Room For Innovative Switches Could Lurk In Existing FDA Framework
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
When firms suggest submitting switch NDAs for “something that would be worth engaging on, we’re not going to tell you no,” says FDA nonprescription drug program chief Theresa Michele.
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