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GUIDANCE DOCUMENT

Postapproval Pregnancy Safety Studies Guidance for Industry May 2019

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Draft Level 1 Guidance

Not for implementation. Contains non-binding recommendations.

Docket Number:
FDA-2018-D-4693
Issued by:
Guidance Issuing Office
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research

The purpose of this guidance is to provide sponsors and investigators with recommendations on how to design investigations to assess the outcomes of pregnancies in women exposed to drugs and biological products regulated by FDA (i.e., pregnancy safety studies). The goal of postapproval pregnancy safety studies is to provide clinically relevant human safety data that can inform health care providers treating or counseling patients who are pregnant or anticipating pregnancy about the safety of drugs and biological products through inclusion of the information in a product’s labeling.

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