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# Safety Surveillance Best Practices Document
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/safety-surveillance-best-practices-document/
- Published: 2024-01-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T14:21:30.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5156236

*Federal Register* notice: FDA is making available a final document entitled “Best Practices for FDA Staff in the Postmarketing Safety Surveillance of Human Drug and Biological Products.” The document was mandated under the 21st Century Cures Act, which requires the agency to make publicly available the best practices for certain postmarketing drug safety surveillance activities. It outlines FDA’s risk-based principles for conducting ongoing postmarketing safety surveillance for drugs and biological products. To view the notice, click [here](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-01-26/pdf/2024-01584.pdf?ref=fdaweb.com).