MedWatch Safety Alerts for Human Medical Products

MedWatch alerts provide timely new safety information on human drugs, medical devices, vaccines and other biologics, dietary supplements, and cosmetics. The alerts contain actionable information that may impact both treatment and diagnostic choices for healthcare professional and patient.

To find recent safety alerts, select the current year in the menu to the left. Search for specific products using the search field above. To receive notifications automatically via e-mail when new safety information is posted to the MedWatch site, subscribe to the MedWatch E-list. New safety information is also posted via the MedWatch RSS feed and MedWatch Twitter. 

Browse the FDA.gov Web Archive

1. Go to the FDA.gov Web Archive page  in Archive-It.

2. Click the date for the snapshot you want to view.

3. The FDA.gov home page appears. Browse through the site.

Note that the search function on each page in the FDA.gov Web Archive is disabled. Use the search function above instead.

Find a Page or File by URL in the FDA.gov Web Archive

1. Go to the FDA.gov Web Archive page  in Archive-It.
2. In the Enter Web Address field at the top of the page, type or paste the full URL for the page or file. Then, click Take Me Back.
3. Click the date for the snapshot you want to view to display the page or file.

If you cannot find a page in the FDA.gov Web Archive, you may want to try the Internet Archive Wayback Machine for FDA.gov. The non-profit Internet Archive has archived some (but not all) of FDA.gov pages and files since 1996.