Pharmacy Interests Back BTC Models For Third Class
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Retailers CVS and Walmart, as well as the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, advocate for a central role for pharmacists in enabling a new class of nonprescription drugs. In comments to FDA, NACDS also supports a switch model that will protect the existing OTC class.
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