Other Issues

FDA Announcement of a proposed safety-based Administrative Order that proposes to add a skin allergy warning to labeling requirements for acetaminophen-containing drug products.

Lawmakers should support the centralized progress made on ingredient evaluation, labeling, and packaging protections by specialized national children’s health agencies instead of allowing jurisdiction confusion that ultimately hinders healthcare advancement for all ages.

Find recent sales data by year and category for over-the-counter products.

If you have a flexible spending arrangement (FSA) or health savings account (HSA) you can now use these pre-tax savings for purchasing over-the-counter medicines.

This proposed safety administrative order addresses the GRASE status of OTC oral health care drug products containing benzocaine alone or with phenol preparations labeled for anesthetic/analgesic indications (21 CFR 356).

The bipartisan federal Combat Meth Epidemic Act strikes the proper policy balance between restricting pseudoephedrine access for illicit use without unduly burdening consumers seeking safe, effective cold relief. Therefore, state legislators should refrain from overriding federal guidelines requiring prescriptions for these legitimate over-the-counter medications.

CHPA supports the Pharmaceutical Cargo Security Coalition, an organization dedicated to preventing cargo theft in pharmaceutical logistics operations.

The Standardized Information on Dietary Ingredients (SIDI) Work Group has released three voluntary guidelines, intended to help the dietary supplement industry comply with cGMP regulations.