By Patricia Markland Cole, MPH, MotherToBaby Massachusetts **This information was current as of the time the blog was published. However, information is constantly changing. Please visit Zika Central for the latest information.** When it comes to pregnancy, so much of the attention is focused on the woman: her nutrition, her health, her behavior and just about her whole world comes under scrutiny in order to promote a healthy pregnancy; but what about the man? His nutrition, health, and …
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Working with Pharma on Pregnancy Exposure Registries to Advance Drug Safety Information MotherToBaby is the nation’s leading authority and most trusted source of evidence-based information on the benefit and risk of medications and other exposures during pregnancy and lactation. Our research division, MotherToBaby Pregnancy Studies, has been working with pharmaceutical companies to fulfill FDA-mandated post-marketing requirements for pregnancy exposure registries for over 20 years. …
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Leadership MotherToBaby is a service of the non-profit scientific society, the Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS), and is governed by OTIS’ Board of Directors. Read more about the leadership of OTIS. Meet The Team The MotherToBaby team of information specialists can answer your questions about exposures during pregnancy and breastfeeding, while our Pregnancy Studies team conducts the observational research studies to evaluate medication and vaccine safety. Meet …
Baby Blog: DYK: Pregnant women are excluded from clinical drug trials – huh?
When you think medication or vaccine safety, you think clinical drug trials. Right?! Clinical drug trials are research studies designed to gather information to determine whether a new medication or vaccine is safe and effective in people. However, what most people don’t know is that pregnant women are excluded from these studies when a new drug is being developed. Essentially, this means that once a medication is approved by the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA), it’s prescribed to …
Baby Blog: From Diapers to Decisions: MotherToBaby & NDBN Tackle Parents’ Top Concerns
By Lorrie Harris-Sagaribay, MPH, President of OTIS/MotherToBaby, in partnership with Joanne Samuel Goldblum, CEO and founder of National Diaper Bank Network. MotherToBaby is proud to partner with the National Diaper Bank Network (NDBN) as the organization marks its 15th anniversary in 2026 - celebrating a decade and a half of supporting families across the country by ensuring access to diapers and other essential material needs. Through our partnership, we’ve learned that many parents and …
