June 27, 2023 03:36 PM EDT

Almost 40 years after an adcomm's warning: FDA and sponsors withdraw approval for anabolic steroid

Zachary Brennan

Senior Editor

The FDA announced that it’s withdrawing the approval of Gemini Laboratories’ anabolic steroid Oxandrin (oxandrolone) and four generic versions, a decades-old treatment once indicated for …

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Almost 40 years after an adcomm's warning: FDA and sponsors withdraw approval for anabolic steroid

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Al­most 40 years af­ter an ad­com­m's warn­ing: FDA and spon­sors with­draw ap­proval for an­a­bol­ic steroid

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