Sunscreen ingredient
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
BASF seeks 90-day extension to respond to FDA request for data on octyl triazone sunscreen; previous deadline was Oct. 9. BASF maintains it needs more time to compile recent effectiveness data and that extension would allow for a " more comprehensive and complete docket" on the substance. Beiersdorf submits letter to FDA Oct. 7 in support of BASF's time and extent application for ingredient, noting German firm has used octyl triazone in its own sun care products outside the U.S. for more than five years without "unusual adverse event experience." FDA requested data on the ingredient in a July 11 Federal Register notice (1"The Rose Sheet" July 14, 2003, Regulatory In Brief)...