FDA Standardizing REMS Re-Enrollment Procedures
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Common registration site for participants in REMS was endorsed by several panel members during a joint meeting of the Drug Safety and Risk Management and Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committees.
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