医疗决策困境之超说明书用药

The Risk of Decision-Making: Off-Label Medication Use

安维汀（AVastin，贝伐珠单抗注射液，又名阿瓦斯汀）是瑞士罗氏制药全资子公司基因泰克公司（Genentech）研发生产的一种抗肿瘤药物，通过抑制人类血管内皮生长因子的生物学活性而发挥作用。

Off-label medication use is actually a common phenomenon, even worse; most of the doctors don't care about the content of medicine label because in their opinion, doctors have the final say on the medication use. However, there is great legal risk with off-label medication use.