Regulations

Coronavirus & Sun Protection

CARES Act includes OTC drug reform.

The newly-signed Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) includes over-the-counter (OTC) drug reform, which impacts how sunscreens are regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), observed the Personal Care Products Council (PCPC). In a statement, PCPC noted that the legislation retains the regulations in the final monograph issued in 1999, which, among other things, confirms that active ingredients currently used in sunscreens on the market today are gener...

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