FDA Drafts Guidance On Safety-Data Musts For GRASE Sunscreen Actives
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Time and extent applicants seeking GRASE status for UV filters should provide FDA with the kind of clinical safety data used to support approval of chronic-use cutaneous drug products, and nonclinical testing should focus on potential long-term adverse effects, according to newly released draft guidance required from the agency under the Sunscreen Innovation Act. FDA is particularly interested in receiving comments about final formulation safety testing it anticipates requiring under specified monograph conditions.
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