In Switch Label Studies, FDA Carefully Reads Data On Low-Literacy Consumers
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Switch sponsors should include low-literacy subjects in label comprehension studies to address the “real risk” of taking an Rx product OTC, says a CDER Division of Nonprescription Drug Products social scientist. Self-selection studies similarly should include at-risk consumer populations.
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