Inpharma 1513 - 12 Nov 2005

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■ Drug manufacturers are now required to submit drug labelling information to the US FDA in a new electronic format to help inform the public and improve patient safety, according to the FDA. The FDA says that these new electronic product labels will be a primary data source for DailyMed, a new online health information clearinghouse that will provide free, recent drug data. The agency says that this new format will enable the public and health care providers to have easy access to product data found in the FDAapproved labelling, will enable doctors to quickly access information needed prior to prescribing, resulting in less prescribing errors and more informed decision making, and will improve the FDA drug labelling review process by providing immediate access to the most recent drug data. FDA. FDA Announces the Use of New Electronic Drug Labels to Help Better Inform the Public and Improve Patient Safety. Media Release : 2 Nov 2005. 809056290 Available from: URL: http://www.fda.gov

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