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One OTC Statin Out, One More To Go

  • January 17, 2005

I was somewhat relieved to read an FDA advisory committee rejected Merck's request to grant over-the-counter (OTC) status to Mevachor late Friday afternoon. Folks, it didn't look good early on, as Mevachor sailed through early voting last Thursday by the FDA. What I suspect had much to do with the committee's final decision: A Merck's study, which simulated pharmacies selling Mevacor, failed to show consumers could properly decide on their own whether to take the statin. (Although the...
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