Endo Aveed’s Safety Problems Weigh On Cmte., But Hope For Narrower Population Tips Scale For Some
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
FDA’s Reproductive Health Drugs and Risk Management advisory committees split on whether the safety of Endo’s injectable testosterone Aveed is safe for the proposed indication, with many on both sides seeing value in the drug for patients who “have to take testosterone.”
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