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|Slideshows|June 17, 2015
10 FDA-Approved Drugs for Primary Care
Author(s)Grace Halsey
Since January 2015, the FDA has approved more than a dozen drugs indicated for primary care diseases. Here, a quick slide update on 10 of them.
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Since January 2015, the FDA has approved more than a dozen medications indicated for primary care diseases. In the slides above, a brief look at 10 of the newest approvals, starting with the most recent.
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