Proposal is counter to fundamental of FDA platform for approving drugs as either Rx or OTC, with a formulation of a drug with a certain indication available in one class, not both. CHPA says the proposal also runs counter to encouraging pharma firms to invest in research needed for OTC switches.
Allowing simultaneous Rx and OTC sales of the same drug, a part of a US proposed rule for facilitating OTC switches, could help pharma firms “have the best of both worlds” but also could become a disincentive for investing in preparing applications to move ingredients to nonprescription.
In a separate reference in its recent notice on preparing applications for OTC distribution of naloxone, the Food and Drug...
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 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.
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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UK-based firm will use the capital to launch its AxisBiotix skin health supplements in Superdrug stores and to develop new product formats.
Health and wellness brands and retail chains providing access to prescriptions for compounded GLP-1 drugs, most also offering supplements curated to help meet dietary needs of GLP-1 patients, are offering formulations in oral form as well as injection.
The Estee Lauder Companies’ Chairman Emeritus Leonard Lauder, who is credited with growing his family’s firm into a global beauty powerhouse over six decades through the launch and acquisition of iconic brands and expansion into Europe, Asia and the Middle East, passed away 14 June.
