Draft Guidance for Industry on Drug-Induced Liver Injury: Premarketing Clinical Evaluation; Availability

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Drug-Induced Liver Injury: Premarketing Clinical Evaluation." This guidance is intended to assist the pharmaceutical industry and others engaged in new drug development in the assessment of the potential of a drug to cause severe drug-induced liver injury (DILI). This guidance defines severe DILI as injury that is fatal or requires liver transplantation. This guidance does not address the postmarketing evaluation of DILI.