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FDA – The Health, Technology Assessment and Access Division of the Australia Department of Health Confidentiality Commitment

STATEMENT OF AUTHORITY AND CONFIDENTIALITY COMMITMENT FROM THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION NOT TO PUBLICLY DISCLOSE NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION SHARED BY THE HEALTH, TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT AND ACCESS DIVISON OF THE AUSTRALIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

The Health, Technology Assessment and Access Division of the Australia Department of Health (TAAD) is authorized to disclose non-public information to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding TAAD-regulated products as part of cooperative law enforcement or cooperative regulatory activities.

FDA understands that some of the information it receives from TAAD may include non-public information exempt from public disclosure under the laws and regulations of Australia, which is confidential commercial information; trade secret information; personal privacy information; law enforcement information; designated national security information; or internal, pre-decisional information. FDA understands that this non-public information is shared in confidence and that TAAD considers it critical that FDA maintain the confidentiality of the information. Public disclosure of this information by FDA could seriously jeopardize any further scientific and regulatory interactions between TAAD and FDA. TAAD will advise FDA of the non-public status of the information at the time that the information is shared.

Therefore, FDA certifies that it:

  1. has the authority to protect from public disclosure such non-public information provided to FDA in confidence by TAAD;
  2. will not publicly disclose such TAAD-provided non-public information without the written authorization of the owner of the information, the written authorization from the individual who is the subject of the personal privacy information, or a written statement from TAAD that the information no longer has non-public status;
     
  3. will inform TAAD promptly of any effort made by judicial or legislative mandate to obtain TAAD-provided non-public information from FDA. If such judicial or legislative mandate orders disclosure of TAAD-provided non-public information, FDA will take all appropriate legal measures in an effort to ensure that the information will be disclosed in a manner that protects the information from public disclosure; and
     
  4. will promptly inform TAAD of any changes to the United States of America’s laws, or to any relevant policies or procedures, that would affect FDA’s ability to honor the commitments in this document.
     

Signed on behalf of FDA:

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Mark Abdoo                                                                Date:   December 10, 2020
Associate Commissioner
Office of Global Policy and Strategy

The United States Food and Drug Administration
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Silver Spring, MD 20993
United States of America

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