The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it has begun daily publication of adverse event data from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS). FAERS is the FDA's primary database for collecting and analyzing adverse event reports, serious medication errors, and product quality complaints for prescription drugs and therapeutic biologics, containing reports submitted by health care professionals, consumers, and manufacturers.

According to the FDA, the shift is one of many steps in the agency’s broader data modernization strategy to streamline all of its adverse event reporting systems and increase reporting frequency across all systems to identify safety signals faster.

The public can view the latest adverse event data on the FAERS Public Dashboard. The FDA encourages health care professionals and consumers to report adverse events to the FDA’s MedWatch site. RP