Could Forest's DDMAC Letter For Off-Label Promotion Doom CEO Solomon?
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
A physician complained to FDA's "Bad Ad" program about a Forest Laboratories sales representative's off-label claims for the fibromyalgia drug Savella.
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