More medicines available without a prescription and more responsibility for community pharmacists are two of the goals set out by the UK's new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.

Latest plan, agency’s second annual following debut in 2021, lists monograph activities FDA intends to address over next three years. “FDA’s decision‐making regarding which activities to place on the forecast is generally guided by public health priorities,” it says.

Haleon has established its Centre for Human Sciences to foster collaboration between academics in human behavior and frontline healthcare professionals. The consumer health giant hopes the initiative will help solve some of the most pressing challenges facing healthcare professionals.

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

Senate votes down Illinois Democrat’s proposal to amend stopgap appropriations bill with language calling for establishing mandatory products listing program in FDA. But proposal to give FDA MPL authority likely will return in Congress, says Natural Products Association.

With current user fee package as well all federal spending programs for FY2022 expiring on 30 September, House and Senate committee leaders reach agreement on FDA user fee reauthorization included in a continuing resolution to extend federal spending at current levels through 16 December.

Passed by the US House and signed into law on 30 September, the Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023, avoids a partial government shutdown and furloughs in FDA user-fee programs. Policy riders stripped from the legislation, including for cosmetics and dietary supplement regulatory changes, could still find their way into a final FY 2023 spending omnibus.

The Personal Care Products Council is pivoting to focus on passing cosmetics modernization legislation after mid-term congressional elections, while still hopeful the language could go through as part of FDA user-fee reauthorization. Karin Ross, executive VP, government affairs at PCPC, discussed the situation at the trade group’s Leadership Summit in Washington.

How do reasonable consumers interpret the role of collagen in L’Oreal facial skin-care products in the context of labeled benefit claims? The question is central to class action litigation being waged in New York’s Southern District.

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

ELC’s Guillaume Jesel has been named president of global brands overseeing Tom Ford Beauty and Balmain Beauty, the latter targeted for launch in fall 2024 under a licensing agreement with the French fashion house announced on 26 September. Jesel also will head up luxury business development with a “key role in prospective acquisitions and investment strategy.”

Industry comments on NIH ODS strategic plan focus on persuading it to give trade associations input on its activities, specifically for fact sheets on dietary supplement topics. Stakeholders also want more dialogue with ODS and opportunity to comment on initiatives.

Passed by the US House and signed into law on 30 September, the Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023, avoids a partial government shutdown and furloughs in FDA user-fee programs. Policy riders stripped from the legislation, including for cosmetics and dietary supplement regulatory changes, could still find their way into a final FY 2023 spending omnibus.

Guidance extends through Jan. 6 enforcement discretion for formula products cleared for sales under temporary guidance FDA announced in May. Further extensions possible for firms taking steps toward lawful marketing of products in US, agency says.

Haleon has established its Centre for Human Sciences to foster collaboration between academics in human behavior and frontline healthcare professionals. The consumer health giant hopes the initiative will help solve some of the most pressing challenges facing healthcare professionals.

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

Haleon’s Puraflor probiotic when taken daily by adults was shown to alter gray matter volume and brain response patterns, according to a study published in the journal Cells.

With current user fee package as well all federal spending programs for FY2022 expiring on 30 September, House and Senate committee leaders reach agreement on FDA user fee reauthorization included in a continuing resolution to extend federal spending at current levels through 16 December.

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

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

A novel strain of the popular lactiplantibacillus plantarum probiotic species has delivered promising results in in a recent clinical trial exploring its use in weight management.