Compliance
The Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States
The Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States By Mark Land, MS, RAC-US, AAHP President The Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States (HPUS) is the legal basis for marketing homeopathic drug…
Read MoreFDA Guidance Document Development Process
By Alvin J. Lorman, AAHP Counsel The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking public comment on a draft “Report and Plan on Best Practices for Guidance.” Guidance documents, rather…
Read MoreIncreased FDA Scrutiny of Eye Care Category
By Alvin J. Lorman, AAHP Counsel The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week continued its heightened surveillance on ophthalmic drug products sold without FDA approval or without complying with…
Read MoreFTC Proposes Rule Against False or Misleading Consumer Reviews and Testimonials
By Alvin J. Lorman, AAHP Counsel The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that it is moving forward with a proposed Trade Regulation Rule that is intended to prevent fake,…
Read MoreFDA Cracks Down on Testing for Glycerin Contaminants — Again
By Al Lorman, AAHP Counsel The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has begun another campaign to protect consumers from products that contain glycerin potentially contaminated with diethylene glycol (DEG) or…
Read MoreFDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research’s (CDER) Office of Compliance
By Mark Land, M.S., RAC, AAHP President The Office of Compliance (OC) shields patients from poor quality, unsafe, and ineffective drugs through compliance strategies and risk-based enforcement actions. OC makes…
Read MoreFDA Office of Compliance Annual Report FY 2022
FDA’s Office of Compliance (OC) recently published its Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2022.1 The report was introduced by Director Jill Furman. Ms. Furman took over the director’s role in…
Read MoreThe HPCUS Friends of the Pharmacopoeia Program
By Dr. William Shevin, President, HPCUS Due to challenges in general for homeopathy and specifically for the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia Convention of the United States (HPCUS), the standards-setting organization is launching…
Read MoreSummary of FDA’s “Report on the State of Pharmaceutical Quality: Fiscal year 2021”
By Mark Land, M.S., RAC, AAHP President Introduction In August of 2022, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published its fourth annual Report on the State of Pharmaceutical…
Read MoreWhat’s new at FDA?
The United States Food and Drug Administration is a large organization that changes daily. From the perspective of homeopathic companies, a few important things stand out. FDA published the final…
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