Limited Approval Expected for Mentor Corp. Drug:...
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Limited Approval Expected for Mentor Corp. Drug: The Santa Barbara company said the FDA has indicated that its Urethrin drug will be approved to treat male post-prostatectomy incontinence. But a Mentor officer said the company was “shocked” at the FDA’s refusal to grant the same status to the drug for use in female incontinence--the largest potential market for the drug. Mentor’s stock dropped $6.875 a share to close at $19.375.
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