Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : New Drug Rules Due on Pediatric Usage
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Food and Drug Administration is expected to propose new regulations today to encourage drug manufacturers to provide dosing and other information on medicine labels on how best to use the drugs in children, The Times has learned. Currently, pediatricians are “in the dark” on how to use many medicines in children because labels fail to provide this information, said FDA Commissioner David A. Kessler.
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