Shire Shrugs Off Lifitegrast CRL; Launch Expected In 2016
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
An early warning, and preparation, helped Shire PLC to blunt the impact of a US FDA complete response letter for its dry-eye candidate lifitegrast.
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