Volume 179 - Issue 10
Dosing information for paediatric patients: are they really “therapeutic orphans”?
Author: Amanda J Caswell
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (10): 560. || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05696.x
Published online: 17 November 2003
Published online: 17 November 2003
Amanda J Caswell
Managing Editor, MIMS Australia, Locked Bag 3000, St Leonards, NSW 1590. amanda.caswellATmims.com.au
To the Editor: Tan et al outline deficiencies in product information documents (PIs) as published in MIMS.1 It needs to be clarified that MIMS Australia is not responsible for the content of PIs — this is specified and approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration in consultation with the sponsoring company. The conclusion by the authors that the “PIs for many prescription products listed . . . do not adequately detail paediatric doses” should not be specifically attributed to MIMS, as all published medicines information that relies on approved PIs will suffer from the same deficiencies.
References
- Tan E, Cranswick NE, Rayner CR, Chapman CB. Dosing information for paediatric patients: are they really “therapeutic orphans”? Med J Aust 2003; 179: 195-198. <eMJA full text>
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