DailyMed is the National Library of Medicine's site for the drug labels companies submit to FDA. Here is how to search DailyMed for a label or package insert, how to trace a label's version history, what DailyMed does not guarantee, and how ClinicaLister puts the label next to the drug's approvals and trials.
DailyMed publishes product labeling in Structured Product Labeling (SPL), the format companies use to submit labels to FDA. It covers prescription drug and biologic labels — prescribing information, patient labeling, carton and container labels — and over-the-counter Drug Facts, plus some medical devices, medical gases and animal drugs.
It also carries labels for products FDA regulates but has not approved, such as dietary supplements, medical foods, cosmetics and some unapproved drugs. Each label has a set ID that stays the same across revisions and a version number that increases with every update.
Pharmacists, medical information teams and MSLs use it daily because it shows the label currently in use, including indications, dosing, warnings, adverse reactions and how the product is supplied with its NDC codes.
DailyMed has a quick search, an advanced search and free web services; every label also keeps its own history.
Type a brand or generic name into the search box on dailymed.nlm.nih.gov, filter to human or animal drugs, then open the label that matches the manufacturer and strength you need.
Advanced Search takes an NDC code, application number, set ID, drug class, active moiety, ingredient or UNII code, and can search inside label sections such as the Boxed Warning or Adverse Reactions. Browse Drug Classes groups labels by pharmacologic class.
Every label keeps its set ID across revisions while its version number increases. Listing the versions — through the web service below — shows when the label changed, so you can compare what was added.
The DailyMed web services return labels as JSON or XML. For example /dailymed/services/v2/spls.json?drug_name=tirzepatide lists matching labels, and /services/v2/spls/{setid}/history.json lists every version of one label.
DailyMed offers full downloads of all drug labels, indexing and REMS files, and mapping files that connect labels to other identifiers.
ClinicaLister loads DailyMed labels daily and shows them in the same view as the drug's approvals, NDC listings, patents and safety summary, so medical information questions start from one place.
The molecule view shows the label beside the drug's clinical trials and the publications linked to them, which is how an MSL prepares to discuss an indication or an emerging study.
All labels are searchable, including supplements and over-the-counter products. Where a label maps to a Drugs@FDA application — by application number first, then by name — it also joins the drug's approval record.
Through the ClinicaLister MCP server an assistant can look up a drug's labels and read them alongside its trials and approvals.
159,000+
DailyMed labels
Daily
sync from DailyMed
1 in 3
labels linked to a Drugs@FDA record
ClinicaLister holds essentially all DailyMed labels (measured September 2026). About a third are linked to a Drugs@FDA record; the rest — supplements, devices, OTC monograph products and others — are searchable but not linked. Revisions to an existing label are not yet shown as changes.
DailyMed is the National Library of Medicine's public website for drug labeling submitted to FDA — package inserts, patient information, Drug Facts and carton labels — in Structured Product Labeling format.
Not necessarily. DailyMed shows the labeling companies submitted, and NLM does not review it before publication. It also includes products FDA has not approved, such as dietary supplements. For the current FDA-approved label, check Drugs@FDA.
Each label keeps one set ID across all its versions. The DailyMed web service /services/v2/spls/{setid}/history.json returns the list of versions with their publication dates.
DailyMed shows the label each company has submitted and currently uses, for approved and unapproved products alike. Drugs@FDA is FDA's record of approved applications and, for many brand-name drugs, the FDA-approved label and review documents.
Yes. The website, web services and bulk downloads are free from the National Library of Medicine.
Read a drug's label beside its trials and approvals
Built for the Medical Science Liaison. See it in the product: Drug & Device Details. All data sources