{"id":5102,"date":"2022-03-15T10:01:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T02:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com.cn\/?p=5102"},"modified":"2022-04-25T14:03:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T06:03:07","slug":"otc-cosmetics-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com.cn\/?p=5102&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"OTC Cosmetics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 id=\"otc-over-the-counter-medicines-are-safe-and-effective-drugs-used-by-the-general-public-without-prior-recourse-to-a-healthcare-professional\">OTC (over-the-counter) medicines are safe and effective drugs used by the general public without prior recourse to a healthcare professional.&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, cosmetic products can be considered as OTCs. Some products meet the definitions of both cosmetics and drugs. Certain claims may cause a product to be considered a drug, even if the product is marketed as a cosmetic. Likewise, certain active ingredients can cause a product to be considered a drug owing to their therapeutic use.<br>OTC products compliant with the OTC drug monograph may be marketed without prior FDA approval.<br>For example, in the U.S., antidandruff shampoos and sunscreen products (<em>link to sunscreen products<\/em>) are considered to be OTCs.<br>OTCs must be manufactured and controlled in accordance with cGMP requirements for pharmaceuticals for human consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M\u00e9rieux NutriSciences can help with cGMP compliance in relation to the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Method development and validation<\/li><li>Quality control<\/li><li>Stability testing<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more in-depth information on the analytic services that M\u00e9rieux NutriSciences can provide for OTC drugs and cosmetics, please refer to the Pharmaceuticals section (<em>link to Pharmaceuticals<\/em>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OTC (over-the-counter) medicines are safe and effective [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[437],"tags":[],"modified_by":"amyadmin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5102"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5102"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5644,"href":"https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5102\/revisions\/5644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merieuxnutrisciences.com.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}