OTC Monograph Reform: A Conversation With CHPA’s Barbara Kochanowski and David Spangler

In this episode, HBW speaks to Barbara Kochanowski and David Spangler from the Consumer Healthcare Products Association about OTC monograph reform. The old OTC monograph system was reimagined as a part of the 2020 CARES act passed in the early stages of the pandemic. Designed to streamline and modernize the OTC monograph system, the results have been slow as the FDA has had most of its attention on the pandemic. However, as the agency hires more staff, Spangler says that we should expect to see a ‘faster moving FDA’ in the next three years. Spangler and Kochanowski also talk about the efficacy of the reforms and how they have helped educate their members about the changes.