PMI files modified risk application

Philip Morris International said yesterday it had submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products a Modified Risk Tobacco Product (MRTP) application for its electronically heated tobacco product.

‘This is consistent with the company’s stated goal of submitting its MRTP application in 2016, the company said in a note posted on its website.

‘PMI anticipates the FDA taking a minimum of 60 days to complete an administrative review to determine whether to accept the application for substantive review.’