FDA Warns Former AAD President For DNA Eye Renewal Claims
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Ronald Moy, a cosmetic surgeon practicing in Los Angeles and former president of the American Academy of Dermatology, receives an FDA warning letter for unapproved drug claims on his DNA Eye Renewal product, part of the doctor’s DNAEGF Renewal line marketed online. The warning, newly posted to FDA’s website, was one of three that went out to cosmetics players Feb. 12.
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