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Conference Notebook: ACI’s Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Conference

FDA Law Blog

As readers of our blog know, MoCRA was a significant change to regulation of cosmetics. Now in the second year of implementation, companies have started noticing the consequences as FDA implements the new requirements and develops regulations and guidance.

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Will Modernization of Cosmetic Regulation Finally Happen?

FDA Law Blog

While FDASLA focuses on user fees and includes several other provisions regarding drugs and devices, it also includes provisions related to cosmetics. Efforts to update safety standards for cosmetics have been ongoing since 2013, with the proposed Personal Care Products Safety Act of 2021 being the most recent iteration prior to FDASLA.

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Opinion: Congress needs to update FDA’s ability to regulate diagnostic tests, cosmetics

STAT News

Congress is considering two measures that modernize tools the Food and Drug Administration uses to oversee two areas of its vast portfolio: diagnostic tests and cosmetics. While the stakes are different for each of these industries, the basic premise driving these measures is the same. Read the rest…

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January 31, 2024: Improving the Public’s Understanding of the FDA, in This Week’s PCT Grand Rounds

Rethinking Clinical Trials

In this Friday's PCT Grand Rounds, Susan Winckler of the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA will present "Strategies for Improving Public Understanding of FDA and the Products It Regulates: Why Should We Care, and What Might We Do?" The Grand Rounds session will be held on Friday, February 2, 2024, at 1:00 pm eastern.

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FDA’s Revised Draft Guidance on Biological Product Promotion Provides Additional Recommendations/Clarifications

FDA Law Blog

This Revised Draft Guidance provides considerations for manufacturers, packers or distributors (dubbed “firms”) of prescription biological reference products, biosimilar products, and interchangeable biosimilar products presenting data and information about such products in promotional materials in a truthful and non-misleading way.

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What is a natural health product? Health Canada’s findings upheld by Federal Courts

Pharma in Brief

In recent months, the Federal Courts have twice upheld Health Canada’s findings as to what is, and is not, a natural health product. The Courts’ decisions provide insight into how natural health products are distinguished, under federal law, from cosmetics and from drugs subject to the Food and Drug Regulations.

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Building Consumer Trust: How Cloudbyz Safety Solution Transforms Safety Vigilance in Cosmetics

Cloudbyz

The cosmetics and personal care industry is one where customer trust is paramount, given that the products are applied directly to the skin, hair, and body. These solutions are designed to monitor, detect, evaluate, and prevent any adverse effects associated with the use of a product after it has been released on the market.