OTC and Rx Nicoderm effectiveness "comparable," Hoechst Marion Roussel says.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
OTC v. Rx NICODERM EFFECTIVENESS "COMPARABLE" in studies on the nicotine patch presented by Hoechst Marion Roussel Clinical Research VP Charles Gorodetzky, MD/PhD, at an April 19 meeting of FDA's Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee and members of the agency's Drug Abuse Advisory Committee. NDAC voted 9-0 that Nicoderm and McNeil Consumer Products' Nicotrol patch are safe and effective as OTC smoking cessation aids ("The Tan Sheet" April 22, p. 1).