Health and Human Services Department Docket FDA-2019-N-3631 Proposed Rule

2019-19643: Use of Fecal Microbiota for Transplantation to Treat Clostridium difficile Infection Not Responsive to Standard Therapies; Public Hearing; Request for Comments

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Summary

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is announcing a public hearing to obtain input on the use of fecal microbiota for transplantation (FMT) to treat Clostridium difficile infection not responsive to standard therapies. FDA will consider scientific data and other information from the public hearing as we continue to consider ways to support the development of FMT to treat C. difficile infection not responsive to standard therapies and the impact of the enforcement policy on such development.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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