Pfizer Lipitor OTC Bid Would Face An FDA Evolving On Switch Innovation
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Pfizer looks to lessons from prior statin attempts and an environment open to new ways to inform consumer decisions as it considers filing for a Lipitor switch, which will depend on the outcome of a large actual use trial.
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