FDA GUIDANCE · FINALMarch 3, 2026

M14 General Principles on Planning, Designing, Analyzing, and Reporting of Non-interventional Studies That Utilize Real-World Data for Safety Assessment of Medicines

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Final

Topic

ICH-Multidisciplinary

Issue date

March 3, 2026

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