Asking Advisors About Phenylephrine Efficacy May Portend FDA Taking Streamlined Monograph Steps
Executive Summary
NDAC will discuss whether data supports oral phenylephrine’s GRASE as nasal decongestant. Potential for removing phenylephrine from monograph could be linked to restricting nonprescription pseudoephedrine drugs to behind-the-counter sales since 2006 and overhaul of FDA monograph program authorized in 2020.
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