FDA Aims To “NSURE” Clarity About New Paradigm For OTC Switches

FDA official Rikin Mehta assures stakeholders that the proposed new paradigm for Rx-to-OTC switches would not create a third class of drugs, give pharmacists prescribing power or eliminate the need for consumers to visit doctors.

FDA has clarified several misconceptions stated in comments by stakeholders about a potential new paradigm for evaluating Rx-to-OTC switches “under conditions of safe use,” including concerns that it would create a new class of drugs.

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