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Off-Label Use of Prescription Drugs in Childhood and Adolescence—an Analysis of Prescription Patterns in Germany: In reply
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2009; 106(12): 210. DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2009.0210b


As already mentioned in article (2), a new ordinance came into force in the European Union in 2007 (Regulation [EC] No. 1901/2006; http://www.emea.europa.eu/htms/human/paediatrics/introduction.htm). The elements of this are intended actively to support clinical research on children. We must hope that the planned or already introduced measures will not be structured in such a clumsy manner that years will have to pass before data on pediatric drugs will attain a standard which is regarded as a matter of course for most indications in adult medicine. DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2009.0210b
Prof. Dr. med. Bernd Mühlbauer
Institut für Pharmakologie, Klinikum Bremen Mitte gGmbH
Sankt-Jürgen-Str. 1
28177 Bremen, Germany
muehlbauer@pharmakologie-bremen.de
Conflict of interest statement
Prof. Mühlbauer is involved in cooperative research projects with the companies Bayer Vital, Janssen Cilag and Pfizer AG, as well as with the AOK-BV and the KV Bremen. He also receives financial support for projects from the Drug Safety Foundation and from the DFG and the BMBF.
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Uhlig U, Pfeil N, Gelbrich G, Spranger C, Syrbe S, Huegle B, Teichmann T, Kapellen, Houben T, Kiess W, Uhlig HH: Dimenhydrinat bei Kindern mit Enteritis und Erbrechen – eine prospektive randomisierte plazebokontrollierte Studie (Abstract) www.stgkjm.de/Tagungen/ 2008/Abstracts/v25.jsp
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Mühlbauer B, Janhsen K, Pichler J, Schoettler P: Off-Label Use of Prescription Drugs in Childhood and Adolescence—an Analysis of Prescription Patterns in Germany [Off-label-Gebrauch von Arzneimitteln im Kindes- und Jugendalter: Eine Verordnungsanalyse in Deutschland]. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2009; 106(3): 25–31. VOLLTEXT
1. | Uhlig U, Pfeil N, Gelbrich G, Spranger C, Syrbe S, Huegle B, Teichmann T, Kapellen, Houben T, Kiess W, Uhlig HH: Dimenhydrinat bei Kindern mit Enteritis und Erbrechen – eine prospektive randomisierte plazebokontrollierte Studie (Abstract) www.stgkjm.de/Tagungen/ 2008/Abstracts/v25.jsp |
2. | Mühlbauer B, Janhsen K, Pichler J, Schoettler P: Off-Label Use of Prescription Drugs in Childhood and Adolescence—an Analysis of Prescription Patterns in Germany [Off-label-Gebrauch von Arzneimitteln im Kindes- und Jugendalter: Eine Verordnungsanalyse in Deutschland]. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2009; 106(3): 25–31. VOLLTEXT |
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