FDA’s Authority to Regulate Off-Label Promotion

FDA’s Authority to Regulate Off-Label Promotion

I think this article is interesting to understand the power of FDA and how they proceed on certain actions. In the case of this article, is about the off labeled drugs and it promotion sales in public. The off label drugs are drugs with little proof and low scientific evidences supported, the risk of intake such drugs are high and dangerous, because they often are mislabeled or aren't meant to cure. On the hand of the FDA, they do have the authority to press charge and regulate the off-label drugs, however, other principals laws from the federal can interfere with the FDA regulation. The way off-labeled can get away from it is by carefully label their products and provide little evidence. FDA under the federal laws, they do have the rights to ban and remove certain drugs but on the off-label drugs, the way they handle the situation is by squeeze play (processing something with little effort).