Malcolm Spicer

Malcolm Spicer

US Consumer Health Managing Editor

Washington, DC

Malcolm has expertly covered the OTC drug and nutritional supplement industries and markets since 2006. He provides authoritative and highly analytical insight into how and why the US Food and Drug Administration regulates OTC drugs, including homeopathics, and nutritional supplement manufacturing and marketing and also how companies competing in these industries can most efficiently and effectively comply with FDA regulations, the cornerstone for their success.

Latest from Malcolm Spicer

US Consumer Health Market People News: Icy Hot Sponsors Unrivaled, WNBA Players Invest In Mela

NutriFusion adds development, innovation head; Dymatize adds tennis pro, Olympic medalist Tommy Paul to Squad; Icy Hot sponsors Unrivaled women’s hoops league; WNBA’s Stevens, Evans invest in, promote Mela Vitamins.

In Exit Message, FTC Consumer Protection Chief Urges Return Of 13(b) Monetary Relief Authority

“We have made significant strides in finding new ways to return money to consumers, but a fix to our 13(b) authority is badly needed,” says Sam Levine.

Using Synthetic Dye For Cherry-Pink Shade In US Ends In 2 Years For Supplements, 3 For Oral Drugs

Supplement and food product firms have until January 2027 and oral drug product firms have until a year later to stop using Red No. 3, FDA decides in approving 2022 petition filed by public health advocacy groups.

FTC Proposed Rule Change Targeting Direct Sellers Gets Direct Challenge From Incoming GOP Majority

FTC seeks comment on three proposals to “strengthen the agency’s tools to curb deceptive earnings claims in industries where they are pervasive: multi-level marketing programs and money-making opportunities.” However, Republican members say they’ll reconsider the proposals as a majority after Trump takes office.

Clean Label Project’s ‘Wake Up Call’ About Protein Powder Purity Prompts Alarm From CRN

Testing by third-party lab accumulated 35,862 data points from 70 brands and 160 products as a benchmark for the study’s findings. Council for Responsible Nutrition criticized the study as lacking “critical context” and potentially “misleading consumers rather than empowering them.”

US Consumer Health People Moves: Perrigo Science And Haleon US Customer Chiefs, More

Volleyball great Gabby Reece promotes Stemregen Sport; eye care pharma Harrow changes scientific lead; sisters partner to launch Renew-V vaginal moisturizer; Haleon tabs former Unilever executive as chief customer officer; and former Bayer executive leads Perrigo’s expanded scientific office.