title: CDER photosafety guidance for industry.
abstract: In the Federal Register of January 10, 2000 (65 FR 1399), FDA published a draft guidance entitled "Photosafety Testing." The notice gave interested persons an opportunity to submit comments. As a result of the comments, certain sections of the guidance were reworded to improve clarity. A final guidance was published in May 2003. The final guidance further emphasizes that a flexible approach can be used to address adverse photoeffects and that specific assays are not required. Moreover, it encourages the development of methods that can efficiently be used to evaluate human safety. The guidance describes a consistent, science-based approach for testing of topically and systemically administered drug products.
authors.affiliation: Center for Drug Evaluation and Research/U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland 20857, USA. jacobsa@cder.fda.gov
authors.forename: Abigail C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: Paul C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Conrad
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Farrelly
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Osterberg
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000818:Animals; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D007221:Industry; D051379:Mice; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012449:Safety / Q000592:standards*; D023382:Toxicity Tests, Acute; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration
chemical_list: D017319:Photosensitizing Agents