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17 December 2019
Belgium is banning combination cough and cold medicines, France is seeking to ensure safe use of vasoconstrictors, the US Senate has passed key OTC legislation, and the new commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been confirmed.
4 November 2019
President Donald Trump has nominated cancer specialist Stephen Hahn to be commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
24 October 2019
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated its approach to homeopathic products, Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is consulting on a proposal affecting supports supplements, and the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has announced a promotion...
27 September 2019
Regulatory agencies around the world are taking action on medicines containing ranitidine after tests showed some contain "low levels" of a probable human carcinogen called N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA).
23 September 2019
Advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have recommended that GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare's nicotine oral spray can be marketed as an OTC product.
20 August 2019
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare is seeking to extend its range of OTC nicotine-replacement therapy (NRT) products in the US with a nicotine oral spray.
23 July 2019
Sanofi has gained exclusive OTC rights to Roche's Tamiflu (oseltamivir) for prevention and treatment of flu in the US.
1 July 2019
Alliance Pharma, Pfizer and the German Medicines Manufacturers' Association, the BAH, have all recently announced people changes.
7 June 2019
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) needs to "step up very quickly" with regulation for cannabidiol (CBD) products, says Scott Melville, president and chief executive officer of the US Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA). According to Melville, the current situation in the US is li...
9 April 2019
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is holding a public hearing on potential ways of regulating products containing cannabis and cannabis-derived compounds including cannabidiol (CBD).