FDA Budget Request Reminds Congress: OTC Rulemakings Take Time
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet & The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
In its fiscal 2017 budget proposal, FDA responds to House and Senate appropriators' questions included in their reports on the agency's fiscal 2016 appropriation. Appropriators question why FDA has not approved additional OTC sunscreen active ingredients since Congress passed the Sunscreen Innovation Act in 2014.
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