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We support FDA's commitment to ensuring that sunscreens are safe and effective for their intended use. We are confident that currently marketed sunscreens are both safe and effective.

Jun 26, 2019

Research shows that pain medicine users have consistently understood how to use their medicines safely and remain aware of the risks.

May 1, 2019

CHPA welcomes the opportunity to comment on the draft guidance on indications for nicotine replacement therapies (NRT).

Apr 12, 2019

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

Feb 21, 2019

CHPA understands the proposed framework in the notice is limited to prescription drugs. We have an interest in this subject, however, since we could foresee the policies described have utility for nonprescription drugs under new drug applications.

Jan 22, 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

Herein, CHPA provides feedback on the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposal to modify Section 25821, subsections (a) and (c)(2), Level of Exposure to Chemicals Causing Reproductive Toxicity.

Dec 3, 2018

CHP Canada and CHPA respectfully submit this brief to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs within the Office of Management and Budget in response to the US-Canada Regulatory Cooperation Council Request for Information (83 FR 50689).

Dec 1, 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

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