Suffix Smackdown: Gottlieb Calls Issue 'Red Herring' For Biosimilars
Executive Summary
'This is important for our own pharmacovigilance,' US FDA commissioner says. 'We still have an open question on whether or not we’re going to apply a suffix or change also the branded company’s name as well.'
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