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# Draft Guide on Smallpox Antiviral Development
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/draft-guide-on-smallpox-antiviral-development/
- Published: 2018-07-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T00:18:39.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5141841

*Federal Register* notice: FDA has made available a draft guidance entitled “Smallpox (Variola Virus) Infection: Developing Drugs for Treatment or Prevention.” The document is intended to assist sponsors in all phases for developing antiviral drugs for treating or preventing smallpox. It revises a 2007 draft guidance similarly named. To view the notice, click [here](https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-07-11/pdf/2018-14749.pdf?ref=fdaweb.com).