New DTC Ad Guidance Needed To Eliminate Ambiguity, Ex-FDAer Pitts Says
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
A new direct-to-consumer advertising guidance is needed to eliminate regulatory ambiguity, former Associate Commissioner for External Relations Peter Pitts said
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