Triclosan eventually may be eliminated entirely from OTC antiseptic drug products through FDA rulemaking, but it's still used in Colgate Total toothpastes to combat gingivitis and in cosmetics where it functions as a preservative. In a newly published paper, the Environmental Working Group and 200 international scientists and medical professionals express concern about the ingredient's use in those categories as well.
The Environmental Working Group may be gearing up for a fresh assault on the cosmetics industry’s use of triclosan, in large part fueled by FDA’s ban on the ingredient in OTC antibacterial soaps.
The NGO issued a release June 20 touting the Florence Statement on Triclosan and Triclocarban, which it helped to develop in 2016. The manifesto is backed by more...
Bayer's Iberogast Advance's combination of six herbal ingredients may produce a synergistic effect that acts on multiple underlying issues contributing to digestive disorders like functional dyspepsia (FD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a recently published study suggests.
Effective date for ACNU OTC switch final rule and finding of severe itching from long-term use of common allergy ingredients are bookends for limits of FDA’s authority for product label changes.
The evidence underpinning the “polluter pays” principle of the revised Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive - which calls on Europe's pharmaceutical industry to cough up at least 80% of the cost of updating wastewater treatment facilities - is looking increasingly shaky, according to a new report.
Germany’s Federal Institute for Risk Assessment says that there is "no evidence that people with androgenetic alopecia have special dietary needs or a special nutrient requirement.”
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,
French consumer health player Urgo has added to its dietary supplements offering with separate deals in Poland and Belgium.
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.
