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Chronic Conditions Data Emphasize Need For Additional, Innovative OTCs

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

An NIH-funded study shows 92% of older consumers have chronic conditions, the primary target of FDA’s Nonprescription Safe Use Regulatory Expansion initiative to facilitate more Rx-to-OTC switches. The agency also extends the comment period for its initiative on making more ingredients available through the OTC monograph process.

National Institutes of Health-backed research and the NIH director’s comments on the prevalence of chronic conditions underscore the significance of FDA initiatives to move Rx drugs to nonprescription, particularly for chronic conditions, and to add ingredients to OTC monographs.

A U.S. Census Bureau report, from research funded by NIH’s National Institute on Aging, shows that 92% of older consumers have a chronic condition

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