FDA Opioid REMS Proposal Leaves Advisory Panel Wanting More - i.e. Mandatory Training
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Prior training programs have been much smaller in scope, OND Director John Jenkins points out.
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