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FDA uses electronic drug labels

FDA began requiring manufacturers of prescription drugs to submit label information to the agency in electronic format. Healthcare providers and consumers will be able to access the information found in drug package inserts for all approved medicines in the U.S.

through the National Library of Medicine’s “DailyMed” website at http://dailymed.nim.nih.gov. The format will allow the user to read specific sections of a drug label including product names, indications, dosage and administration, warnings, description of drug product, active and inactive ingredients, and how the drug is supplied.

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