The proton pump inhibitor's licensee responds to the agency's January complete response letter that detailed concerns about making Zegerid available OTC, according to drug originator Santarus June 9. Zegerid (omeprazole 20 mg/sodium bicarbonate) would likely face an increasingly crowded OTC PPI market, since FDA approved Novartis'/Takeda Pharmaceuticals' yet-to-launch Prevacid 24HR (lansoprazole 15 mg) in May (1"The Tan Sheet" May 18, 2009, p. 3)
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Advanz Pharma would have had to show that the European Commission’s decision to revoke Ocaliva’s conditional marketing approval risked causing serious and irreparable harm, according to lawyers from Van Bael & Bellis.
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