Brussels, 28/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, Commissioner Erkki Liikanen unveiled the consultation document that precedes the adoption (before the summer) of a draft regulation on medicine for children. As already reported in EUROPE of 16 February, p.15, the regulation aims to encourage clinical trials in order to determine appropriate dosage of all drugs for children.
At present, the vast majority of drugs are never clinically tested on children. Laboratories simply suggest reducing...