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# New Search Tool for FDA Adverse Events Database
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/new-search-tool-for-fda-adverse-events-database/
- Published: 2017-09-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T22:53:04.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Drugs, #legacy-id-D5139741

FDA has launched a new search tool to improve access to data on drug and biologic adverse events through its [Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS)](http://fda.pr-optout.com/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d836489-%3eLCE38%2b87%3e7-GLCE17.6&RE=MC&RI=4528954&Preview=False&DistributionActionID=69870&Action=Follow+Link&ref=fdaweb.com). The tool is designed to make it easier for consumers, providers, and researchers to access this information. “The new dashboard enables users to search for and organize data by criteria such as drug/biological product, age of the patient, type of adverse event, year the adverse event occurred, or within a specific timeframe,” a [news release](https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm578105.htm?ref=fdaweb.com) says. FDA says it is hopeful the increased transparency will “spur the submission of more detailed and complete reports from consumers, health care professionals and others, by making it easier for people to see other reports that the FDA receives, and search the database for similar observations.” The agency also stresses that just because an adverse event is filed it does not equate to causation.