OTC drug Internet promotions jurisdiction will not be ceded by FDA, APCO's Pines predicts.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
OTC DRUG INTERNET PROMOTIONS JURISDICTION will not be ceded by FDA, APCO Healthcare President Wayne Pines predicted at a June 23 session of the Drug Information Association annual meeting in Montreal, Quebec. Noting that "some companies favor declaring all Internet materials as `advertising' because advertising for over-the-counter drugs is regulated" by FTC, Pines said, "It is not likely that FDA will relinquish to the Federal Trade Commission jurisdiction over OTC drug promotion on the Internet."