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UK Gov Encourages Rx-To-OTC Switch Applications For 16 Conditions And Indications

 
• By David Ridley

Sleep, pain, allergy and women's intimate health among the categories that the UK Department of Health and Social Care would like to see manufacturers submit Rx-to-OTC switch applications for.

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The UK government’s Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a list of 16 medical conditions and categories where it is encouraging Rx-to-OTC reclassification applications to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).

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