PASS Coalition Works Toward FDA Acceptance Of New(ish) UV Filters
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
The newly formed Public Access to Sunscreens coalition says it plans to work with FDA, legislators and stakeholders to facilitate review of sunscreen actives. The group proposes user fees as one method of ensuring FDA has the resources it needs to complete sunscreen ingredient evaluations, some of which have been pending as time and extent applications since 2002.
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