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US FDA Reorganization Branches Out Supplement Industry Regulation, Adds Enforcement Unit

OTC Drug Office Moved In CDER, Cosmetic Programs To Chief Scientist Office

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

Finished product following Reagan-Udall food safety programs review establishes Human Foods Program in commissioner’s office while also realigning centers, offices and divisions across agency to improve collaboration with regulatory affairs, which conducts facility inspections and other field operations.

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The US Food and Drug Administration’s agency-wide reorganization could assuage dietary supplement industry stakeholders' concerns by keeping on its nomenclature an office focused on their products but also adding a separate enforcement unit.

The FDA’s unit focused on OTC drugs also continues, though it has a new home within the Center for Drug...

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