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The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS or AERS) is a computerized information database designed to support the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) postmarketing safety surveillance program for all approved drug and therapeutic biologic products. The FDA uses FAERS to monitor for new adverse events and medication errors that might ...
The MedWatch system is intended to detect safety hazard signals for medical products. If a signal is detected, the FDA can issue medical product safety alerts or order product recalls, withdrawals, or labeling changes to protect the public health. Important safety information is disseminated to the medical community and the general public via ...
The main criterion for the inclusion of any product is that the product is the subject of an application with an effective approval that has not been withdrawn for safety or efficacy reasons. Inclusion of products on the List is independent of any current regulatory action through administrative or judicial means against a drug product.
Before a drug can be prescribed, it must undergo the FDA's approval process. While a drug can feasibly be used off-label (for non-approved indications), it still is required to be approved for a specific disease or medical condition. [2] Drug companies seeking to sell a drug in the United States must first test it.
The injectable medication Zepbound, manufactured by Eli Lilly, was approved by the FDA on November 8 to treat chronic obesity. - Eli Lilly/AP/FILE Wen: These medications both appear to work well.
Cardiac valvular disease, pulmonary hypertension, cardiac fibrosis; [3] [23] re-approved in June 2020 for the treatment of seizures associated with Dravet syndrome, under FDA orphan drug rules. Fenoterol: 1990 New Zealand Asthma mortality. [3] Feprazone: 1984 Germany, UK Cutaneous reaction, multiorgan toxicity. [3] Fipexide: 1991 France ...
The FDA often asks committees to review drugs that are first in their class of treatments. Donanemab, if approved, would follow Eisai’s Leqembi, which was approved last year, and Biogen’s Aduhelm.
Drug Manufacturer Indication Crizotinib: PF Prism: ALK-positive systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma: Trastuzumab deruxtecan: Daiichi Sankyo: HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma, previously treated with trastuzumab: Umbralisib: TG Therapeutics: marginal zone lymphoma, previously treated with an anti-CD20-based ...