Health Canada, Novartis Issue Alert Against Off-Label Use of Breast Cancer Drug To Treat Infertility
1st Dec 2005, 06:24 GMT
Health Canada, Canada's health regulatory agency, and Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis on Monday issued warnings against "off-label" use of the breast cancer treatment Femara, known generically as letrozole, to treat infertility because it might cause birth defects or miscarriage, http://www... click link for more info.
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