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Medication Guides — Distribution Requirements and Inclusion in Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) November 2011

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Issued by:
Guidance Issuing Office
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research

This guidance provides information for industry, healthcare providers, and authorized dispensers of prescription drug products. The guidance addresses two topics pertaining to Medication Guides for drug and biological products:

  • When FDA intends to exercise enforcement discretion regarding when a Medication Guide must be provided with a drug or biological product that is dispensed to a healthcare professional for administration to a patient4 instead of being dispensed directly to the patient for self-administration or to the patient’s caregiver for administration to the patient.
  • When a Medication Guide will be required as part of a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS).

Submit Comments

Submit comments on this guidance document electronically via docket ID: FDA-2013-S-0610 - Specific Electronic Submissions Intended For FDA's Dockets Management Staff (i.e., Citizen Petitions, Draft Proposed Guidance Documents, Variances, and other administrative record submissions)

If unable to submit comments online, please mail written comments to:

Dockets Management
Food and Drug Administration
5630 Fishers Lane, Rm 1061
Rockville, MD 20852

All comments should be identified with the title of the guidance.

 
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