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# FDA Wants RWD User Fee Funding Comments
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/fda-wants-rwd-user-fee-funding-comments/
- Published: 2023-01-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T18:12:11.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Devices, #legacy-id-D5153554

FDA says it has opened a public docket to receive stakeholder comments on the question of how the agency should use MDUFA 5 user fee funding that may be distributed to an external organization other than the National Evaluation System for Health Technology (NEST). An agency [notice](mailto:https://www.fda.gov/industry/medical-device-user-fee-amendments-mdufa/fda-seeks-public-comment-advancing-real-world-data-and-real-world-evidence-user-fee-funding-mdufa-v?utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fsource=govdelivery) says the comment period ends on 3/20.

The notice says FDA remains committed to working collaboratively to advance the development of real-world data (RWD) and the use of real-world evidence (RWE) to evaluate device performance.

“As part of FDA’s implementation of MDUFA 5,” it says, “the agency is announcing the opportunity for stakeholders to submit public comments on how we should use any portion of the user fee funding that may be distributed to external organization(s) other than NEST to support premarket RWE.”