ZOVIRAX OTC SWITCH APPLICATION: PHYSICIAN ROLE IN PATIENT EDUCATION
Executive Summary
ZOVIRAX OTC SWITCH APPLICATION: PHYSICIAN ROLE IN PATIENT EDUCATION will be considered by FDA as part of its review of Burroughs Wellcome's Rx-to-OTC switch application for Zovirax (acyclovir), OTC Drug Evaluation Office Director Michael Weintraub, MD, indicated during a Tufts University-sponsored May 24 forum on switches. With the genital herpes OTC indication being sought for Zovirax, FDA is "exploring...a new role for doctors, pharmacists and nurses -- that of teachers," Weintraub said.