Effient Approval Shows Mark Of FDA Controls
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Postmarketing trials offer opportunity to investigate a possible means to control the bleeding caused by prasugrel, but REMS includes messaging aimed at limited off-label use.
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