FDA Says It Will Not Make Some Sanitizer Producers Pay OTC User Fees

FDA will not make non-traditional hand sanitizer manufacturers, such as breweries and distilleries that entered the market for COVID-19, pay over-the-counter monograph user fees, the agency’s drug center said in a Sunday (Jan. 10) email , citing HHS’ Federal Register notice that details the user fee exemption. HHS first announced the carve-out in a Jan. 5 tweet, linking to the exemption notice that at the time had not yet been published in the Federal Register . The department had...