OTC Switch Interest Cooled By Study Costs To Update Safety Data
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet
Executive Summary
Firms often are hesitant to prepare Rx-to-OTC switch applications because safety and efficacy data for their products are over a decade old, notes health care consultant Laura Mahecha.
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