Record-Setting REMS: FDA’s Classwide Opioid Program Will Be “Massive”
Executive Summary
FDA is starting the process of developing a classwide Risk Evaluation & Mitigation Strategy for potent opioid drug products - with the resulting program expected to be the most extensive REMS required by the agency since the implementation of the FDA Amendments Act
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