OTC Monograph 'Disruption' Could Ride On PDUFA Reauthorization's Back

Changing the monograph process would be "one example of where disruption can be positive," CEO Scott Melville says at CHPA's executive conference. Legislation that would be added to the PDUFA reauthorization could be the best chance for monograph reform, but will be a lengthy process.

Failing to improve FDA's OTC monograph process would be as disruptive to the industry as failing to capitalize on consumers' growing reliance on the digital marketplace would be for drug firms, say the Consumer Healthcare Products Association chief executive and its board chairman.

During the trade group's executive conference focused on disruptive forces in the industry and marketplace, CHPA President and CEO Scott Melville and board Chairman Patrick Lockwood-Taylor, a Procter & Gamble Co

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