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Medicines for children
the last century and the next
T Stephenson
Academic
Division of Child Health, School of Human Development, University
Hospital, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
Correspondence to: Prof. Stephenson Terence.Stephenson@nottingham.ac.uk
Accepted 30 May 2001
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Introduction |
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Paediatricians, neonatal/paediatric pharmacists, and chief executives of hospital trusts recently received a position statement on the use of unlicensed medicines, produced by the Joint Standing Committee on Medicines of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) and the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group (NPPG).
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The licensing of medicines |
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Before a pharmaceutical company can promote a drug, it must obtain
a licence.1 Following the 1960s thalidomide
disaster,2 "legislation was introduced to ensure that no
new drug could be marketed until independent experts were agreed that
it had been adequately tested and was safe".2 The
process differs between countries but the principles are that the
company must show the safety, quality, and efficacy of the drug when
given in the dose and for the disease and age group recommended in the
Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC). Drugs are increasingly
licensed on a European Union wide basis. In the UK, doctors can legally prescribe drugs
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