Examples of Indications and Usage in a sentence
Pertains to only the following five sections of the FPI: Boxed Warning, Indications and Usage, Dosage and Administration, Contraindications, and Warnings and Precautions.
If a product belongs to an established pharmacologic class, the following statement is required under the Indications and Usage heading in HL: “(Product) is a (name of established pharmacologic class) indicated for (indication)”.
If a product belongs to an established pharmacologic class, the following statement is required in the Indications and Usage section of HL: “(Product) is a (name of established pharmacologic class) indicated for (indication)”.
GSK had the ability and obligation to state prominently in the Indications and Usage section of its drug label that there is a lack of evidence that Zofran is safe for the treatment of morning sickness in pregnant women.
The FDA also announced that it would require a new Limitations of Use statement in the Indications and Usage section of the labels to “describe the uncertainty of the optimal duration of use of bisphosphonates for the treatment and/or prevention of osteoporosis.” Id.
Consistent with FDA’s practice of approving organ-based indications for transplant drug products, the Indications and Usage section of the approved labeling states, in part: ASTAGRAF XL is indicated for the prophylaxis of organ rejection in patients receiving a kidney transplant.
Changes to the Indications and Usage section: from “for the management of moderate to severe pain when a continuous, around-the-clock opioid analgesic is needed for an extended period of time” to “for the management of pain severe enough to require daily, around-the- clock, long-term opioid treatment and for which alternative treatment options are inadequate” (emphasis added).
The labeling regulations identify labeling sections where such discussion is appropriate (e.g., Indications and Usage, Dosage and Administration, Contraindications, Warnings and Precautions, Use in Specific Populations).
Thus, because the mechanism of action of bupivacaine, the active ingredient in EXPAREL, is well known, and because the clinical studies of EXPAREL in bunionectomy and hemorrhoidectomy encompassed opposite ends of the spectrum of the human anatomy, FDA appropriately extrapolated from those studies and granted EXPAREL a broad postsurgical indication, as evidenced by the Indications and Usage section of the label.
In so doing, FDA rejected Dr. Simone’s proposed limitation to the Indications and Usage section and abandoned its proposal to include limiting language in the Warnings and Precautions section of the label.