FDA’s Disparate Treatment Of Fibrinogen Products ‘Defies Logic,’ Octapharma Contends
Executive Summary
Suit says FDA wrongly classified the fibrinogen products of three blood centers as ‘blood components’ exempt from clinical trials while classifying Octapharma’s Fibryga as a ‘blood derivative’ subject to clinical studies.
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