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GUIDANCE DOCUMENT

Good Pharmacovigilance Practices and Pharmacoepidemiologic Assessment Guidance for Industry March 2005

Final
Docket Number:
FDA-2004-D-0041
Issued by:
Guidance Issuing Office
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research

This document provides guidance to industry on good pharmacovigilance practices and pharmacoepidemiologic assessment of observational data regarding drugs, including biological drug products (excluding blood and blood components). Specifically, this document provides guidance on (1) safety signal identification, (2) pharmacoepidemiologic assessment and safety signal interpretation, and (3) pharmacovigilance plan development.


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