Multaq Panel Resolves Mortality Concerns, Looks At Restricted Claims
Executive Summary
With two sets of conflicting data in front of them, the Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee's first task for its review of Sanofi-Aventis' Multaq was to determine if the results were compatible. In the end, swayed by the positive findings in a narrower population, the committee supported a limited approval for dronedarone
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