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`U.S. FOOD & DRUG
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`NDA 021462/S-055
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`SUPPLEMENT APPROVAL
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` Eli Lilly and Company
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` Attention: Ashley N. Appleton
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` Lilly Corporate Center, Drop Code 2543
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` Indianapolis, IN 46285
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`Dear Ms. Appleton:
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`Please refer to your supplemental new drug application (sNDA) dated November 3,
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`2021, received November 3, 2021, and your amendments, submitted under section
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`505(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) for Alimta (pemetrexed
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`disodium) injection.
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`This Prior Approval sNDA provides for a label update for ALIMTA (pemetrexed
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`disodium), containing updated overall survival data for the combination of ALIMTA,
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`pembrolizumab and platinum chemotherapy for the initial treatment of patients with
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`metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), with no EGFR or ALK
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`genomic tumor aberrations.
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`APPROVAL & LABELING
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`We have completed our review of this application, as amended. It is approved, effective
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`on the date of this letter, for use as recommended in the enclosed agreed-upon
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`labeling, with minor editorial revisions listed below:
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`• The revision date in the Patient Package Insert labeling updated to reflect the
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`August 2022 approval.
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`WAIVER OF ½ PAGE LENGTH REQUIREMENT FOR HIGHLIGHTS
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`Please note that we have previously granted a waiver of the requirements of 21 CFR
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`201.57(d)(8) regarding the length of Highlights of Prescribing Information.
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`CONTENT OF LABELING
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`As soon as possible, but no later than 14 days from the date of this letter, submit the
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`content of labeling [21 CFR 314.50(l)] in structured product labeling (SPL) format using
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`the FDA automated drug registration and listing system (eLIST), as described at
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`Reference ID: 5038970
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` FDA.gov.1 Content of labeling must be identical to the enclosed labeling (text for the
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`Prescribing Information and Patient Package Insert), with the addition of any labeling
`changes in pending “Changes Being Effected” (CBE) supplements, as well as annual
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`reportable changes not included in the enclosed labeling.
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` Information on submitting SPL files using eList may be found in the guidance for
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` industry SPL Standard for Content of Labeling Technical Qs and As.2
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`The SPL will be accessible from publicly available labeling repositories.
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`Also within 14 days, amend all pending supplemental applications that include labeling
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`changes for this NDA, including CBE supplements for which FDA has not yet issued an
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`action letter, with the content of labeling [21 CFR 314.50(l)(1)(i)] in Microsoft Word
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`format, that includes the changes approved in this supplemental application, as well as
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`annual reportable changes. To facilitate review of your submission(s), provide a
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`highlighted or marked-up copy that shows all changes, as well as a clean Microsoft
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`supplement number(s) and annual report date(s).
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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
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`new active ingredients (which includes new salts and new fixed combinations), new
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`indications, new dosage forms, new dosing regimens, or new routes of administration
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`are required to contain an assessment of the safety and effectiveness of the product for
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`the claimed indication in pediatric patients unless this requirement is waived, deferred,
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`or inapplicable.
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`Because none of these criteria apply to your application, you are exempt from this
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`requirement.
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`PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS
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`You may request advisory comments on proposed introductory advertising and
`promotional labeling. For information about submitting promotional materials, see the
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`final guidance for industry Providing Regulatory Submissions in Electronic and Non-
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`Prescription Drugs.3
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` 1 http://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/DataStandards/StructuredProductLabeling/default.htm
`2 We update guidances periodically. For the most recent version of a guidance, check the FDA Guidance
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`www.fda.gov
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`You must submit final promotional materials and Prescribing Information, accompanied
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`[21 CFR 314.81(b)(3)(i)]. Form FDA 2253 is available at FDA.gov.4 Information and
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`Instructions for completing the form can be found at FDA.gov.5
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`PATENT LISTING REQUIREMENTS
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`Pursuant to 21 CFR 314.53(d)(2) and 314.70(f), certain changes to an approved NDA
`submitted in a supplement require you to submit patent information for listing in the
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`Orange Book upon approval of the supplement. You must submit the patent information
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`required by 21 CFR 314.53(d)(2)(i)(A) through (C) and 314.53(d)(2)(ii)(A) and (C), as
`applicable, to FDA on Form FDA 3542 within 30 days after the date of approval of the
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`supplement for the patent information to be timely filed (see 21 CFR
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`314.53(c)(2)(ii)). You also must ensure that any changes to your approved NDA that
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`require the submission of a request to remove patent information from the Orange Book
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`are submitted to FDA at the time of approval of the supplement pursuant to 21 CFR
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`314.53(d)(2)(ii)(B) and 314.53(f)(2)(iv).
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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, contact Emily Pak, PharmD, Regulatory Health Project
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`Manager at Emily.Pak@fda.hhs.gov.
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`Sincerely,
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`{See appended electronic signature page}
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`Harpreet Singh, MD
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`Director
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`Division of Oncology 2
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`Office of Oncologic Diseases
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`Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
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`ENCLOSURES:
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`• Content of Labeling
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`o Prescribing Information
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`o Patient Package Insert
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` 4 http://www.fda.gov/downloads/AboutFDA/ReportsManualsForms/Forms/UCM083570.pdf
`5 http://www.fda.gov/downloads/AboutFDA/ReportsManualsForms/Forms/UCM375154.pdf
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`www.fda.gov
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`Reference ID: 5038970
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`ERIN A LARKINS
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