Policy statement suggests ways to improve drug safety and efficacy in children

With less than half of medications including specific labeling for children, Kathleen Neville, MD, MS, a physician at Children's Mercy Hospital, recently led an American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) committee in updating the policy with new recommendations guiding the off-label use of drugs in pediatric patients. The policy statement, "Off-Label Use of Drugs in Children," was published online in the March 2014 issue of Pediatrics.Dr. Neville is chair of the AAP Committee on Drugs and Director of Experimental Therapeutics in Pediatric Cancer at Children's Mercy. via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..