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Switch Movement: Overview of Various Key Attributes on Regulatory Scenario of OTC Legislations in U.S.By Gaurav Agnihotri, Deepak Pandurang Belsare
Abstract: The Rx-to-OTC switch was a phenomenal success in USA, which was based on risk/benefit ratio of all scientific evidences in collaboration with FDA, manufacturer and consumers. Different surveys speak about the success stories of Rx-to-OTC movement as consumers experience the benefit from self-care in terms of empowerment, convenience, savings of money and time, etc. OTC perspective of scientific and regulatory bodies is based upon a valid procedure and just not …
Published in Research & Reviews: A Journal of Drug Formulation, Development and Production · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 24–31 Read article →
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Overview of Regulatory Scenario on Switch Mechanism for Over The Counter class in European Countries, and Assessing its Effectiveness on Self-Care ManagementBy Gaurav Agnihotri, Sonal Shidhore, Abhijit Chile, Vijay Patil, Deepak Pandurang Belsare
Abstract: Short term self-medication has tremendous power in lowering the burden of medical practitioners. Responsible self-care allows everyone to maintain their healthcare status with limited involvement in obtaining guidance from other health care practitioners such as pharmacists, etc. Although most of the EU countries have adopted to formal procedure of switch to change the class from Rx to OTC category, still there are chances to harmonize the mechanism of switch process …
Published in Research & Reviews: A Journal of Drug Formulation, Development and Production · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 17–23 Read article →