Subtle
behind-the-counter screening speeds small airport's process.
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Provinces and territories will now have to decide whether to leave the pills as a
behind-the-counter drug or whether to go one step further, allowing pharmacies to put them on the shelf for totally unrestricted sale.
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However, if the TSA sticks with its plan, which Barker has already approved as adequate, the airport could agree to pay the entire cost of the
behind-the-counter layout to get what it wants.
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The FDA reps asked whether the access problem would be solved by an age restriction or the creation of a third class of pharmaceutical distribution, such as the
behind-the-counter status used in Canada and the United Kingdom.
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration has no immediate plans to seek establishment of a new, behind-the-counter class of drugs, officials said at a meeting on the topic in November.
The agency decided to take another look at BTC (behind-the-counter) drugs because consumers increasingly are involved in their own health care and frequently use the Internet not just to access information, but also to buy products without a physician's advice or counsel, Dr.
Opinions diverge on idea of behind-the-counter drug class
Several panelists in the FDA statin hearings said they wouldn't vote for over-the-counter access but would happily go for a behind-the-counter option if one were available.
In the absence of any evidence that behind-the-counter screening increases consumer caution, some doctors see this option as little more than a way to make skittish regulators more comfortable with the transition to over-the-counter status.
And while the behind-the-counter trend seems to be moving toward easier access, it can also lurch backward.
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