'Dear Doctor Mom' – US FDA Urged To Find Way To Reach Pediatric Patient Parents With Safety Updates
Executive Summary
How should FDA make sure new safety information gets widely disseminated – especially against a history of many communications that have not shown the sustained ability to reach the most active prescribers? The agency got an earful of suggestions from the most recent safety review of the asthma/allergy drug montelukast.
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