Medical care during and around pregnancy needs better data. Pre-existing medical
conditions (25% and increasing) and intercurrent illnesses cause an estimated 90% of …

To address provider struggles to provide evidence‐based, rational drug therapy to pregnant
women, this third Conference was convened to highlight the current progress and research …

Background: Therapeutic tragedies of the past, ethical concerns, and legal risks, among
other factors have led to a conservative approach to clinical research during pregnancy …

Half of the world's population is women. The majority of women become pregnant, and many
of those women take some kind of medication during their pregnancy, even if only for a short …

Safe and Effective Medicines for Use in Pregnancy: A Call to Action Page 1 Safe and Effective
Medicines for Use in Pregnancy: A Call to Action By Shaoni Bhattacharya, on behalf of the …

Approximately 6 million women in the United States become pregnant every year, and 4
million of them will have a live birth. Many pregnant women (70 to 80%) take at least one …

Medicine use in pregnancy is extremely common, but there are significant knowledge gaps
surrounding the safety, dosage and long-term effects of drugs used. Pregnant women have …

If pregnant women were an ethnic minority group, or perhaps elderly citizens, imagine the
indignation if they were systematically excluded from clinical trials, research, and new …

Less than 10% of medicines approved by the FDA since 1980 have provided enough
information as regards risks for birth defects associated with their use (Adam et al.(2011)[1]) …

Most women take either prescribed or over-the-counter medication during pregnancy.
Pregnant women often make independent decisions about their treatment and require …