The profit game behind off-label drugs

Once a drug is approved by the FDA for specified conditions, doctors can prescribe that drug any way they want. Drug companies, however, are prohibited by law from pushing such "off-label" uses in their marketing. But pharmaceutical companies derive a huge portion of their sales from off-label uses -- drawing criticism from ethicists and prosecutions from federal attorneys.

By: McClatchy Newspapers

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