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Trade Groups Push US FDA To Close Window On Loosened OTC Sanitizer Production Standards

Trade Groups Push US FDA To Close Window On Loosened OTC Sanitizer Production Standards

Source : 'HBW Insight'

US OTC drug and cleaning materials trade groups say enough is enough a year after regulators eased manufacturing standards for alcohol-based OTC sanitizers and after a year of problems with...

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COVID-19 Stress Drives Anxiety-Reducing Supplement Sales Up 79% In US Since 2018

COVID-19 Stress Drives Anxiety-Reducing Supplement Sales Up 79% In US Since 2018

Source : 'HBW Insight'

The COVID-19 pandemic’s emotional toll on US consumers can be measured by US sales of stress- and anxiety-reducing herbs growing 79% in 2020 from 2018, according to Information Resources Inc. ...

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Woodcock: COVID-19 Pandemic Is Not The Time For Structural Changes At US FDA

Woodcock: COVID-19 Pandemic Is Not The Time For Structural Changes At US FDA

Source : 'HBW Insight'

Acting US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Janet Woodcock cautioned against implementing disruptive changes at the agency now due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that continues to leave the agency's...

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Developer Of First US OTC COVID-19 Antigen Test Plans 'Digital Diagnostics For Multitude Of Infectious Diseases'

Developer Of First US OTC COVID-19 Antigen Test Plans 'Digital Diagnostics For Multitude Of Infectious Diseases'

Source : 'HBW Insight'

Earlier this year the Biden administration made a big bet on small Australian test maker Ellume Ltd. by giving it $231m to build a plant in the US to mass...

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Germany's OTC Market Struggling To Recover To Pre-Pandemic Levels

Germany's OTC Market Struggling To Recover To Pre-Pandemic Levels

Source : 'HBW Insight'

As Germany battles a third wave of coronavirus infection, sales of OTC medicines through the country’s bricks-and-mortar and online pharmacies are lagging behind previous years, according to a recent report...