Hatch Closing Act: OTC Monograph Reform Legislation?
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet & The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
The Utah Republican has been instrumental during his more than 40 years in office in passing legislation central to the growth of the OTC drug and dietary supplement industries. But the expansion of the OTC market is stifled by FDA's monograph system for making more ingredients available, a process agency officials say no longer works.
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