In Comments And In Person, Pharmacist Groups Remind US FDA They'll Provide ACNU Help
Executive Summary
Pharmacist groups’ representatives, in meeting with FDA officials, reiterate argument for greater role in access to OTCs through “additional conditions for nonprescription use.” Group not at meeting, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, suggests “intermediate approach to nonprescription status.”
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