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title: "Cautionary statement"
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description: "Learn how cautionary statements support safe and compliant handling of investigational drug shipments in Life Sciences Supply Chain Management."
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# Cautionary statement

Within Life Sciences Supply Chain Management, cautionary statements can be defined to represent the investigational purpose of a new drug or to state the intention of a shipment. For example, an investigational new drug intended for human use must bear a label with a specific statement such as “Caution: New Drug – Limited by Federal (or the United States) law to investigational use”.

The cautionary statements can be defined for the following entities:

- For batches, by filling in the **Cautionary statement** field in the **Batches** form (**Inventory management > Inquiries and reports > Tracking dimensions > Batches**).
- For sub-batches, by filling in the **Cautionary statement** field in the **Sub batches** form (**Inventory management > Inquiries and reports > Tracking dimensions > Sub batches**).
- For sales orders, by filling in the **Cautionary statement** field in the **Delivery** FastTab of the **Sales order** form, Header view (**Sales and marketing > Sales orders > All sales orders > Sales order** or **Accounts receivable > Orders > Sales orders > All sales orders > Sales order**).
- For transfer orders, by filling in the **Cautionary statement** field in the **Delivery** tab of the **Transfer orders** form (**Inventory management > Inbound orders > Transfer orders** or **Inventory management > Outbound orders > Transfer orders**).

The cautionary statement information can be printed on [product labels](/life-sciences/docs/product-label-printing) or [shipping labels](/life-sciences/docs/shipping-label-printing) by selecting the **Cautionary statement** value in the **Document routing layouts** form (**Warehouse management > Setup > Document routing > Document routing layouts**).

## Related

- [Product label printing](/product-label-printing.md)
- [Shipping label printing](/shipping-label-printing.md)