US FDA Approval Of Valeant’s Siliq Comes With REMS, Boxed Warning
Executive Summary
Measures are aimed at mitigating risk of suicidal ideation and behavior with the psoriasis drug, but company will not have to conduct a postmarketing registry to evaluate this risk.
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