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No OTC Sildenafil In Germany After Committee Rejects All Rx-To-OTC Switches

 
• By David Ridley

The German Expert Committee for Prescription has rejected the Rx-to-OTC reclassifications of sildenafil (50mg) for oral use and xylometazoline and ipratropium bromide for intranasal use. 

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Erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil will not be available in Germany without a prescription any time soon, after the country’s reclassification committee rejected all tabled Rx-to-OTC switches at its last sitting.

Alongside xylometazoline and ipratropium bromide combinations for intranasal use, the German Expert Committee for Prescription at its 25 January meeting...

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