Sanofi's iGlarLixi: Two Formulations Raise FDA Red Flag On Dosing Errors
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Sponsor's plan to market two self-injectable pens with different fixed-ratio concentrations of insulin glargine and lixisenatide may result in patients getting inappropriate dose, FDA says in advisory committee briefing documents that also question clinical utility.
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