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Medication Guides — Adding a Toll-Free Number for Reporting Adverse Events

FinalCenter for Drug Evaluation and Research06/08/2009

Description

This guidance is intended to assist manufacturers of prescription drugs approved under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act (the Act) (21 U.S.C. 355) that are required to have an FDA-approved Medication Guide. On July 1, 2009, FDA expects affected entities to be in compliance with 21 CFR 208.20(b)(7)(iii), which requires that Medication Guides contain a verbatim statement that includes: (1) FDA’s toll-free MedWatch phone number and (2) a statement that the number is to be used for reporting purposes only, not to receive medical advice (the side effects statement). Manufacturers must also notify the Agency that the side effects statement has been added to their Medication Guides.

Scope & Applicability

Product Classes

3
Prescription Drug Product

Products subject to program fees; Specific strength or potency of a drug in final dosage form

over-the-counter drug products

Non-prescription drugs subject to specific packaging requirements

prescription drugs

products subject to DSCSA tracing requirements

Stakeholders

4
Distributor

Entity responsible for submitting NDINs

Packer

Entity whose name appears on the label

Manufacturer

Entity responsible for submitting NDINs

manufacturers

manufacturers are responsible for ensuring that their labels conform to all applicable FDA labeling laws

Regulatory Context

Attributes

2
10 points

Minimum type size for the side effects statement.

side effects statement

Verbatim statement including a toll-free number for reporting

Related CFR Sections (2)

See Also (8)

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