OTC drug labeling

FDA is "toying around with the idea of coming up with [an OTC] label" similar to the one devised for foods and dietary supplements under the Nutrition Labeling & Education Act, OTC Monograph Review Staff Director William Gilbertson told a Society of Cosmetic Chemists symposium in Orlando, Fla. on Oct. 3. Gilbertson pointed out that although "you wouldn't be able to get all the drug inforamtion in that box, ... you could get the essential information in and that could be supplemented by other labeling." He noted that the idea for a standardized facts box came up during a recent meeting with FDA Commissioner David Kessler "about ways to deal with diet pills".