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Cosmetics Provisions Unlikely To Catch Ride On FDA User-Fee Bill

 
• By Lauren Nardella

With the release of an atypically lean, clean FDA user-fee reauthorization draft bill, it’s doubtful that cosmetics regulatory reform language will get tacked onto the must-pass legislation. Stakeholders likely will refocus their efforts on standalone cosmetics legislation to modernize FDA’s oversight of the industry.

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Standalone cosmetics legislation may now be the best bet for regulatory reform following the release of draft user-fee reauthorization legislation largely free of the add-ins and tag-alongs that have made previous iterations mini FDA-reform bills.

And that means that advocates for an update to the cosmetics regulatory framework may be in for a wait or at least face an uphill struggle, as such reform is not expected to be

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