'Know the Label' Campaign

'Know the Label' Campaign 

The Doctors Company and the PDR Network have launched a national campaign to "educate physicians and improve their knowledge of ever-changing FDA-approved medication labeling."

The "Know the Label" program will allow physicians to earn free Continuing Medical Education credit for reading full Food and Drug Administration-approved medication labeling online at www.PDR.net.

About one-third of medical malpractice cases include some "drug-related aspects of the complaint," and "in those cases the then-current FDA-approved drug labeling is most often the standard to which physicians or other prescribers are held by the courts," according to a statement published on www.PDR.net.

Last year, more than one-quarter of drugs had "a material labeling change," the statement said. For more information, visit www.pdrnetwork.com or www.thedoctors.com.