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Babies given drugs untested on the young

Around 90% of drugs used to treat newborn babies have not been tested on the young, a report by a House of Lords committee reveals today.

Drugs such as morphine, the thyroid drug thyrozine, and some anti-epileptic drugs are used even though they are unlicensed for use on children. Half of all medicines given to children - including some asthma inhalers - have never been tested for this age group.

The lack of exhaustive trials of adult medicines in children is highlighted in the report by a group of peers looking at the European commission's proposals for paediatric medicines. At present drugs must be licensed by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency after animal research and clinical trials. But they do not need to be explicitly tested on children. From the end of this year pharmaceutical companies will be given incentives to invest in clinical trials of their products on children, and will face the prospect of being forced to conduct trials on the drug in the future. But drugs currently used will not be tested, and new drugs will still be released without trials.

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,1700068,00.html