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Not Just Ivermectin: New FDA Authority to Ban Off-Label Uses Alarms Doctors

Provision is buried in omnibus appropriations bill after FDA kept losing in court. "Potentially catastrophic for use of antibiotics," says former Public Health England director.

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By Greg Piper, 2-22-23

Doctors are speaking out against a new law that arguably paves the way for the FDA to prohibit treatments for purposes it hasn’t expressly authorized, going far beyond highly politicized subjects such as treating COVID-19 with ivermectin.

The authority to ban off-label uses was buried on page 3,542 of the 4,155-page omnibus appropriations bill signed into law at year’s end, though it’s specifically applied to “banned devices.”

The FDA requested this “very unprecedented” update after a string of court losses, Endpoints News senior editor Zachary Brennan told WBUR earlier this month, while cautioning that it’s not clear 

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The FDA may be itching to change this if that provision is passed

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