A citizen petition is a tool for petitioning the government which, properly applied, can be used to:
1. Advance the goal(s) of a pharmaceutical company;
2. Gain advantage(s) against a competitor (branded or generic); or
3. Alert the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of a potential public health hazard.
These objectives need not be mutually exclusive. Although we focus here on drugs—prescription and over-the-counter—citizen petitions have been used in other regulated categories such as dietary supplements.
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