Consumers, Health Practitioners Heeded FDA’s Call For WEN-Related AEs
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA’s safety alert in July, asking WEN users and their doctors to share information regarding hair loss-related adverse events, yielded approximately 1,000 reports in just over two months, contributing to a massive increase in cosmetic AE reports for FY 2016.
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