FDA plans to sweep unapproved drugs off of the market

An FDA official recently told reps of 65 companies that sell unapproved drugs that the agency plans to step up efforts to remove such products from the market. The agency states that many doctors, patients, pharmacists, and consumers are unaware that some medications on the market (including 2% of prescription drugs) have never been scrutinized by the FDA.

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