Drug Shortages: Generic Industry’s Self Regulation Proposal Questioned At House Hearing
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Mylan’s Heather Bresch still has questions and House members ask whether it could coexist with mandatory FDA reporting legislation.
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