FDA Delves Into Unexplored Issue: Adolescent Use Of OTC Drugs
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA has scheduled a public workshop to gather information on how adolescents use over-the-counter drugs, an area of consumer behavior research largely unexplored, the agency says in a notice prepared for the Nov. 5 Federal Register
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