PIC iron safety profile warrants exemption from unit-dose rule -- Schwarz Pharma.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
PIC IRON "EQUALLY AS SAFE AS CARBONYL IRON," SCHWARZ PHARMA MAINTAINS in an April 17 citizen petition to FDA. "Because the additional data clearly indicate that PIC [polysaccharide-iron complex, a form of elemental iron] is equally as safe as carbonyl iron in accidental human exposures," the company requests that FDA temporarily exempt PIC-containing products from the unit-dose packaging requirements of the final rule for elemental iron food and supplement products published Jan. 15, the petition states.