Just one day after expressing my opinion that more needs to be done to enhance dietary supplement regulations and requirements, I found that the FTC recently revised an older guidance (from 1998) entitled Dietary Supplements: An Advertising Guide for Industry. The new guidance entitled Health Product Compliance Guidance (here), was issued on December 20, 2022 […]
I usually don’t blog about Federal Register (FR) notices on collections of information as they are usually not that exciting and typically just announce the Agency’s collection of certain information as is an OMB requirement under the Paperwork Reductions Act of 1995 (as an aside, there sure does seem to be a lot of paperwork […]
The November 23, 2022 issue of the Federal Register (here) contained a Proposal To Withdraw Approval of a New Drug Application for Bufferin (Aspirin) Tablets (NDA 006499) originally approved June 30, 1948 thought to still be held by Bristol Myers. The Agency proposed to withdrawal this NDA for failure to submit required annual reports. It […]
The opioid/fentanyl crisis, along with the abuse of other opioid‑based products, has put the prospect of an over‑the‑counter (OTC) version of naloxone high on the FDA’s priority list. Making the product available in a ready and easy‑to‑use format (for instance, a nasal spray or autoinjector) would increase the availability of this potentially life‑saving drug. Now, […]
For those of you in the OTC monograph world (not OTC products that require an approved NDA or ANDA application for marketing), this draft guidance document, titled Assessing User Fees Under the Over-the-Counter Monograph Drug User Fee Program (here), will provide you with the how, what, and when information about facility fees for dosage-form manufacturers […]
The FDA released a draft guidance titled Statement of Identity and Strength — Content and Format of Labeling for Human Nonprescription Drug Products: Guidance for Industry (here) which, not surprisingly, addresses the requirements for statements of identity and strength designations on the principal display panels (PDPs) of OTC drug products. The guidance notes that “[T]he […]
With the long-awaited FDA final rule on OTC hearing aids entitled Medical Devices; Ear, Nose, and Throat Devices; Establishing Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids is now on the books, the Agency has issued a final guidance (here) on these products which explains the differences between, and the new regulatory framework for both hearing aids and personal sound […]
The FDA has issued a proposed rule (here) to expand certain new conditions of use for OTC products. When an OTC product is approved through an NDA, it should have all of the necessary information in the Drug Facts section of the label so the consumer can properly select whether the product is appropriate for […]
Used for years as an “unapproved” drug for lightening of skin color, the FDA issued warning letters to twelve firms selling the drug, telling them that hydroquinone is not generally recognized as safe and effective. On August 29, 2006, the FDA issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would establish that over-the-counter (OTC) skin-bleaching drug […]
In an announcement today, the FDA reminded manufacturers of alcohol-based hand sanitizers that they can no longer distribute products made under the temporary policy, which was withdrawn on December 31, 2021 and gave manufacturers until March 31, 2022 to comply (see the announcement here). The Agency notes that distribution from manufacturers to all outlets, which […]
