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Food, Supplement Programs On Front Burner In FDA Budget Request

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

FDA asks for no direct appropriation increase for its drug programs, but again proposes additional user fees. The Obama administration's final budget proposal faces as much or more opposition than in any other session of a Republican-majority Congress during President Obama's two terms.

The narrative framing FDA's fiscal 2017 budget request emphasizes food safety as the agency asks to increase user fees for food and dietary supplement programs from just over $11m to more than $180m, partly by creating new fees, while boosting direct spending by around $25m.

The FDA request, part of the fiscal 2017 budget proposals for federal agencies the White House submitted to Congress on Feb. 9, asks for $13m more in user fees for...

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FTC Consumer Privacy Policy Driven By ‘Straw Man’ Arguments – Commissioner Holyoak

 
• By Eileen Francis

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’s New Commissioner ‘Dismayed’ By Agency Overreach

 
• By Eileen Francis

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. 

Beauty Brands Not On TikTok Shop ‘Really Missing Out’ – KO-Pack

 
• By Eileen Francis

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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SkinBioTherapeutics Raises Funds For Supplement Development And Launch

 
• By Tom Gallen

UK-based firm will use the capital to launch its AxisBiotix skin health supplements in Superdrug stores and to develop new product formats.

Wellness Firms Targeting GLP-1 Patients’ Dietary Needs Keep Option To Provide Access To Oral Rx

Health and wellness brands and retail chains providing access to prescriptions for compounded GLP-1 drugs, most also offering supplements curated to help meet dietary needs of GLP-1 patients, are offering formulations in oral form as well as injection.

Leonard Lauder, ‘Visionary’ Who Grew Estee Lauder Into Global Beauty Powerhouse, Passes At 92

 
• By Eileen Francis

The Estee Lauder Companies’ Chairman Emeritus Leonard Lauder, who is credited with growing his family’s firm into a global beauty powerhouse over six decades through the launch and acquisition of iconic brands and expansion into Europe, Asia and the Middle East, passed away 14 June.