Re-release of Drug Watch guidance
Executive Summary
FDA expects to release its revised Drug Watch guidance "very soon," according to CDER Director Steven Galson. "We're very close to completing the guidance that responds to the initial draft we put out and comes up with decisions on each of those questions that were raised," Galson says Sept. 22. The original plans for a website for posting emerging risk information drew intense criticism, prompting FDA to redraft the guidance (1"The Pink Sheet" Feb. 21, 2006, p. 5)...
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