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

Perrigo Isn’t What It Was 10 Years Ago While Changes Still Demand More Strategy Shifts

“Four or five major acquisitions over the last few years repositioned it, a 140-year-old company, from being a B-to-B company to B-to B-to-C company. That is a major enterprise strategy shift,” says CEO Patrick Lockwood-Taylor.

Solving Perrigo’s Organizational ‘Jigsaw’? ‘Doubling Down On The Fundamentals’

“In a very siloed organization made up of a jigsaw of different companies, no one was thinking enterprise first,” says Perrigo CEO Patrick Lockwood-Taylor. “The fundamentals of running operations, brand-building, innovation, they are now as they were.”

Consumer Healthcare M&A, Investment Advisor Receives CHPA Lifetime Achievement Award

At opening session of CHPA’s annual Self-Care Leadership Summit on March 17 in Orlando, it presented Fuad Sawaya its highest honor named for Ivan Combe, an industry pioneer who served on its board from 1958 until 2000.

Novella Innovative Hires CEO In ‘Pivotal Year’ For Plant-Cell-Based Health, Wellness Ingredients

Antonio Martinez Descalzo has more than 20 years' experience in life sciences, health and nutraceutical industries, including with food and beverage giant ADM. Israeli firm has completed pilot production and is moving into full manufacturing.

US Facility Fee Rates Drop 50% As Later Due Date Set In OMUFA Reauthorization Trims FDA’s Costs

FY 2026 OMUFA facility fees are $19,188 for OTC monograph drug manufacturers and $12,792 for contract manufacturing organizations also making the products. FY 2025 fees were $37,556 and $25,037.

K-Pop Star Represents Pure Lab’s Dr. Althea Brand

Campaign launched with video featuring Jang Won-Young away from her glamorous stage image in quiet, everyday moments to reflect the brand's philosophy, "When Skin Heals, You Bloom."