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New method for qualifying safe drug dosing regimens in pediatrics – News-Medical.net
Determining safe yet effective drug dosages for children is an ongoing challenge for pharmaceutical companies and medical doctors alike.
Determining safe yet effective drug dosages for children is an ongoing challenge for pharmaceutical companies and medical doctors alike. A new drug is usually first tested on adults, and results from these trials are used to select doses for pediatric trials. The underlying assumption is typically that children are like adults, just smaller, which often holds true, but may also overlook differences that arise from the fact that children’s organs are still developing.
Compounding the problem, pediatric…
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