For compliance officers
The Briefing Desk
A daily FDA enforcement briefing built for the morning habit FDAnews used to serve — before it shut down in August 2025 and left its paying digest subscribers with nowhere to go. The Briefing Desk is the daily-brief format included with the Standard and Team plans — not a separate product.
See what lands in your inbox at 6am ETLive template preview, real sample day from our own FDA database.
What’s different from the free Argus HQ digest
- Daily delivery, 6am ET, Bloomberg-shape formatting — prior-24h warning letters, recalls, approvals, and Form 483 inspection citations, curated, not a raw feed dump. Included on Standard and Team; Starter gets daily delivery without the full curated format.
- Escalation watch — when a company on your watchlist shows up in a new action, we tell you what already happened and how it compares to that company’s own recent base rate. We do not forecast what a company will do next — that is not a claim Argus HQ makes. Included on Standard and Team.
- Industry playbooks — short, practical context on what a given action type typically means procedurally (e.g. what a Warning Letter response deadline looks like), not legal advice. Included on Standard and Team.
- Unlimited watchlist on Standard and Team — 10 companies on Starter, 3 on the free tier.
- SMS alerts on Class I recalls touching your watchlist — the single action type with the shortest real-world response window. Included on Standard and Team.
- CSV export and priority support on Starter, Standard, and Team.
- Weekly executive-summary PDF, every Friday — a one-page, print-ready recap of the week’s enforcement activity (letter counts by severity, top issuing offices, top entities, and your matched letters), formatted for forwarding to compliance leadership or filing in a remediation record.
Free
$0
- Delivery time
- Weekly
- Watchlist size
- 3 companies
- Escalation watch
- —
- Industry playbooks
- —
- SMS on Class I recalls
- —
- CSV export
- —
- Seats
- 1
- Support
- Community
Starter
$99/mo
- Delivery time
- Daily (6am ET)
- Watchlist size
- 10 companies
- Escalation watch
- —
- Industry playbooks
- —
- SMS on Class I recalls
- —
- CSV export
- Yes
- Seats
- 1
- Support
Standard
$199/mo
- Delivery time
- Daily (6am ET), Bloomberg-shape
- Watchlist size
- Unlimited
- Escalation watch
- Descriptive base rates on watchlist
- Industry playbooks
- Included
- SMS on Class I recalls
- Yes
- CSV export
- Yes
- Seats
- 1
- Support
- Priority email
Team
$399/mo
- Delivery time
- Daily (6am ET), Bloomberg-shape
- Watchlist size
- Unlimited, shared
- Escalation watch
- Descriptive base rates on watchlist
- Industry playbooks
- Included
- SMS on Class I recalls
- Yes
- CSV export
- Yes
- Seats
- 5
- Support
- Priority async onboarding
Briefing Desk onboards founding members in order of signup.
Frequently asked questions
What is different between the Briefing Desk format and the free Argus HQ digest?
6am ET delivery every business day instead of a weekly roundup, prior-24h enforcement actions curated (not a raw feed dump), an escalation watch on your watchlist, and industry playbooks — all included on the Standard and Team plans, with an unlimited watchlist instead of the free tier’s 3 companies.
Does the escalation watch predict what a company will do next?
No. When a company on your watchlist shows up in a new action, Briefing Desk tells you what already happened and how it compares to that company’s own recent base rate. Argus HQ does not forecast what a company will do next.
How many companies can I put on my watchlist?
Unlimited on Standard ($199/mo) and Team ($399/mo, 5 shared seats); 10 companies on Starter ($99/mo); 3 companies on the free tier.
What do the industry playbooks cover?
Short, practical context on what a given action type typically means procedurally — for example what a Warning Letter response deadline looks like. This is not legal advice.
What do the SMS alerts cover?
SMS alerts on Class I recalls touching your watchlist — the single action type with the shortest real-world response window.
How much does the Briefing Desk format cost?
It is included at no extra charge on the Standard ($199/mo, 1 seat) and Team ($399/mo, 5 seats) plans — see /pricing for the full lineup, including the free tier and Starter ($99/mo).