Specter of Bromday Dispute Will Haunt Advisory Panel Discussion of Ophthalmic Product Labeling Changes
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Ista Pharmaceuticals’ rejected sNDA for a larger fill size of its ocular agent Bromday won’t be on the formal agenda, but the company will be presenting at the meeting, and the subject is bound to be on the minds of FDA’s Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committee.
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