Updated: ImprimisRx's Approval And Superiority Claims For Compounded Drug Draw FDA Warning

The company known for compounding versions of Martin Shkreli’s Daraprim and Allergan’s Restasis is hit with a warning letter for promotions in professional periodicals about its compounded eye drop.

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The US FDA objects to promotions for a compounded eye drop product. • Source: Shutterstock

The pharmaceutical compounding company ImprimisRx LLC has once again run afoul of the US Food and Drug Administration for misleading promotions about one of its products.

The agency’s Division of Pharmaceutical Quality Operations IV sent the company a warning letter in June objecting to claims...

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