FDA cosmetics adverse reaction monitoring system is "high priority" to agency -- FDA.
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
AHAs, RIO INJURIES "HELPED SHAPE" COSMETIC HOTLINE PLAN, FDA reported in a Sept. 8 letter to House Commerce/Health Subcommittee Chairman Thomas Bliley (R-VA). Written in response to inquiries from Bliley and former Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-MI), the letter states that "two adverse reaction-related developments helped shape the agency's decision to implement" the cosmetic adverse reaction monitoring initiative -- the increased use of "biologically active ingredients, such as AHAs" in OTC skin care products and the more than 3,000 complaints FDA received regarding Rio hair naturalizers.