Off-Label Drug Use: Pros and Cons

What I’m going to do is talk about how the FDA got its start, what labeling means, what off-label means, give you some examples of some of those off-labeled uses, and then give, from my perspective, some of the pros and cons of off-label drug use. I admit I do not have all the answers by any means, but at least hopefully I’ll have some food for thought. And then if we have the time I’ll talk about some specific off-label uses of drugs that we use in our endocrinology practice without really thinking too much about it because it just makes so much sense to do.

Announcements

 

The Albany Law Journal of Science & Technology's 20th Anniversary Symposium on Assisted Reproductive Technology will be taking place on October 28, 2010 commencing at 1:00pm !

For more information email Katherine Alexander (kalexander@albanylaw.edu) 

 

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The Journal of Science & Technology is pleased to announce that it has recently been ranked eighth in the nation in a recent ranking of student edited intellectual property law journals. The rankings were conducted by Patentlyo.com, a leading law patent blog. The rankings are based on information gathered by the Washington & Lee Law Library, as well the frequency with which the journal is cited by court cases and other publications.

 

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The Journal of Science & Technology is proud to announce that Theresa Stadheim, author of "Rambus, N-Data, and the FTC: Creating Efficient Incentives in Patent Holders and Optimizing Consumer Welfare in Standardsetting Organizations" (see 19 ALB. L.J. SCI. & TECH. 483 (2009) ), has won the 2009-2010 ABA Student Writing Competition.  Congratulations Theresa!

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Congratulations and a big warm welcome to the Journal's newly elected 2010-2011 executive board!!

 

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We have recently made the switch to paperless subediting.  Although this is a new process for us, the transition was a great success!