Trade group's journal shows how its targeted campaign is likely influencing teens’ perceptions of DXM abuse.“Bait-and-switch” approach aims to educate teens looking online for information on how to abuse cough/cold OTC medications.
A Consumer Healthcare Products Association-commissioned study on the effectiveness of its Stop Medicine Abuse campaign shows that education campaigns can prevent dextromethorphan abuse by teenagers and should quell concerns that the ingredient should no longer be available OTC.
“Because the results of targeted abuse-mitigation efforts seem positive, this ingredient should remain accessible to consumers over the counter,” CHPA said in the study published June 23 online
EU-level joint clinical assessments conducted under the Health Technology Assessment Regulation need to be more flexible when it comes to evidence requirements, according to experts speaking at a gene and cell therapy conference.
During its first quarter earnings call, Moderna avoided criticizing vaccine policy changes, but de-emphasized its flu/COVID-19 vaccine for those under age 50 and prioritized cancer programs.
US HHS Advisor Calley Means said new pathways for root-cause treatments are part of the HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vision for the FDA. But what most biopharma companies consider preventative medicines are not what he has in mind, nor does he seem to see those companies as part of the solution.
