Pfizer Proposes Criteria To Allow Free Phytosterol CHD Reduction Claim
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA should allow CHD reduction claims for nonesterified phytosterol supplements to that disperse efficiently from tablet form and help block cholesterol uptake, Pfizer argues in comments to the agency.
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