Hand Sanitizer Problems Prompt US FDA Guidance On Keeping Methanol Out Of Other OTC Drugs
Executive Summary
Final guidance, for pharmaceutical alcohol used as an active or inactive ingredient in other drugs as well as hand sanitizers, “will help pharmaceutical manufacturers avoid using pharmaceutical alcohol contaminated with or substituted with methanol in drug products.”
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