Healthy Skepticism Library item: 9334

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Publication type: Journal Article

Goyan JE.
Withdrawal of a drug from the market. What should the prescriber do?
JAMA. 1993 Oct 27; 270:(16):1976-7
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8411557

Abstract:

The various voluntary and legal mechanisms by which a drug may be withdrawn from the market in the United States are discussed, including the role of the Food and Drug Administration, the pharmaceutical industry, and the news media, and the prescribing alternatives for physicians when a drug is withdrawn are discussed.

Keywords:
Drug Approval/legislation & jurisprudence* Physician's Practice Patterns* Prescriptions, Drug/standards*