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Fears Of Too Many OTC Choices Should Not Restrict Switches, Stakeholders Say

 
• By Elizabeth Crawford

FDA and its advisory committees should not meddle with the free market by potentially limiting Rx-to-OTC switches based on how crowded a self-care category is or by removing “obsolete” ingredients from the market once new, improved treatments become available, stakeholders argue.

FDA decisions on Rx-to-OTC switches should not consider whether an OTC category is crowded with products, industry stakeholders say in response to agency concerns that consumers could have too many choices to safely self-select nonprescription products.

“Government, including the FDA, should not be in the business of deciding how much consumer choice is too much consumer choice

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