Anticipation for the Food and Drug Administration’s continued rollout of a modernized and streamline OTC monograph program and a close watch on the possibility of the FDA imposing mandatory dietary supplement listing are priorities on the US consumer health’s regulatory radar for 2023.
US Consumer Health Industry In 2023: Monograph Results, Switch Hopes On OTC Drug Sector Radar
OTC drug and dietary supplement industry trade group executives discuss questions on potential market and regulatory developments affecting their members’ businesses. HBW Insight reports on OTC drug sector’s outlook for the FDA potentially publishing a final rule to expand switch opportunities as well as its anticipation of marketplace results from monograph program overhaul.

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