Purpose To describe US drug shortages affecting medications on the 2019 World Health
Organization (WHO) Model List of Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc). Methods Drug …

• In Canada, numerous medications prescribed to children are used off label and do not
have an age-appropriate formulation.• In the United States and European Union, pediatric …

OBJECTIVE Over the past decade a number of effective but costly drugs have entered the
therapeutic arena. Ethical and logistical challenges associated with including children in …

Children deserve the same high standards for drug safety, efficacy and access as adults.
Unfortunately, Canada lags behind leading international regulators in implementing reforms …

Despite ongoing international efforts, many drugs administered to children must be
compounded from dosage forms designed for adults because they remain unavailable in …

Drug products for pediatrics and geriatrics patients are difficult to formulate because these
subgroups of patients differ from adult average patients in terms of drug absorption …

The lack of adequate clinical trials in paediatrics has generated many issues in medicine
use for hospitalised children, such as the prescription of off-label or unlicensed drugs, the …

• Au Canada, de nombreux médicaments prescrits aux enfants sont administrés selon un
emploi non conforme et ne sont pas offerts sous forme de préparation adaptée selon l'âge.• …

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Réponse au Comité permanent de la santé Étude sur la santé des enfants L’Institut pour la …