In Brief: OTC labeling
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
OTC labeling: Protocol for FDA's upcoming consumer comprehension study on analgesic alcohol warning label statements should be released by the agency for public comment, the Aspirin Foundation of America suggests in July 22 comments to the agency. FDA announced its plans to conduct alcohol warning and statement of identity label comprehension studies in a May Federal Register notice ("The Tan Sheet" June 2, p. 8). AFA asks that the alcohol warnings message be "appropriate to both the product and the risk" and be designed "to avoid unnecessarily frightening persons who use aspirin to prevent heart attacks or strokes away from the medication." Bayer endorses the association's comments...