FDA for the first time exercises its mandatory recall authority over food and supplement products to order Triangle Pharmanaturals, which opened for business in Las Vegas in April 2017, to recall all of the kratom-containing products it has distributed and to cease distributing additional products.The agency also notes in the announcement that it continues to scrutinize kratom's safety unrelated to contamination.
A Las Vegas dietary supplement marketer in business for one year might not reach its second after ignoring FDA's request to recall kratom products contaminated with salmonella.
FDA on April 3 announced that for the first time it exercised its mandatory recall authority over food and supplement products to order Triangle Pharmanaturals LLC to recall all the kratom-containing products it has distributed and to cease distributing additional products
Just under half of Austrian pharmacists surveyed by Elpato Medien are “convinced that the OTC business will ensure the survival of their pharmacy.”
An application for melatonin as an OTC medicine is on the agenda for the next German switch committee meeting, despite the hormone being widely available in food supplements. Acyclovir as a buccal tablet and second-generation antihistamine rupatadine are also up for discussion.
HBW Insight catches up with UK OTC industry association CEO Michelle Riddalls to talk about digital self-care and the unrealized promise of Brexit - part 2.
