Bismuth subsalicylate
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Procter & Gamble agrees to assist the U.S. Pharmacopeia in developing a draft monograph for the OTC overindulgence ingredient. The active ingredient in Pepto-Bismol is one of 55 OTC monograph ingredients identified in a March 17 letter from FDA to the Nonprescription Drug Manufacturers Association as lacking USP identity standards ("The Tan Sheet" March 28, p. 1)