US FDA's Sunscreen Progress Gets Dim Review From Congressional Appropriators
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet & The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
House and Senate appropriators' take note that US FDA has not approved an additional OTC sunscreen ingredient since the 2014 passage of the Sunscreen Innovation Act.
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