Allowance of sans serif type fonts. The proposal calls for Helvetica fonts. The ability to wrap warnings from primary to secondary information panels, which is not allowed under the current proposal. The package bears OTC labeling and is a trial size, a packet, an envelope, or a single-use unit package. They also ask FDA to exempt products such as antidandruff shampoos and antimicrobial soaps and washes because they are really cosmetics rather than drugs and have never been shown to cause harm from misuse.
Cost is the chief concern driving the industry proposal.
Lastly, the associations ask FDA to make public its research on the feasibility of the proposal and to invite industry or other interested parties to comment on the proposal before the final rule is published. To contact NDMA, write to 1150 Connecticut Ave.