EMA’s Frias Defends EU Centralized Switch Procedure Despite Only Delivering Four Reclassifications In 10 Years

Despite delivering only four switches in 10 years, the European Union’s centralized switch procedure was defended by the EMA's Zaide Frias at AESGP's March regulatory conference. Frias pointed to the recent success of HRA Pharma's EllaOne, to the role of pharmacists in driving switches and to the possibility of an OTC Expert Forum as ways forward for the procedure.