A new study finds that off-label drug use is associated with higher rates of adverse drug events in adults. Off-label use of prescription drugs is known to be associated with adverse drug events (ADEs ...

Health care professionals can have a powerful impact on labeling requirements for drugs by formally petitioning the FDA for ...

The Food and Drug Administration gives "black box" warnings to prescription drugs with side effects that can lead to serious injury or death. Officially termed a "boxed warning" by the agency, they're ...

In a closely watched case, the U.S. solicitor general has urged the Supreme Court to review a controversy over so-called ...

CONCORD — A key House committee embraced Monday protections for health care providers who prescribe off-label prescription drugs for their patients. This campaign for reform started after state Rep.

One of the most alarming things about COVID-19 is that there are no FDA-approved drugs to fight it. Instead, doctors have turned to medications such as azithromycin, chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, ...

Doctors can currently prescribe the drug only for autism off-label, which means repurposing a drug approved for one condition to treat another. "We've done the science, and the next step is that we ...

Cancer drug labels are going direct to video in a new FDA campaign. Project Livin’ Label is an educational—and continuing medical education credited—program that explains new oncology drug approvals ...

Kids who need a hormone-blocking drug to prevent premature puberty have lost an off-label option. The company that makes the medicine, which is 1/8 the cost of the FDA-approved version, withdrew it.

Off-label prescription of a drug is generally legal, but promotion of off-label uses by a drug manufacturer is illegal. In an article in this week's PLoS Medicine, two physician researchers describe ...

US physicians are increasingly ordering medications for children for conditions that are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration, according to a new study. The findings highlight the need for ...

Medical treatment has knocked down tumors in 6-year-old Easton Daniels’ brain, but the drug wiped out his immune system as well. To bolster his immune function and help keep him healthy, he has ...