FDA’s Pradaxa Review Overemphasized Efficacy, Safety Experts Argue
Executive Summary
Critique in the British Medical Journal of FDA’s review of Boehringer Ingelheim’s anticoagulant concludes agency should have approved a low-dose version, touching off a classic drug safety debate about the value of encouraging use of a potentially risky product.
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