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Supplements' Mandatory Adverse Event Reporting Portends Cosmetics' Potential Future

 
• By Ryan Nelson

Supplement firms' reports of serious adverse events jump since becoming mandatory in 2008 and FDA warnings on failures to report have been on the rise as companies labor to keep up with investigations and reporting duties. Similar challenges could lie ahead for cosmetics firms under House and Senate bills.

The dietary supplement industry's experience could offer a preview of the cosmetics industry's future under legislation to require manufacturers to report serious adverse events to FDA within 15 business days of receiving the information.

The Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act of 2006 made serious adverse-event reporting mandatory for supplement makers, and monograph OTC drugs, and AERs linked to supplement products more...

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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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• By Ryan Nelson

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FDA Draft Guidance Waves Green Flag On Changing Color Additives For Drugs In US

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

In a nod to drug manufacturers’ potential interest in moving to natural alternatives for petroleum-based synthetic dyes the agency intends to remove from use, document explains process for asking for approval for “any dye, pigment, or other substance that can impart color to a food, drug, cosmetic,

Urgo Makes Moves In Poland And Belgium

 
• By Tom Gallen

French consumer health player Urgo has added to its dietary supplements offering with separate deals in Poland and Belgium.

Cosmetics Industry: Push Congress To Apply Pressure On MoCRA – Attorney

 
• By Eileen Francis

The US cosmetics industry, particularly small- and medium-sized businesses, should reach out to their representatives in Congress to encourage pressure on the US Food and Drug Administration to implement cosmetics reform, despite agency staff cuts.