TY - JOUR T1 - The influence of the pharmaceutical industry on the off-label use of its medicines JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 277 LP - 277 DO - 10.1136/jme.28.4.277 VL - 28 IS - 4 AU - D O E Gebhardt Y1 - 2002/08/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/28/4/277.1.abstract N2 - Last year I described in this journal1 an unacceptable influence of a pharmaceutical company on the off-label use of one of its products. Now I would like to report on an acceptable and even praiseworthy initiative of a pharmaceutical manufacturer in monitoring the use of its drug. The devastating action of thalidomide on the human embryo caused its withdrawal from the market in … ER -