Codeine Concerns Cough Up FDA's OTC Monograph Problems
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet
Executive Summary
Pew Charitable Trusts joins CHPA, medical groups in urging Congress to authorize moving the US monograph system to an administrative process and to authorize a monograph user fee program.
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