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Drug Safety
Recent findings in drug safety described by S. Gottlieb and colleagues
August 18th, 2007
"Life-cycle management of drug safety issues requires vigilant postmarket monitoring. Increasingly, however, this concept also includes direct management of how drugs are used, to minimize risks and maximize benefits," investigators in the United States report. "Legislative proposals from Senators Kennedy and Enzi, as well as plans offered by the Institute of Medicine, are promoting the more widespread adoption of risk-management plans to mitigate a broader range of safety-related issues. These proposals seek to modify physician prescribing patterns to tip risk-benefit balancing in individual prescription decisions," wrote S. Gottlieb and colleagues. ...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2007-08-18)
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