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The FDA's current leader, whose term will end with Donald Trump’s second inauguration, also described three qualities the agency’s next commissioner will need to succeed, including "believing that there is such a thing as expertise."
Darrin Schellin leads Pharma Tech; PLT expands leadership with Weiss as brand mmanagement head; Tuttle joins ProPharma as CFO; Burgher leads Arbonne marketing, growth; Evvy appoints first medical chief; Vitaquest appoints David Alcaraz quality assurance head; and Lemon Water leadership in transition from founder.
Finland is the latest market launch for OTC erectile dysfunction treatment Eroxon. High demand for the product in other countries, such as Norway, helped drive up Navamedic's consumer health sales in the first nine months of 2024.
Xytogen Biotech’s Factorfive stem cell-based skin care delivers benefits that are greater than the company claims, says founder and CEO John Aylworth. Available mostly through clinicians’ offices, the formulas are based on a proprietary process that triggers stem cells to send out growth factor signals, which are captured in a ‘conditioned media’ and used as the basis for products.
CRN suggestion that FDA prioritize facility inspections on firms which haven’t been cleared in third-party audits apparently has support at agency. But FDA hasn’t been receptive to adjusting its policy on precluding from use as dietary ingredients any substance studied or approved as a drug.
Consumers in Denmark no longer need a prescription to buy opioid antagonist naloxone as the country looks to tackle the growing issue of overdose.
Opill marketer Perrigo builds on marketing collaboration with WNA in partnership with Napheesa Collier; Bucked Up partners with MMA champion and entrepreneur Conor McGregor; and Recover 180 collaborates with NBA players.
To improve engagement with patient information, a UK ePI Task Force comprising PAGB, ABPI and BGMA is looking at how electronic patient information leaflets (ePILs) can be introduced in the country.
Tariffs are expected again under a second Trump Administration and the future of the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity is uncertain, says the Personal Care Products Council, which will continue to push for regulatory alignment and lower trade barriers.
A round-up of recent consumer health appointments: PharmaSGP names new CEO; Stada appoints Vietnam head; NèreS adds to board.
E.l.f. Beauty isn’t worried about potential tariffs imposed under the incoming Trump Administration, as it is less reliant on products from China than it was during 2018/2019 tariffs and has a playbook ‘and a number of levers at our disposal’ to mitigate the cost impact.
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.
Stada will ship a wide range of consumer healthcare products from its new Romanian production facility, into which the German firm has invested over €70m.
New York-based International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.’s Scent division is undertaking R&D in natural, synthetic chemistry and biotech molecules, says CEO Erik Fyrwald during a third quarter earnings presentation 6 November.
“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.
Whether Democrat Harris or Republican Trump is in White House or which party has majority in either chamber of Congress, the FDA’s conundrum will continue around a regulatory pathway for allowing use of ingredients derived from hemp in supplements.
ECHA Urges Industry: ‘Pay Attention To REACH’ After Finding 6% Of Cosmetics Contain Banned Chemicals
The European Chemicals Agency’s Forum for Exchange of Information on Enforcement is encouraging cosmetics companies to brush up on the provisions of REACH and a European regulation on persistent organic pollutants after it found 6.4% of nearly 4,500 cosmetic products contain banned hazardous chemicals.
The International Council for Advertising Self-Regulation has launched a "Global Think Tank" to further effective industry self-regulation in the area of advertising, backed by national authorities such as the UK's ASA.
Focusing on the transitional elements of hormone health, marketing dietary supplements to women going through perimenopause and menopause, Health & Her has been acquired by UK-based Venture Life.
Houston-based skin care company Drunk Elephant was able to support an Instagram post claim that 17 of its products are ‘safe for kids and teens’ to use, providing an independent assessment of its products based on the European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) standard for testing cosmetics.