Mannatech launches in Thailand; China facility becoming Clariant’s global health care support hub; Signs in Dollar General stores link to CHPA online pain relief product quiz; and Nutrawise counsel elected CRN board chair.
The Council for Responsible Nutrition on 15 November announced Tara Martin, Nutrawise Health & Beauty Corp. general counsel, will be board of directors chair for two years beginning in January.
Martin has been with Nutrawise and its YouTheory brand for six years and a member of CRN’s board since 2019
A round-up of the latest consumer health people moves: ANEFP elects president; Inula Group appoints CEO; Opella names ANZ head.
Trump’s first-term public health appointees “were serious people doing serious work in a bipartisan nature,” but HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy and other current presidential advisors “are not serious people,” says Massachusetts’ Jake Auchincloss.
Among FDA's diversions from accepted practices is not going “through the bureaucracy” of advisory committees for experts’ input on potential changes to improve the safety and nutrition profile of food products, says Commissioner Martin Makary.
“It was a little hard to begin after the change or the reduction in force. We're doing everything we can to do an assessment, restore some services of individuals, and also try to rebuild the culture, because it is a great culture,” says FDA Commissioner Martin Makary during FDLI conference.
Among FDA's diversions from accepted practices is not going “through the bureaucracy” of advisory committees for experts’ input on potential changes to improve the safety and nutrition profile of food products, says Commissioner Martin Makary.
“It’s quite likely [consumer wearable manufacturers] are changing the sensitivity and specificity based on consumer feedback, but not for medical reasons,” said Dipak Kotecha, a University of Birmingham professor of cardiology. Often, self-reported performance evidence from manufacturers is “low quality and biased.”
Commissioner Martin Makary’s repeated characterization of foreign facilities as being subject to lower standards than domestic counterparts may have contributed to Rogers’ decision to retire as head of the recently formed Office of Inspections and Investigations.
