摘要

In order to optimize the OTC drug marketing path and enrich the choices of self-medication for Chinese civilians, this paper reviewed the development of OTC drug marketing path in the United States from two dimensions: history and status quo, aiming to find out the regulatory consideration behind the establishment of the Direct-to-OTC pathway, the monograph pathway and Rx-to-OTC switch pathway, and enlighten the future work of the OTC reform in China.