Five of 11 echinacea products fall short in examination by online testing firm, with lower-than-claimed amounts of compounds such as echinacosides and phenols the most common failing. Consumerlab gave a thumbs up to echinacea supplements marketed under the Nature's Resource, Nutrilite, Puritan's Pride, Sundown and Vitamin World brands. President Tod Cooperman, MD, says negative results may arise because "the wrong plant species or plant part may be used; levels of important plant chemicals may be low if the herb is not properly grown, harvested, processed, shipped and stored; and lead levels may be high due to contaminated soil"...
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The budget authority total, which is significantly higher than the amount floated in an April OMB draft document, suggests there may have been successful lobbying to increase FDA funding.
In this first in a series of articles looking at the potential impact of the MFN drug pricing policy on European pharmaceutical markets, EUCOPE’s Alexander Natz tells the Pink Sheet why the US policy underscores the importance of confidential net pricing.
The International Council for Harmonisation has identified four new topics that can benefit from global regulatory alignment, with timelines for initiating work to be determined later.
