FDA Panel To Consider Calcitonin Drugs’ Need For Fracture Data In Light Of Potential Cancer Risk
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The Reproductive Health Drugs and Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committees will consider whether new calcitonin drugs for osteoporosis should show reduction in risk for fractures, a clinical benefit required of other osteoporosis medications.
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