FDA relents from midodrine withdrawal plan

September 6, 2010, 12:47 pm by Associated Press Healthwire

By 2010-09-06T16:47:59Z NEW YORK (AP) -- Federal regulators have backed off a plan to remove a Shire PLC low blood-pressure treatment from the market after warning in August that the drug has not been proven effective....

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