Pharmaceutical companies operating in the EU will need to collect and report information on the off-label use of their medicines under new obligations making their way from draft to final form at the ...

Rituximab and ocrelizumab go head to head in randomized trial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When a clinician prescribes a medication for a purpose for which its not indicated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a 2-day public hearing this week to solicit input about the marketing and use of medications and medical devices for off-label use. It is fairly common ...

Beta blockers are quickly becoming the hot new drug to combat anxiety. The medication, also known as propranolol, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1967 for the treatment of ...

An estimated 20–30% of all prescriptions in the U.S. are off-label, according to the nonprofit Every Cure. This is often done as there are more than 14,000 known human diseases with no FDA-approved ...

Researchers from the University of California San Diego found that prescriptions for leucovorin, a drug sometimes used off-label for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), rose sharply among children after ...

Medications once used to treat illness are increasingly being taken for prevention. Experts explain what’s behind the shift—and what the science actually supports. As telehealth and direct-to-consumer ...

Insulin therapy is a lifesaving necessity for people with type 1 diabetes, and its essentially the only medication approved for managing the condition. But a variety of additional blood-sugar-lowering ...

Caroline Connor’s concerns about her son’s development began around his 1st birthday, when she noticed he wasn’t talking or using any words. Their pediatrician didn’t seem worried, but the speech ...

When a clinician prescribes a medication for a purpose for which it’s not indicated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), it’s referred to as off-label treatment. Doctors may recommend ...