US Health Market In 2019: Unfinished Business Leaves Lasting Impression
Executive Summary
Examples of unfinished business from 2019 include no legislation passed to reform OTC monograph program; FDA putting off until May the planned publication of an NPRM to allow firms to submit OTC NDAs with extra-label information to help guide consumers' self-selection; and no OTC naloxone for opioid overdose approved even after FDA's unprecedented step of developing model DFLs sponsors could use for their own label comprehension studies.
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