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“Best Practices” for post-market surveillance & regulatory reporting of dietary supplement and OTC drug adverse events. Although “Best Practice” AE Processes can be fairly straightforward, there are a variety of challenges a manufacturer must overcome when implementing an AE system.  These can include designing a database, developing SOP’s for managing, documenting, analyzing and reporting indicated events, and overcoming …

Best Practices in Safety Surveillance The Landscape of Post-Market Surveillance for Consumer Health Care Products Thursday, May 10th, 2011 3:15 – 4:00 pm EST Dr. Rick Kingston, president of regulatory and scientific affairs at SafetyCall International, PLLC, will be presenting at the Consumer Healthcare Products Association’s Regulatory and Scientific Conference.  His lecture will discuss how the regulatory and …

I love simple things. They are easy to figure out and very rarely fail. Yet, we find ways to complicate our lives on a daily basis. In fact you need look no further then your own neighborhood recycling program. Last time I looked there are now 7 different recycling codes on plastic containers. Who knows, …

Who Let the Dogs Out….remember that song?  Was pretty popular not too long ago.  It was written by a gentleman from Trinidad and then recorded by the Baha Men.  Awesome tune and I remember my oldest daughter singing it constantly when it hit Nickelodeon.  But I always wondered what the lyrics meant.  Nowadays I can …

I had the opportunity to attend Supplyside West, the dietary supplement conference that was held last week in Las Vegas, as an exhibitor and attendee.  I was awed by the number of new ingredients which have been shown to have a number of health benefits.  This is primarily a formulators trade show with exhibitors attending …

Recently I embarked on a mission to buy a new printer. I was sick and tired of the high cost of ink replacement for my recently purchased inkjet printer and the fact that even though I kept usage to a minimum, I still incurred replacement expense when the ink cartridges appeared to dry up and …