Allowing CBD Use In Supplements Benefits Drug Innovation – Trade Groups

Developing rules for using CBD in supplements will prevent pharma industry from creating “sweeping monopoly” over the ingredient, CRN says. CHPA says FDA's existing NDA process is appropriate not only for Rx drugs containing CBD, but also for OTC products. NPA supports allowing an exemption for CBD in supplements by establishing a daily exposure level for a healthy population through a Health Hazard Evaluation.

Making cannabidiol use in dietary supplements lawful will prevent the pharma industry from creating a “sweeping monopoly” over the ingredient while also driving innovation for its use in drugs as well as nutritional products, says the Council for Responsible Nutrition.

CRN, along with the Natural Products Association and the Consumer Healthcare Products Association, submitted comments, by the 16 July deadline,...

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