The next forum for unraveling FDA off-label marketing rules: State and federal legislatures

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In a Guest Editorial, Aaron S. Kesselheim and Michael S. Sinha show how federal and state legislation to allow promotion of drugs for non-approved uses threatens to undermine the FDA's public health mission.

Vyšlo v časopise: The next forum for unraveling FDA off-label marketing rules: State and federal legislatures. PLoS Med 15(5): e32767. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002564
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