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Description: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is
Additional Resources a regulatory agency that enforces the Food,
Drugs@FDA

Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health
Service Act, assuring that drugs and biologics
are safe and effective for their intended uses
and properly labeled. Drugs@FDA provides
the approval history, label history, and label
information for all drugs that have been
approved by the FDA. The site is updated daily.
E-mail: Question/comment form available at: http://www.
fda.gov/cder/comment/commentdrugcat.htm
Web: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/
drugsatfda

FDA HIV and AIDS Web site
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
Description: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is
a regulatory agency that enforces the Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health
Service Act, assuring that drugs and biologics
are safe and effective for their intended uses
and properly labeled. The FDA HIV and AIDS
Web site provides information about product
approval, labeling changes, safety warnings,
and public hearings. It also provides links to
pages about HIV therapies, the FDA HIV/AIDS
timeline, and other government resources for
HIV/AIDS.
Toll-Free
Help Line: 888–INFO–FDA (888–463–6332)
E-mail: Question/comment form available:
http://www.fda.gov/comments/webform.html
Web: http://www.fda.gov/oashi/aids/HIV.html

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