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FDA - TGA Australia, Confidentiality Commitment

STATEMENT OF AUTHORITY AND CONFIDENTIALITY COMMITMENT FROM THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NOT TO PUBLICLY DISCLOSE NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION SHARED BY THE AUSTRALIAN THERAPEUTIC GOODS ADMINISTRATION

The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration, a division of the Department of Health and Ageing, (TGA) is authorized to disclose non-public information to the United States Food and Drug Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS/FDA) regarding TGA-regulated products as part of cooperative law enforcement or cooperative regulatory activities.

HHS/FDA understands that some of the information it receives from TGA may include sensitive non-public information, such as confidential commercial information; trade secret information; personal privacy information; law enforcement information; or internal, pre-decisional information. HHS/FDA understands that this non-public information is shared in confidence and that TGA considers it critical that HHS/FDA maintain the confidentiality of the information. Public disclosure of this information by HHS/FDA could seriously jeopardize any further scientific and regulatory interactions between TGA and HHS/FDA. TGA will advise HHS/FDA of the non-public status of the information at the time that the information is shared.

Therefore, HHS/FDA certifies that it:

  1. has the authority to protect from public disclosure such non-public information provided to HHS/FDA in confidence by TGA; 
     
  2. will not publicly disclose such TGA-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 TGA that the information no longer has non-public status; 
     
  3. will inform TGA promptly of any effort made by judicial or legislative mandate to obtain TGA-provided non-public information from HHS/FDA. If such judicial or legislative mandate orders disclosure of TGA-provided non-public information, HHS/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 TGA of any changes to relevant laws, regulations, policies, or procedures that would affect HHS/FDA’s ability to honor the commitments in this document.

 

___________/s/____________ 

March 5, 2008
Date

Murray M. Lumpkin, M.D.
Deputy Commissioner
International and Special Programs
Food and Drug Administration
Department of Health and Human Services
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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