Colored Contact Lens Regulation A Priority For New Commissioner – Kennedy
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
The appropriateness of regulating colored noncorrective contact lenses as cosmetics could be addressed quickly by FDA Commissioner nominee Mark McClellan, MD/PhD
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