This past Wednesday, March 1st, EPA and FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine hosted a joint information session for industry stakeholders regarding a proposed change of agency for oversight of animal health products, such as flea/tick spot-ons and collars. An estimated 600 products would be impacted by this proposal, expected to take approximately 5 years to implement. This is …
SafetyCall’s Dr. Rick Kingston Speaking at Dietary Supplements Regulatory Virtual Summit
SafetyCall International’s Rick Kingston, PharmD, President of Regulatory & Scientific Affairs, will be speaking at the upcoming Dietary Supplements Regulatory Virtual Summit. This is the 5th joint regulatory summit sponsored by trade associations representing companies in this market space, including: AHPA, CHPA, CRN, NPA and UNPA, and in collaboration with the FDA. It is designed to update the industry …
Changes Coming to the EPA’s Adverse Event Reporting System
By Rick Kingston, President, Regulatory and Scientific Affairs
It has been a number of years since there has been any change to the EPA’s adverse event reporting systems. The last major change came in with passage of the 6(a)(2) provision in 1997, which set forth requirements for reporting of adverse events involving EPA registered products. EPA subsequently put out PR …