Wellpoint’s agency well-visit
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA still is "actively working on" Wellpoint Health Network's petition to forcibly switch all low- and non-sedating antihistamines from prescription status, FDA promises the insurer in an Aug. 5 letter. Wellpoint urged Acting FDA Commissioner Lester Crawford, PhD, to reply to its 1998 and 2000 petitions to switch Pfizer's Zyrtec, Schering-Plough's Clarinex and Aventis' Allegra over the counter in a recent letter (1"The Tan Sheet" July 26, 2004, p. 6)...