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House Passes US OTC Monograph Reform And Committee Clears HSA Change

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

Next step for OTC monograph reform legislation is Senate consideration; market exclusivity periods are likely focus of House/Senate conference. Separate bill to allow consumers to use health savings accounts to buy OTC drugs without a doctor's prescription clears House Ways and Means panel.

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The US House of Representatives has been busy on consumer health products policy, making progress on one proposal to streamline how FDA evaluates OTC monograph proposals and another on how consumers can pay for nonprescription drugs.

On July 16, the full chamber passed the Over-the-Counter Monograph Safety, Innovation, and Reform Act of 2018, H.R. 5333. It...

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