Compliance
Recommendations to mitigate attrition among clinical research and drug manufacturing investigators at the FDA have not been implemented, and a Strategic Workforce Plan aimed at addressing recruiting, retention and training challenges has been shelved, the Government Accountability Office said.
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority is calling on manufacturers of food supplements marketed for children containing zinc picolinate and/or selenium to withdraw these products from the market within six months of the notice.
AI is rapidly reshaping consumer health advertising across Europe, supporting creative work, compliance checks and regulatory oversight, according to a recently published report by UK consumer healthcare industry association, PAGB.
Agency following what Commissioner Martin Makary says is President Trump’s instruction to “do what's medically right, to go bold and not worry about the corporations and the lobbyists.”
Legal experts say a recent warning letter from the US FDA to a maker of dental products could upend a long-standing dental industry view that its operations and products are exempt from agency oversight.
FDA admonishes five marketers for straying from approved sunscreen dosage forms in recent warning letters. Violative delivery formats render products unapproved drugs and misbranded.
A panel of regulatory pros offered stakeholders tips for avoiding FDA citations after facility inspections. The July 29 webinar, hosted by ProPharma and Hyman Phelps and McNamara, follows the agency’s May announcement that it plans to up random foreign inspections.
Recent FDA warning letter claims Boston firm specializing in wearable technology marketed a blood pressure device without agency approval, but the company rejects the assertion and says the agency is out of step with federal regulations.
“RRAs are valuable oversight tools and under certain circumstances, can assist FDA in its mission to protect public health, oversee regulated industry, and help ensure regulated products comply with FDA requirements,” according to final guidance.
The 1,383 entries on OMUFA arrears list for facility registrations from FY2021 through FY2025 on FDA’s list exceeds its estimate of 1,134 entities subject to the fee for FY2025.
In a nod to drug manufacturers’ potential interest in moving to natural alternatives for petroleum-based synthetic dyes the agency intends to remove from use, document explains process for asking for approval for “any dye, pigment, or other substance that can impart color to a food, drug, cosmetic,
HBW Insight speaks to AdverCheck managing director James Walmsley about the rise of direct-to-consumer prescription drugs marketing in the UK, and its impact on the consumer healthcare industry.
A recent ASA case involving an ad for vape products shows that marketers shouldn’t assume that professional online networks like LinkedIn are any different to other social media platforms when it comes to UK advertising codes.
Proposed administrative order likely is first to prompt opposition from OTC industry or other stakeholders potentially delaying or deferring the agency’s expectation for moving its proposal to a deemed final order effective one year after it would be published.
“The infant formula business is recovering and we've taken actions to simplify and consumerize our business, but there's a lot more work to do,” says CEO Patrick Lockwood-Taylor as Perrigo’s announced latest results.
Regenerative Processing replaces nozzle to prevent backflow for its Regener-Eyes drops but FDA warning states numerous questions about sterility at the firm’s plant and about its procedures and systems for preventing microbial contamination.
Green Pharmaceuticals’ SnoreStop Nasal Spray, previously marketed as “NasoSpray,” still is available even though agency officials on multiple occasions for a month recommended a recall after an April inspection found “gross microbial contamination” in one lot.
Reorganization creating in Human Foods Program makes the work of additional staff available for dietary supplement office programs. FDA’s “got a little tiny workforce” for “a huge industry,” says Commissioner Robert Califf.
Report from European Commission's Alert and Cooperation Network finds EU consumers are being deceived by companies marketing supplements making unauthorized health claims and containing unapproved ingredients.
HiSmile, which is appealing a National Advertising Division case decision arguing that online advertising’s global footprint demands evaluation of ad claims by international standards, has been referred to the FTC for declining to participate or comply in recent NAD cases brought forward by Oral Essentials and Procter & Gamble.