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Anna Eshoo: Before the BPCA and PREA, the vast majority of drugs, more than 80 percent used in children were used off-label and…

On the recordMarch 21, 2017
Before the BPCA and PREA, the vast majority of drugs, more than 80 percent used in children were used off-label and without data on their safety or efficacy, and today that number has been reduced to approximately 50 percent, but that is still a lot.
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Anna Eshoo
Democratic · California

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Eshoo discusses the reduction of off-label drug use in children.

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