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Has FDA’s implementation of black box warnings in the section of prescribing information of drugs and biologics significantly helped to protect patients? You should contrast small molecule drugs with large complex biologics in response

The purpose of this paper is to state that black box warnings do not help protect the lives of patients.

In the United States, a black box warning (or “black label warning” or “boxed warning”) is the sternest warning that the Food and Drug Administration can issue for a medication and still allow it to remain on the market. A black box warning will appear on the medication’s label, insert and all other literature associated with the drug, such as magazines advertisements. The warning is named for and easily distinguished by the black border that surrounds its text and will contain a concise summary of the risks associated with taking the medication.

The FDA will issue a black box warning for a drug when medical studies indicate that the drug carries a significant risk of serious undesirable effects, such as a fatal, life-threatening or permanently disabling adverse reaction, when compared to the potential benefit of the drug. A black box warning can also be issued when adverse reactions can be prevented or reduced in frequency and severity by proper use of the drug. For example, a warning may be issued for a medication that is safe to treat adults, but not children.

A “Black box” warning is very severe warning to be found in the labeling of a prescription medication. It id the strict warning declared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that a medication can hold and still continue on the market in the United States of America. Basically, a prescription drug holding this warning on the packaging warns patients that the drug has extremely hazardous side effects. Different countries use different systems to specify the risk and dangerous effects of a particular medicine. Many drug products approved for children have a...