Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Guidance on Reagents for Detection of Specific Novel Influenza A Viruses

<NOTICE> DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES <SUBAGY>Food and Drug Administration</SUBAGY> <DEPDOC>[Docket No. FDA-2025-N-0414]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Guidance on Reagents for Detection of Specific Novel Influenza A Viruses</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Food and Drug Administration, HHS. <HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD> Notice. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> Submit written comments (including recommendations) on the collection of information by September 22, 2025. </DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">ADDRESSES:</HD> To ensure that comments on the information collection are received, OMB recommends that written comments be submitted to <E T="03">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.</E> Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function. The OMB control number for this information collection is 0910-0584. Also include the FDA docket number found in brackets in the heading of this document. <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> Amber Sanford, Office of Operations, Food and Drug Administration, Three White Flint North, 10A-12M, 11601 Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD 20852, 301-796-8867, <E T="03">PRAStaff@fda.hhs.gov.</E> </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA has submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for review and clearance. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Guidance on Reagents for Detection of Specific Novel Influenza A Viruses—21 CFR Part 866</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD2">OMB Control Number 0910-0584—Extension</HD> This information collection was established as a special control for the class II device type, Novel Influenza A Reagents. In accordance with section 513 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) (21 U.S.C. 360c), FDA evaluated an application for an in vitro diagnostic device for detection of influenza subtype H5 (Asian lineage), commonly known as avian flu. FDA concluded that this device is properly classified into class II in accordance with section 513(a)(1)(B) of the FD&C Act, because it is a device for which the general controls by themselves are insufficient to provide reasonable assurance of the safety and effectiveness of the device, but there is sufficient information to establish special controls to provide such assurance. The statute permits FDA to establish as special controls many different things, including postmarket surveillance, development and dissemination of guidance recommendations, and “other appropriate actions as the Secretary [of HHS] deems necessary” (section 513(a)(1)(B) of the FD&C Act). This information collection is a measure that FDA determined to be necessary to provide reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness of reagents for detection of specific novel influenza A viruses. FDA issued an order classifying the H5 (Asian lineage) diagnostic device into class II on March 22, 2006 (71 FR 14377), establishing the special controls necessary to provide reasonable assurance of the safety and effectiveness of that device and similar future devices. The new classification was codified in 21 CFR 866.3332, a regulation that describes the new classification for reagents for detection of specific novel influenza A viruses and sets forth the special controls that help to provide a reasonable assurance of the safety and effectiveness of devices classified under that regulation. The regulation refers to the document entitled “Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Reagents for Detection of Specific Novel Influenza A Viruses,” (March 2006) which provides recommendations for measures to help provide a reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness for these reagents. The guidance recommends that sponsors obtain and analyze postmarket data to ensure the continued reliability of their device in detecting the specific novel influenza A virus that it is intended to detect, particularly given the propensity for influenza viruses to mutate and the potential for changes in disease prevalence over time. The guidance document is available on our website at: <E T="03"> https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/guidance-documents-medical-devices- and-radiation-emitting-products/reagents-detection-specific-novel-influenza-viruses-class-ii-special-controls-guidance-industry-and. </E> As updated sequences for novel influenza A viruses become available from the World Health Organization, National Institutes of Health, and other public health entities, sponsors of reagents for detection of specific novel influenza A viruses will collect this information, compare them with the primer/probe sequences in their devices, and incorporate the result of these analyses into their quality management system, as required by 21 CFR 820.100(a)(1). These analyses will be evaluated against the device design validation and risk analysis required by 21 CFR 820.30(g) to determine if any design changes may be necessary. In the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> of May 1, 2025 (90 FR 18667), FDA published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the proposed collection of information. No comments were received. FDA estimates the burden of this collection of information as follows: <GPOTABLE COLS="6" OPTS="L2,nj,p7,7/8,i1" CDEF="s50,12,12,12,16,10"> <TTITLE> Table 1—Estimated Annual Recordkeeping Burden  <SU>1</SU> </TTITLE> <CHED H="1">Information collection activity—21 CFR part and guidance document section</CHED> <CHED H="1">Total annual responses</CHED> <CHED H="1">Average burden per response</CHED> <CHED H="1">Total hours</CHED> <ROW EXPSTB="05" RUL="s"> <ENT I="21"> <E T="02">21 CFR 866.3332</E> <E T="0714">Reagents for detection of specific novel influenza A viruses</E> <E T="02"> and FDA Guidance Document “Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Reagents for Detection of Specific Novel Influenza A Viruses”</E> </ENT> </ROW> <ROW EXPSTB="00"> <ENT I="01"> Postmarket analysis of novel influenza A viral sequences—866.3332(b)(1) and guidance section 8, <E T="03">Postmarket measures</E>  There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information. </TNOTE> </GPOTABLE> Based on a review of the information collection since our last request for OMB approval, we have made no adjustments to our burden estimate. <SIG> <DATED>Dated: August 15, 2025.</DATED> <NAME>Grace R. Graham,</NAME> Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Legislation, and International Affairs. </SIG> </SUPLINF> <FRDOC>[FR Doc. 2025-16065 Filed 8-21-25; 8:45 am]</FRDOC> </NOTICE>