Sen. Alexander Questions FDA's Slow Response To WEN Complaints
• By Lauren Nardella
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In a letter to FDA leadership, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., asks the agency to explain its current regulatory authorities over cosmetics and limitations under current law, as well as how it handles adverse-event reports and takes action against non-compliant products. Alexander chairs the Senate HELP Committee and raised concerns at a recent hearing about FDA’s response to WEN.
FDA has explaining to do about the timing of its public safety alert for WEN Cleaning Conditioners and the process by which it analyzes adverse event reports and takes action against unsafe products, according to Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.
The senator sent a letter to FDA asking for detail by Oct. 4 on the agency’s authorities over...
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