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# FDA Wants More Consumer Information Available
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/fda-wants-more-consumer-information-available/
- Published: 2017-12-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T23:08:37.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5140352

As part of the HHS [regulatory priorities](https://www.reginfo.gov/public/jsp/eAgenda/StaticContent/201710/Statement%5F0900.html?ref=fdaweb.com) for FY 2018, FDA will amend its regulations on the information patients receive for outpatient-administered prescription drugs. And to encourage more consumer-directed care, the agency plans to propose regulations to facilitate access to more treatments for common conditions by using new approaches, including new technologies, to assist consumers in self-selection and use of products that have previously been available only by prescription.

Other FDA priorities listed in the HHS document are: 

- proposing a new rule that will modernize mammography quality by recognizing new technologies, making improvements in facility processes, and the reporting of breast density, which is now widely recognized as a risk factor for breast cancer; and
- updating important rules for medical device applications so that the rules reflect risk-based and least burdensome pathways to market for devices, including new and innovative devices.