TRETINOIN FOR WRINKLES, ELASTOSIS USED BY 17% OF PATIENTS AGES 55 TO 59, accounting for a "small proportion of [overall] tretinoin treatment," according to a study by Carol McConnell et al., Wake Forest University. Published in the February issue of the Journal of the Academy of American Dermatologists, the study sought to determine "at what ages patients are more likely to receive tretinoin for treatment of acne vulgaris versus other conditions," such as antiwrinkling and photoaging, "to provide a rational basis for insurers to set [age-based] coverage cut-offs." Many insurance companies do not reimburse patients over age 25 for tretinoin treatment "regardless of the reason for the prescription," the authors note.
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The US FTC’s contention that ‘notice and choice’ has failed as the cornerstone of consumer privacy regulation and must be abandoned in favor of data minimization and other more stringent measures does not adequately account for the complexity of business practices and consumer behavior, FTC commissioner Melissa Holyoak asserted at the NAD’s 2024 Annual Conference.
FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak says the agency has acted outside the bounds afforded by Congress, citing several areas within consumer protection, including a recent update to the final rule for the Health Breach Notification Rule and the commission’s use of notices of penalty offense to serve as the basis for Section 5 settlements.
At one year, TikTok Shop conjures the early days of Amazon, representing the ‘Wild West’ of beauty ecommerce, said co-founders of private label and contract manufacturing company KO-Pack at the IBA Cosmetics Convergence Fall 2024 Virtual Symposium, “The Promise and Pitfalls of TikTok Shop.”
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New York-based International Flavors & Fragrance, Inc. has shifted procurement to alternative supply sources and is balancing production across its global network in response to US tariffs, though company executives say ingredients for discretionary products face risk.
Including self-care in an upcoming UN General Assembly political declaration would be a “powerful signal that the global community is serious about non-communicable disease prevention and control,” argues the United for Self-Care Coalition, which includes the Global Self-Care Federation, International Self-Care Foundation and Imperial College London’s Self-Care Academic Research Unit.
Navamedic has launched Eroxon in Danish pharmacies giving men in the country OTC access to an ED treatment for the first time.
