The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 279 No 7471 p342
29 September 2007

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Spotlight on paediatric medicines

Paediatric medicines safety is the focus of a new World Health Organization report.

“Promoting safety of medicines for children” (PDF 1MB) looks at risk factors that predispose paediatric patients to adverse drug reactions, consequences of the lack of studies of medicines in children, benefit-to-risk considerations, and paediatric medication errors.