Supplements' Mandatory Adverse Event Reporting Portends Cosmetics' Potential Future
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Supplement firms' reports of serious adverse events jump since becoming mandatory in 2008 and FDA warnings on failures to report have been on the rise as companies labor to keep up with investigations and reporting duties. Similar challenges could lie ahead for cosmetics firms under House and Senate bills.
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