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NSAID Panel Could Give Naproxen Labeling Edge

 
• By Cathy Dombrowski

FDA’s Arthritis and Drug Safety and Risk Management advisory committees on Feb. 10-11 will examine cardiovascular risk data for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, including meta-analyses indicating naproxen could have a better safety profile than other OTC ingredients ibuprofen and ketoprofen.

OTC non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs could end up on the path to labels differentiating the safety of naproxen from other NSAID ingredients after FDA’s Arthritis and Drug Safety and Risk Management advisory committees discuss the analgesics’ cardiovascular thromboembolic risk in a joint meeting Feb. 10 and 11.

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