Health Care & Hospital Law
Jun. 23, 2010
FDA Tightens Rules on Drug Names
Doctors' handwriting is under a microscope as the FDA looks to reduce medication errors.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
There may be as many wisecracks about doctors' bad handwriting as there are jokes about lawyers, but it's no laughing matter when poor penmanship leads to medication errors.
Physicians and pharmacists may be liable when one misreads the other's handwriting, but that doesn't mean drug companies or their brands aren't injured as well. To reduce pharmaceutical mix-ups...
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