FDA, HMOs to Analyze Medication Effects on 1 Million U.S. Births
By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health NewsReviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Dec. 31, 2009 — How do common medications affect pregnancy? To the chagrin of women trying to decide whether they must forego helpful medicines during pregnancy, nobody really knows.
Now — at long last — the FDA and a consortium of HMOs have launched a huge set of studies to find out.
“These data will guide regulatory policy and influence medical practice,” FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, MD, says in a news release. Read More…
