S-000
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`PRIOR APPROVAL SUPPLEMENT
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`PROPOSED REMS MODIFICATIONS DUE TO SAFETY LABEL CHANGES
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`SUBMITTED IN SUPPLEMENT XXX
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` NEW SUPPLEMENT (NEW INDICATION FOR USE)
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` FOR NDA 203441/S-000/
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` REMS ASSESSMENT
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` PROPOSED REMS MODIFICATION (if included)
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`Should you choose to submit a REMS revision, prominently identify the submission containing
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`the REMS revisions with the following wording in bold capital letters at the top of the first page
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`of the submission:
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`To facilitate review of your submission, we request that you submit your proposed modified
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`REMS and other REMS-related materials in Microsoft Word format. If certain documents, such
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`as enrollment forms, are only in PDF format, they may be submitted as such, but the preference
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`is to include as many as possible in Word format.
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`If you do not submit electronically, please send 5 copies of REMS-related submissions.
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`REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
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`We remind you that you must comply with reporting requirements for an approved NDA
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`(21 CFR 314.80 and 314.81).
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`If you have any questions, call Brian Strongin, Chief, Project Management Staff, at (301) 796
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`REMS REVISIONS FOR NDA 203441
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`Sincerely,
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`{See appended electronic signature page}
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`Joyce Korvick, M.D., M.P.H.
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`Deputy Director for Safety
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`Division of Gastroenterology and Inborn Errors
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`ENCLOSURE(S):
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`REMS
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`Reference ID: 3937975
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`This is a representation of an electronic record that was signed
`electronically and this page is the manifestation of the electronic
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`/s/
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`JOYCE A KORVICK
`05/27/2016
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`Reference ID: 3937975
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