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Sunscreen Industry's Plan For First Ingredient MUsT Estimates 2023 Completion

 
• By Eileen Francis

Personal Care Product Council submits work plan to FDA setting 2023 date for completing MUsT trial on one of eight UV filters, with additional trials to follow. Research firm considers the estimate consistent with the industry's experience with the trials, but says it could design and conduct the required pilot and pivotal studies in six months.

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The sunscreen product industry’s work plan for tests to support the safety and effectiveness of eight UV filters that could be removed from the US market under a proposed rule sets a 2023 completion date for a maximum usage trial on the first formulation.

Meanwhile, an executive with a research firm that has conducted MUsT sunscreen ingredient trials for the Food and Drug Administration says the Personal Care Products Council's estimate in its proposed plan reflects the industry's experience with the

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