P&G’s NIOXIN Shows How To Address Hair Loss Without An FDA Warning

With FDA scrutinizing the marketplace for cosmetics promoted as drugs, and a clear cautionary statement from the agency about topical products marketed as hair growers or hair-loss preventers, beauty firms have little choice but to incorporate approved OTC drug ingredients in such products. P&G’s professional hair-care brand NIOXIN has done just that with its new Advanced Thinning range featuring minoxidil.

Procter & Gamble Co.’s NIOXIN professional hair-care unit launches Advanced Thinning products, demonstrating how adoption of FDA-approved over-the-counter drug ingredients can enable companies to address aging hair complaints without risk of inviting regulatory enforcement action.

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