Pharma Firms Stir OTC Market, FDA Hones Enforcement: Top Stories Of 2009
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Firms entering or expanding their presence in the OTC drug and nutritional product markets as part of pharmaceutical industry shuffling in 2009 attracted the attention of stakeholders already competing in those markets
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