CONJUGATED ESTROGENS DELTA-(8,9) DHES DATA PROVIDE "NO DIRECT EVIDENCE" OF CONTRIBUTION TO PREMARIN, FDA REPORT FINDS; DATA ON RELEVANT DOSES NEEDED
Executive Summary
The compound delta (8,9)-dehydroestrone sulfate has not been shown to have a direct contribution to Wyeth-Ayerst's Premarin in the data that has been submitted to FDA thus far, the agency concludes in a Nov. 1 report on the "Preliminary Analysis of Scientific Data on the Composition of Conjugated Estrogens."