Off-Label Sales in Jeopardy: Rx Industry Fights for Clarity

Off-label use of prescription drugs is worth billions of dollars to manufacturers, but no one likes to talk about it. Defensiveness is understandable, with scores of companies under investigations for allegedly promoting those uses illegally. The truth is that no one is very happy about the current state of off-label medication use, but calls for change are contradictory and tough to resolve.