Shared REMS For Transmucosal Fentanyls Could Expand Market For Meda’s Onsolis As It Exits More Restrictive Program
This article was originally published in Pharmaceutical Approvals Monthly
Executive Summary
Class-wide Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy for transmucosal immediate-release fentanyl products will begin operations in March 2012, with participants in REMS for individual products to be transitioned automatically to the new system.
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