FDA Staff Gets Support for New Antiseptic Standards, but…
FDA Staff Gets Support for New Antiseptic Standards, but…
Meeting September 3, the FDA's Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee voted unanimously (12 to 0) to recommend that the staff members go ahead and propose new safety standards for 11 common over-the-counter healthcare antiseptic ingredients.
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FDA Announces Major Agency Reorganization, With Focus on Drug Quality
OPQ was envisioned as a way to oversee drug quality throughout the product lifecycle, instead of the fragmented pre-market/post-market approach now taken by FDA. Accordingly, Woodcock announced that the Office of Pharmaceutical Science (OPS), Office …
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Certain Meds, Driving Can Be Deadly Mix: FDA
"You can feel the effects some over-the-counter medicines can have on your driving for a short time after you take them, or their effects can last for several hours," Dr. Ali Mohamadi, a medical officer at the FDA, said in an agency news release. "In …
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