The BMJ looks at a House of Lords report which has been examining the medical testing of drugs which are given to children:
Half of the drugs used in the European Union to treat children and 90% of drugs given to newborn babies have never been tested or authorised for use in these age groups, warns a new UK report. The report supports new European proposals to test drugs in children.The report, published last week, supports the European Commission’s proposal to introduce a common EU-wide procedure for testing and approving drugs for use in children and incentives to encourage manufacturers to develop drugs specifically for paediatric use. [more]
You can read the House of Lords committee report here.
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