Guidance for Industry on Medication Guides-Adding a Toll-Free Number for Reporting Adverse Events; Availability

Résumé

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled "Medication Guides-- Adding a Toll-Free Number for Reporting Adverse Events." Beginning July 1, 2009, manufacturers of prescription drug products approved under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act) that are required to have a Medication Guide must add a verbatim statement to their Medication Guides containing FDA's toll-free number for reporting side effects. These manufacturers are also required to report to FDA that they have complied with this requirement. This guidance explains what statement to add to Medication Guides, where to add it, and how to notify the agency that such a statement has been added.