FDA approves Flumist consumers can use at home for prevention of flu caused by virus subtypes A and B in individuals 2 through 49 years old in a proposal submitted by AstraZeneca’s MedImmune.
The extent of Rx medicines US consumers can receive in the mail from pharmacies to use at home without first getting prescriptions, much like they do with myriad OTC drugs and dietary supplements, has reached flu vaccines.
The Food and Drug Administration on 20 September announced approval of FluMist (influenza vaccine live) intranasal consumers can use at home for prevention of the flu caused by influenza virus subtypes A and B in individuals 2 through 49 years old in a proposal submitted by
An application for melatonin as an OTC medicine is on the agenda for the next German switch committee meeting, despite the hormone being widely available in food supplements. Acyclovir as a buccal tablet and second-generation antihistamine rupatadine are also up for discussion.
HBW Insight catches up with UK OTC industry association CEO Michelle Riddalls to talk about digital self-care and the unrealized promise of Brexit - part 2.
Engaging with EU member state legislators, stressing the impact of national EPR systems on the accessibility, availability, and affordability of medicines, reformulating products to reduce their financial contribution, and lobbying for expanding the scope of EPR schemes to include other polluting industries are all ways that the European consumer health industry can try and influence the way that the revised Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive is transposed into national legislation, law firm Mason Hayes & Curran explains.
