In this episode, HBW Insight speaks to Victoria Nichols, project director of Free the Pill, a campaign supporting increased OTC oral contraceptive access in the US. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on 24 June, Nichols discusses the importance of advocating for OTC birth control, the limited availability of OTC oral contraceptives in the US, and the current legislation being introduced that would help ensure OTC birth control is covered by insurance. 

OTC drug development and marketing consultants spoke with HBW Insight about FDA’s “Nonprescription Drug Product with an Additional Condition for Nonprescription Use” proposed rule. In first of two articles, they discuss proposed rule’s likely impacts on industry and remaining concerns around incorporating extra-label information in drug labeling.

“Nonprescription Drug Product with an Additional Condition” for OTC use proposed rule would add to drug firms’ workloads for some OTC switches. Along with NDAs, sponsors would need to show a DFl isn’t sufficient to ensure a consumer can appropriately self-select and use a drug OTC and how an “additional condition” system would work.

Publication of "ACNU" proposed rule wasn’t reached in straight line and featured coining another term with more of a regulatory sound, “NSURE,” and detours on explaining where the agency wouldn’t steer OTC drug manufacturing and marketing.

A round-up of the latest European executive appointments: CRN UK hires scientific advisor; EMA management board names vice chair; Boots UK appoints chief digital officer.

System likely will evolve as post-pandemic world unfolds, but adds to list of agency programs expecting to continue using virtual platforms once in-person activities are no longer restricted by COVID-19.

L’Oreal Group’s CEO referred VivaTech 2022 attendees to Yves Saint Laurent Beauty Scent-Sation, an electroencephalography-based headset that reads consumers’ emotional responses to different scent families, as an example of the firm’s beauty tech innovation that is personalizing the consumer experience, matching consumers with products, and distinguishing L’Oreal as a … err … “T-unicorn.”

Exactly what is in airbrush-delivered cosmetics, and how they are used by consumers, are not well understood by Cosmetic Ingredient Review, its expert panel, or the US FDA. At their June meeting, CIR’s independent experts debated who should be responsible for assessing airbrush cosmetics and how safety unknowns should be communicated.

The House Appropriations Committee asks the US Food and Drug Administration to provide a report to Congress in two years on the resources it would need to develop a database for fragrance allergens used in cosmetics. The committee’s report accompanying FY2023 FDA funding legislation also touches on OTC sunscreen regulation, PFAS in cosmetics, skin-lightening ingredients, and more.

The European Commission is preparing a legal proposal to revise the Cosmetic Products Regulation in line with Green Deal objectives, including the phasing out of chemicals deemed “most harmful." Cosmetics Europe director-general John Chave discusses the problematic approach, possible impacts, and the bizarre and unintended results it could produce.

Personal care and cosmetic product trademark filings compiled from the Official Gazette of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Class 3.

BBB National Programs' Digital Advertising Accountability Program publishes compliance warning reminding businesses that consumers must have control over interest-based advertising, driven by data websites collect. For certain categories of sensitive information, websites should only use the information when consumers opt-in.

Nestlé Health Science continues to expand its dietary supplements offering in 2022 penning a deal for New Zealand's The Better Health Company and its GO Healthy brand. The company says the deal will strengthen its presence not just in New Zealand but across the wider APAC region in markets such as Australia and China.

A round-up of the latest European executive appointments: CRN UK hires scientific advisor; EMA management board names vice chair; Boots UK appoints chief digital officer.

System likely will evolve as post-pandemic world unfolds, but adds to list of agency programs expecting to continue using virtual platforms once in-person activities are no longer restricted by COVID-19.

Trademarks are registered and published for opposition with the US Patent and Trademark Office and are published weekly in the agency's Official Gazette.

US Preventative Services Task Force concludes evidence doesn't support  recommending VMS use to prevent cancer or cardiovascular disease. Trade groups and a natural medicine expert say task force's focus is narrow and its recommendation misleading. 

French natural consumer health specialist Havea looks set to be snapped up by private-equity firm BC Partners, which has set out a plan to step up the company's M&A and digitization activities. 

In this episode, HBW Insight speaks to Victoria Nichols, project director of Free the Pill, a campaign supporting increased OTC oral contraceptive access in the US. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on 24 June, Nichols discusses the importance of advocating for OTC birth control, the limited availability of OTC oral contraceptives in the US, and the current legislation being introduced that would help ensure OTC birth control is covered by insurance. 

Trademarks are registered and published for opposition with the US Patent and Trademark Office and are published weekly in the agency's Official Gazette.

Personal care and cosmetic product trademark filings compiled from the Official Gazette of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Class 3.