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The Personal Care Products Council and Consumer Healthcare Products Association submitted comments to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) in response to the Sunscreen Tentative Final Monograph. 

Jun 27, 2019

CHPA responds to FDA’s Proposed Rule on Sunscreen Drug Products for Over-the-Counter Human Use

Feb 21, 2019

The 2018 results from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and University of Michigan's annual drug abuse survey, Monitoring the Future, show that the percentage of teens using OTC cough medicine containing dextromethorphan to get high remains at three percent.

Dec 17, 2018

New members of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) Board of Directors were elected at the association’s fall meeting, held November 14, 2018, in New York City, N.Y.

Nov 14, 2018

Yesterday, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed into law HB 1951, legislation prohibiting the sale of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines containing the cough suppressant dextromethorphan (DXM) to minors.

Oct 25, 2018

In a study newly published in the medical journal Clinical Toxicology, “therapeutic misuse” of OTC combination products containing acetaminophen was infrequent and declined over a 10-year period. 

Oct 18, 2018

Today, the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) issued the following statement upon submitting comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding its draft guidance titled, “Innovative Approaches for Nonprescription Drug Products.”

Sep 17, 2018

The dietary supplement industry’s self-regulatory coalition, the SIDI Work Group, today released an updated version of the Standardized Information on Dietary Ingredients (SIDI TM) Protocol.

Sep 10, 2018

CHPA applauds Colorado for enacting a law prohibiting the sale of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines containing the cough suppressant dextromethorphan (DXM) to minors this week.

Aug 10, 2018

CHPA applauds the House of Representatives’ passage of legislation that will restore consumers’ ability to use their HSAs and FSAs to purchase over-the-counter medicines and feminine hygiene products.

Jul 28, 2018

CHPA is pleased to see FDA’s long-awaited draft guidance on innovative approaches for greater consumer access to nonprescription medicines, and applauds FDA’s focus on patient safety as a top priority.

Jul 17, 2018

CHPA is pleased to see FDA’s long-awaited draft guidance on innovative approaches for greater consumer access to nonprescription medicines, and applauds FDA’s focus on patient safety as a top priority.

Jul 17, 2018

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