RE: Over-The-Counter Drug Monograph System—Past, Present, and Future; Public Hearing [Docket No. FDA-2014-N-0202]

 May 12, 2014 Division of Dockets Management [HFA-305] The Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fisheries Lane, Rm. 1061 Rockville, MD 20852   RE: Over-The-Counter Drug Monograph System—Past, Present, and Future; Public Hearing [Docket No. FDA-2014-N-0202] Dear Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, On behalf of the Public Access to SunScreens (PASS) Coalition, thank you for organizing this meeting […]

PASS Coalition to FDA: AmericansNeed Access to the Latest Sunscreen Technology

(Washington, D.C.) — The Public Access to SunScreens (PASS) Coalition expressed major concern over the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) position during the recent FDA Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee Meeting (NDAC). Even though incidence of skin cancer is rising dramatically and one American every hour dies from melanoma, the discussion at the Meeting signaled that […]

Sunscreen: Better in Europe?

Public health advocates are cheering congressional efforts to speed up the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval process of new sunscreen ingredients that they say could prevent skin cancer and save lives. The Sunscreen Innovation Act, a bipartisan bill introduced last week in both the House and Senate, would provide a “”predictable and reasonable timeframe”” for […]

FDA review of new sunscreen ingredients has languished for years, frustrating advocates

The tourists flocking to the French Riviera or Spain’s Costa del Sol this summer will slather on sunscreen containing the latest ingredients for protecting against the sun’s most harmful ultraviolet rays. But American beachgoers will have to make do with sunscreens that dermatologists and cancer-research groups say are less effective and have changed little over […]

Public Access to SunScreens (PASS) Coalition Applauds Introduction of the Sunscreen Innovation Act

Reed-Isakson-Whitfield-Dingell Legislation Would Speed Up FDA Approval of Critical Sunscreen Ingredients, Providing Americans with Greater Choices in Sunscreen Protection (Washington, DC) –The Public Access to SunScreen (PASS) Coalition applauds Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA), and Congressmen Ed Whitfield (R-KY) and John Dingell (D-MI) for their leadership in introducing the bipartisan, bicameral Sunscreen […]

Public Access to SunScreens (PASS) Coalition Applauds Introduction of the Sunscreen Innovation Act

Reed-Isakson-Whitfield-Dingell Legislation Would Speed Up FDA Approval of Critical Sunscreen Ingredients, Providing Americans with Greater Choices in Sunscreen Protection (Washington, DC) –The Public Access to SunScreen (PASS) Coalition applauds Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA), and Congressmen Ed Whitfield (R-KY) and John Dingell (D-MI) for their leadership in introducing the bipartisan, bicameral Sunscreen […]