Non-Alcohol Antiseptic Hand Products Should Prove Efficacy – NDAC
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Marketers of non-alcohol-based consumer antiseptic products should be required to prove their products provide clinical benefit prior to sale, an FDA advisory panel unanimously agreed Oct. 20
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