Alexion’s Soliris REMS Gets FDA Panel Review In Wider Evaluation Effort
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
FDA advisory committee will revisit REMS for ultra-rare disease drug as part of larger agency effort to evaluate the effectiveness of the safety programs.
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