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Biological Products - Specific Labeling Resources

For Industry

Biological products, including biosimilar and interchangeable biosimilars, are large and generally complex molecules.  A biological product may weigh more than 800 times than a drug product (e.g., aspirin).  See the figure below.

Biological product

Who is the audience for this webpage?

FDA’s biological product-specific labeling resources on this webpage are primarily directed to industry staff who develop prescription labeling for biological products. For additional resources for the Prescribing Information, FDA-approved patient labeling, and carton and container labeling, labeling databases, and product databases visit FDA’s Labeling Resources for Human Prescription Drugs. If you are a healthcare professional, patient, or caregiver, visit Frequently Asked Questions about Labeling for Prescription Medicines.

Biosimilar and Interchangeable Biosimilar Guidances

  • Biosimilarity and Interchangeability: Additional Draft Q&As on Biosimilar Development and the BPCI Act (draft guidance) 
  • Biosimilars and Interchangeable Biosimilars: Licensure for Fewer Than All Conditions of Use for Which the Reference Product Has Been Licensed (draft guidance
  • Labeling for Biosimilar Products (final guidance)

Deemed BLAs Guidance

  • The “Deemed to be a License” Provision of the BPCI Act - Questions and Answers (final guidance) 

Nonproprietary Nomenclature of Biological Products Guidances and MAPP

Other Biological Product-Specific Labeling Resources

  • Biosimilar Product Information: Includes a list and information about all FDA-licensed biosimilar products in the U.S.
  • Labeling for Biological Products (December 2019 presentation and video) and (June 2019 presentation) 
  • Purple Book is a searchable online database that contains information about biological products licensed by the FDA under the Public Health Service Act including therapeutic biological products, vaccines, allergenic products, blood products, cellular and gene therapy products, and plasma derivatives.

Contact Information

For specific application or supplement questions or for general questions about prescription drug labeling, please visit Prescription Drug Labeling Contact Information.

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