Puberty Blockers: FDA's Califf Asked If REMS, Boxed Warning Against Off-Label Use In The Works

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf tells House appropriations subcommittee chair the agency will 'consider any information that may be available' on off-label use of puberty blockers for gender dysphoria before making a regulatory decision.

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The FDA is being pressed on treatments used off-label for gender dysphoria. • Source: Shutterstock

Congress is dragging the US Food and Drug Administration further into the debate of off-label use of drugs to treat children with gender dysphoria.

During an 18 April hearing on the agency's fiscal year 2025 budget request, Rep. Andy Harris, R-MD, a physician and...

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