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JANUARY 24, 2018

Information Lacking for Dosing in Obese Children

By Marie Rosenthal

Few approved drugs include safe dosing information for children who are obese, according to a new study that reviewed the labels of 89 pediatric medications.

Researchers at Children's National Health System and the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research surveyed pediatric medical and clinical pharmacology reviews under the FDA Amendments Act of 2007 and the FDA Safety and Innovation Act of 2012. The study used search terms related to weight and size to determine