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GUIDANCE DOCUMENT

Container Closure Systems for Packaging Human Drugs and Biologics Guidance for Industry July 1999

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Final
Docket Number:
FDA-1997-D-0145
Issued by:
Guidance Issuing Office
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research

This document is intended to provide guidance on general principles for submitting information on packaging materials used for human drugs and biologics. This guidance supersedes the FDA Guideline for Submitting Documentation for Packaging for Human Drugs and Biologics, issued in February 1987 and the packaging policy statement issued in a letter to industry dated June 30, 1995 from the Office of Generic Drugs. This guidance is not intended to describe the information that should be provided about packaging operations associated with drug product manufacture.

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