Issue Date: January 24, 2006
Issued by: Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Topic(s): Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Labeling
Status: Final
Clinical Studies Section of Labeling for Human Prescription Drug and Biological Products — Content and Format: Guidance for Industry
This guidance is intended to assist applicants in deciding (1) what studies should be included in the CLINICAL STUDIES section of prescription drug labeling, (2) how to describe individual studies, and (3) how to present study data, including presentation of data in graphs and tables. This guidance is intended to make the CLINICAL STUDIES section of labeling, as described in the final rule amending the requirements for the content and format of labeling for human prescription drug and biological products (21 CFR 201.56 and 201.57), more useful, and to promote consistency in the content and format of the section across drug product classes and within drug classes and indications. This guidance also calls attention to the advertising and promotional implications of data and statements contained in the CLINICAL STUDIES section. The principal objective of labeling is to provide the information that is most useful to prescribers in treating their patients. In some cases, making the information in the CLINICAL STUDIES section of labeling more useful to prescribers could warrant significant departures from past labeling practices.
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