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The new draft guidelines eliminate both these requirements and replace remaining polices with non-binding recommendations.

"The FDA may be conceding to drug manufacturers the responsibility for regulating their own off-label marketing practices. The agency may also believe that its limited resources can be put to better or more effective use in confronting other ongoing challenges. Nevertheless, I believe that the FDA must take an active role in fostering evidence-based practice, eliminating subversion of the approval process, and requiring a balanced and fair presentation of the scientific evidence," Stafford wrote in the editorial.

Public comments on the FDA's draft guidelines are being accepted through April 21.

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The FDA has more about unapproved drugs.

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SOURCE: Stanford University, news release, April 2, 2008


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