OTC Monographs Face Obsolescence In Shadow Of NDA Products
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Many monograph OTCs are overshadowed in the marketplace by NDA products and have much less space on store shelves. With some NDA-approved ingredients moved to monographs, FDA pre-market approval would no longer be required and more firms could make those products.
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