Amended complaint filed 21 May after US Attorney General in March said the federal and state governments, named as co-plaintiffs, wouldn’t intervene and the court ordered the complaint unsealed. Complaint, initially filed in 2019, is critical of FDA, generally alleging agency failed to conduct sufficient oversight and evaluation of GSK’s testing data for ranitidine.
The curtain’s lifted on Valisure LLC’s next act after finding troubling levels of a carcinogen in popular drug ingredient ranitidine with the unsealing of its complaint alleging federal and state false claims law violations by GSK plc, the US marketer of the top OTC brand formerly using the ingredient.
The firm filed an amended complaint on 21 May in US District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania. “Pursuing this case...
Green Pharmaceuticals’ SnoreStop Nasal Spray, previously marketed as “NasoSpray,” still is available even though agency officials on multiple occasions for a month recommended a recall after an April inspection found “gross microbial contamination” in one lot.
Week after publishing safety alert about OPMS Black Liquid Kratom “linked to serious adverse health effects, including death,” FDA announced market research “to understand and characterize emergent risk/safety and perceived benefits reportedly linked to kratom and psychedelics.” But it withdrew the study 10 days later.
Semi-annual regulatory agenda of non-binding target dates also sets December goal for an NPRM to recognize N-acetyl-L-cysteine as a lawful dietary ingredient. Like IND exemptions rule, item on NAC included for first time in FDA’s list.
This HBW Insight series profiles regulatory affairs specialists working in or supporting the consumer health and beauty product industries. In this installment, we speak to Kenvue's Kevin Whelan.
Court order dismisses claims against Perrigo and Joseph Papa, its former CEO, with prejudice. Settlement also bars any claim against plaintiffs and class members, “whether arising under state, federal, common or foreign law,” alleging liability for losses.
In this episode of the Over the Counter podcast, HBW Insight speaks to Kerry's RDA senior manager of immune and joint health, Sonja Nodland, about the opportunity for innovation that postbiotics represent for the consumer health industry.
Proposal to have panelists rate the strength of efficacy and safety evidence on a numeric scale also draws support in written comments on ways to optimize the advisory committee process.
