Regulations

ACI Pushes for FDA Crackdown on ‘Free-Riders’ Benefitting from Companies Funding Required Research

ACI and a subset of its members are funding a multi-year, multi-million-dollar research effort to meet FDA’s requirements on the safety and efficacy of key ingredients used in healthcare and consumer hand hygiene antiseptic products.

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By: Lianna Albrizio

Associate Editor

The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) is asking the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to consider options that would protect manufacturers who invest in research to help meet the agency’s data requests from “free-riders” who benefit from the results of that work without paying a dime. The American Cleaning Institute petitioned this before a congressional subcommittee examining the FDA’s regulation of over-the-counter (OTC) monograph drugs. ACI and a subset of its members are funding a mul...

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