Pacira’s Long Day With Exparel
Executive Summary
Many an unfortunate NDA sponsor has faced a long day when heading into US FDA advisory committee review. But Pacira faced a really long day for the review of a supplemental indication of Exparel. In fact, it was a day and a half.
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