In Brief

Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch cruised to a primary victory June 26 over Tea Party challenger Dan Liljenquist, virtually ensuring the supplement industry stalwart will remain in the Senate another six years. Hatch is the heavy favorite in November’s general election against Democrat and former Utah state senate leader Scott Howell. First elected to the Senate in 1977, Hatch plans to retire in 2018 at the end of his seventh term, when he will be 84 years old. He would begin 2013 as the Senate’s most senior Republican and third in overall chamber seniority. Hatch was an architect of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act and most recently pressured FDA on the new dietary ingredient notification draft guidance, which the agency has agreed to revise Also see "FDA Revision Of NDI Draft Guidance Starts With Grandfathered List" - Pink Sheet, 25 June, 2012..

The Senate passed the FDA Safety and Innovation Act by a 92-4 vote June 26 to reauthorize the agency’s prescription...