U.K. Refines Age-Based Dosing For Children's Liquid Acetaminophen
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Firms marketing children's liquid medicines containing the painkiller paracetamol in the U.K. have until the end of 2011 to update labels with more detailed age-based dosing guidelines.
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