US FDA Still Seeking Sponsor Cooperation For Oncology Label Updates
Executive Summary
Oncology Center of Excellence is reviewing a research report on fluorouracil, and will next look to update cisplatin's label, but eventually must convince the reference product sponsor to submit the changes.
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